Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Key word searching where a key word is a homonym
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Application No.: US15427148Application Date: 2017-02-08
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Publication No.: US10599695B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Mickey Iqbal
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts, LLP
- Agent Michael Petrocelli
- Main IPC: G06F16/00
- IPC: G06F16/00 ; G06F16/338 ; G06F16/34 ; G06F16/248 ; G06F16/954 ; G06F16/9535

Abstract:
A system and method for forming a search query. Key-word search terms that include a homonym are received. One icon is selected to represent an intended meaning of the homonym. A first row of unique icons pertaining to an entity associated with a search query is displayed. Notification is received that a single unique object represented by a single icon of the unique icons in the first row is modified by a specific attribute and in response, a second row of the single icon modified by the specific attribute is displayed. Acceptance of the displayed single icon modified by the specific attribute is received for inclusion in the search query. The one icon and the single icon are displayed. In response to a user indicating that the displayed icons correctly represent a key-word search as intended by the user, the search based on meanings of the displayed icons is initiated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170147684A1 KEY WORD SEARCHING WHERE A KEY WORD IS A HOMONYM Public/Granted day:2017-05-25
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