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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Abdur R. Chowdhury, Oakton, VA (US);
Gregory S. Pass, Reston, VA (US);
Abdur R. Chowdhury, Oakton, VA (US);
Gregory S. Pass, Reston, VA (US);
FACEBOOK, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A search query is resolved prior to being submitted to one or more search engines. The query is resolved such that the query unambiguously corresponds to a category included in a query ontology that relates search queries to query categories. The query may be resolved by supplementing the query with additional information corresponding to the category. For example, the query may be formatted into a canonical form of the query for the category. Alternatively or additionally, the query may be supplemented with one or more keywords that are associated with the category and that represent words or phrases that appear in a high percentage of search results for queries from the category. Resolving the query yields search results that more closely reflect search results desired by a user submitting the query.