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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2011
Mohammad AL Hasan, Fortville, IN (US);
Nishith Parikh, Fremont, CA (US);
Gyanit Singh, San Jose, CA (US);
Neelakantan Sundaresan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brian Scott Johnson, Campbell, CA (US);
Udayan Khurana, College Park, MD (US);
Mohammad Al Hasan, Fortville, IN (US);
Nishith Parikh, Fremont, CA (US);
Gyanit Singh, San Jose, CA (US);
Neelakantan Sundaresan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brian Scott Johnson, Campbell, CA (US);
Udayan Khurana, College Park, MD (US);
eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Providing query suggestions using a query log including a number of user sessions that comprise training data including a sequence of a plurality of sets of queries. Some of the sets of queries include query transitions followed by a purchase related event. The query log is cleaned and normalized. Query log stationary scores and transition scores of at least some of the plurality of sets is generated. A set of query suggestions is built and similarity scores are computed for at least some of the set of query suggestions to determine whether individual ones of the at least some of the set of query suggestions meet a predetermined assurance level. Those that meet the level are included as elements of the set of query suggestions that meet the predetermined assurance level. That set of query suggestions are mixed and ranked in accordance with a user behavior sought to be optimized.