US Patent 9015176 Automatic identification of related search keywords

Patent 9015176 was granted and assigned to Lycos on April, 2015 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Lycos

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

9015176

Patent Inventor Names

William Cava0

Date of Patent

April 21, 2015

Patent Application Number

13608633

Date Filed

September 10, 2012

Patent Primary Examiner

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Kuen Lu

Patent abstract

Keyword expansion is used to expand a particular keyword into multiple related keyword candidates using a collection of data that relates to search queries performed using one or more search engines. The data identifies search terms from associated search queries. A particular keyword is identified and one or more candidate keywords related to the particular keyword are identified based on the data.