System and methods for unit of measurement conversion and search query expansion
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorBenny Soetarman
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Abstract
A system and methods for unit of measurement conversion and search query expansion are described. The search query expansion may include identifying an initial unit of measurement associated with a property and an initial numeric value for the initial unit of measurement within a search query, automatically forming an expanded search query by expanding the search query to include at least one related unit of measurement associated with the property, and sending the expanded search query to a search engine to search a database. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- identifying an initial unit of measurement associated with a property and an initial numeric value for the initial unit of measurement within a search query;
- automatically forming an expanded search query by expanding the search query to include at least one related unit of measurement associated with the property;
- and
- sending the expanded search query to a search engine to search a database.
A system comprising:
- a computing device to identify an initial unit of measurement associated with a property and an initial numeric value for the initial unit of measurement within a search query, automatically form an expanded search query by expanding the search query to include at least one related unit of measurement associated with the property, and send the expanded search query to a search engine to search a database.
A computer-readable storage medium comprising executable computer program instructions that when executed enable a computing system to:
- identify an initial unit of measurement associated with a property and an initial numeric value for the initial unit of measurement within a search query;
- automatically form an expanded search query by expanding the search query to include at least one related unit of measurement associated with the property;
- and
- send the expanded search query to a search engine to search a database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.