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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2012
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abhinandan Sujit Das, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Anwis Das, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nitin Gupta, Santa Clara, CA (US);
GOOGLE INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for identifying related search queries is performed on a server. The method includes receiving a search query from a user, identifying a set of ranked search results satisfying the search query, and identifying, using historical search query data, at least one last related search query in at least one chain of related search queries that is related to the search query and that includes at least one search result that was selected by users who issued the search query, each respective related search query in the at least one chain of related search queries except for the at least one last related search query in the at least one chain of related search queries violating a search result selection criterion. The method further includes returning the set of ranked search results and the at least one last related search query to the user.