A user is associated with the current and preceding query that is associated with a preceding intent. The method comprises: receiving the current query and preceding intent; determining a respective intent-association parameter for each one of the plurality of potential intents based on the current query; determining a respective intent-transition parameter for each one of the plurality of potential intents; determining a respective adjusted intent-association parameter for each one of the plurality of potential intents as a multiplication of the respective intent-association parameter and the respective intent-transition parameter; and selecting one of the plurality of potential intents as the current intent based on the adjusted intent-association parameters.