Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Graphic query suggestion apparatus and program product
- Patent Title (中): 图形查询建议设备和程序产品
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Application No.: US13095987Application Date: 2011-04-28
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Publication No.: US08407199B2Publication Date: 2013-03-26
- Inventor: Barry Alan Kritt , Sarbajit Kumar Rakshit
- Applicant: Barry Alan Kritt , Sarbajit Kumar Rakshit
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Steven Bennett; Daniel E. McConnell
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00 ; G06F17/30

Abstract:
An apparatus and a program product which generates at a user's computer system a display which graphically shows the relationships among a core query and one or more suggested related queries in a search conducted through an online search engine. The display preferably is a set of partially overlapping geometric figures such as circles, with the size of each circle indicating the number of resources found by the search queries and the overlap indicating commonality between a core query and a suggested related query.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120278369A1 Graphic Query Suggestion Apparatus and Program Product Public/Granted day:2012-11-01
Information query