METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A SEARCH

Patent №

US 7,844,589

Granted

2010-11-30

Filed 2003

Owner

YAHOO! INC.

Lab

AI components

4

ml · nlp · kr · planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

10725197

A method and apparatus for generating search results with higher relevancy. More specifically, the present invention provides a listing of narrowing or related search terms based upon the search term submitted by the user. The present invention effectively guides users to narrow their search by guiding users to select or click on highly related search terms. In one embodiment, the listing of the highly related search terms is generated in accordance with sales and/or click information, e.g., via scoring of search terms that is premised on sales and/or click information.

Machine learningNatural languageKnowledge representationPlanningG06Q 30/0623G06F 16/24575G06F 16/3322G06F 16/951G06F 16/9535G06F 16/9538

AI classification

Natural language1.00
Machine learning1.00
Planning1.00
Knowledge representation0.94
AI hardware0.03
Speech0.00
Vision0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00

Ownership

YAHOO! INC.

assignment · 145440053

Assignors

WANG, XUEJUN, ACTON, BRIAN LANGE, PANCHAPAKESAN, VENKAT

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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