System and method for providing a user interface with search query broadening

A device comprising:

• a memory to store instructions;
• and
• a processor to execute one or more of the instructions to:
• receive a search query,
• the search query including:
• a plurality of terms, and
• an indication that one or more terms, of the plurality of terms of the search query, are to be broadened,
• broaden the scope of the search query to obtain a broadened search query,
• when broadening the scope of the search query, the processor is to:
• determine whether to combine a first term, of the one or more terms, with a second term, of the one or more terms, and
• broaden the first term to obtain a broadened term, without broadening the second term, when the first term is not to be combined with the second term,
• cause the broadened search query to be executed to identify one or more search results, and
• cause the one or more search results to be provided for display.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a search query,
• the search query including:
• a plurality of terms, and
• an indication that at least one term, of the plurality of terms of the search query, is to be broadened;
• one or more instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to broaden the scope of the search query to obtain a broadened search query,
• the one or more instructions to broaden the scope of the search query including:
• one or more instructions to determine whether to combine a first term, of the at least one term, with a second term, of the at least one term,
• one or more instructions to broaden the first term to obtain a broadened term, without broadening the second term, when the first term is not to be combined with the second term;
• one or more instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to cause the broadened search query to be executed to identify one or more search results;
• and
• one or more instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to cause the one or more search results to be provided for display.

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a device, a search query,
• the search query including:
• one or more terms, and
• an indication that a scope of the search query is to be broadened;
• broadening, by the device, the scope of the search query to obtain a broadened search query by broadening a particular term, of the one or more terms, to obtain a broadened particular term;
• causing, by the device, the broadened search query to be executed to identify one or more search results;
• and
• causing, by the device, the one or more search results to be provided for display.