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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2013
Applicant:

Linkedin Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Heyning Cheng, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Daniel Tunkelang, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

LinkedIn Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30424 (2013.01); G06F 7/00 (2013.01); G06F 17/30401 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); G06F 17/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed in one example is a method for searching. In some examples, the method includes receiving an unstructured search query, parsing the unstructured search query into a plurality of structured search attributes using a search term attribute dictionary, performing a search of a structured database based upon the plurality of structured search attributes to identify a plurality of search results, populating a plurality of form fields of a search form with the plurality of structured search attributes, and displaying the search form in association with the search results.


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