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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2012
Sriram Sankar, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ryan Allen Stout, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Thomas Jackson, Redmond, WA (US);
Sriram Sankar, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ryan Allen Stout, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Thomas Jackson, Redmond, WA (US);
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method comprises, by a computer system, receiving a search term, determining a search constraint for a search query, and generating a search query. The search query includes the search term and the search constraint. The search query requires that at least a first number of search results that are returned in response to the search query match both the search term and the search constraint. The search query permits at least a second number of the search results to match only the search term. The computer system provides the search query for a search against a store of data.