Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for providing alternative result for an online search previously with no result
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Application No.: US17088273Application Date: 2020-11-03
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Publication No.: US11599586B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Rongkai Zhao , Zhenyu Lu , Kenneth Katschke
- Applicant: TRANSFORM SR BRANDS LLC
- Applicant Address: US IL Hoffman Estates
- Assignee: TRANSFORM SR BRANDS LLC
- Current Assignee: TRANSFORM SR BRANDS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Hoffman Estates
- Agency: McAndrews Held & Malloy, Ltd.
- Main IPC: G06F16/951
- IPC: G06F16/951 ; G06Q30/00

Abstract:
A computing device hosting a website of a business may be operable to receive a first search input comprising a term submitted via a search bar on the website. Upon performing an internal search for the term with no result, the computing device may output information on the no-result. The computing device may then perform, using one or more external search engines, a search for the term. Search results of the search, performed using the external search engine(s), may be analyzed. Based on a result of the analysis, one or more particular character strings related to the term may be identified. The computing device may generate and store, based on the identifying of the particular character string(s), one or more alternative search suggestions. Upon subsequently receiving an input comprising at least a portion of the term entered in the search bar, the computing device may output the alternative search suggestion(s).
Public/Granted literature
- US20210049218A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE RESULT FOR AN ONLINE SEARCH PREVIOUSLY WITH NO RESULT Public/Granted day:2021-02-18
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