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Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 20, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Saurabh Agarwal, Gurgaon, IN;

Dhanashree Srivastava, Pune, IN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30663 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for refining search results. The method includes receiving a search query and in response to determining the search query is a compound search query, the method includes parsing the compound search query into at least two sub-queries. The method includes performing a search for each of the sub-queries and receiving a set of results from each search. The method then includes receiving a selection of a received result from one of the results sets and performing a second search using the selected received result and a sub-query not associated with the selected received result.


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