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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Paypal, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Alvaro Bolivar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
PAYPAL, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30448 (2013.01); G06F 17/277 (2013.01); G06F 17/30327 (2013.01); G06F 17/30598 (2013.01); G06F 17/30672 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for expanding database search queries. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a token that is usable in search queries for data in a database, the database including items of data stored in a tree hierarchy of categories. The method further comprises determining a synonym candidate for the token, and identifying the synonym candidate as a synonym for the token in response to a determination that the token and the synonym candidate are in a same category for a level of the tree hierarchy.