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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Dhruv A. Bhatt, Indian Trail, NC (US);
Kristin E. McNeil, Charlotte, NC (US);
Nitaben Patel, Charlotte, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for refining search results is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting a search query comprising one or more keywords, generating a first search result comprising one or more first search result members according to the search query, accepting a refinement command identifying one or more undesired first search result members, automatically refining the first search result to exclude the undesired first search result members and first search result members related to the undesired first search result members from the first search result, and providing the automatically refined search result.