WO2007005485A3 - Method and system for incremental search with reduced text entry where the relevance of results is a dynamically computed function of user input search string character count - Google Patents

Method and system for incremental search with reduced text entry where the relevance of results is a dynamically computed function of user input search string character count Download PDF

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WO2007005485A3
WO2007005485A3 PCT/US2006/025249 US2006025249W WO2007005485A3 WO 2007005485 A3 WO2007005485 A3 WO 2007005485A3 US 2006025249 W US2006025249 W US 2006025249W WO 2007005485 A3 WO2007005485 A3 WO 2007005485A3
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Rakesh Barve
Sashikumar Venkataraman
Ajit Rajasekharan
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A method and system are provided for processing a search request received from a user operating a text input device. The search request is directed at identifying a desired item from a set of items. Each of the items of the set of items has one or more associated terms. The method includes receiving a query input from a user directed at identifying the desired item. The query input comprises one or more characters input by the user on the text input device. As each character of the query input is received from the user, a group of items having one or more terms matching the characters received thus far of the query input is dynamically identified. The items in this group of items are ordered based on relevance values of the terms matching the characters and on the number of characters of the query input used in identifying the group of items. Identification of the group of items as ordered is transmitted to the user to be displayed on a device operated by the user.
PCT/US2006/025249 2005-06-30 2006-06-28 Method and system for incremental search with reduced text entry where the relevance of results is a dynamically computed function of user input search string character count WO2007005485A2 (en)

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