Jordan IP Law, LLC
Keyword search queries on online social networks
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a client system of a first user, a text query including one or more n-grams, including an ambiguous n-gram. The method includes searching multiple keyword generators to identify one or more keyword suggestions matching the ambiguous n-gram, each keyword generator having a particular type. The method includes calculating, by a particular scoring algorithm for each keyword generator, a keyword score for each identified keyword suggestion. The scoring algorithm includes multiple weighting factors chosen based on the type of the keyword generator. The method includes generating a set of suggested queries including at least a portion of the text query and one or more identified keyword suggestions and filtering suggested queries from the set based on privacy settings associated with the identified keyword suggestions. The method includes sending, to the client system, instructions for presenting one or more of the suggested queries.
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Alexander Veselin S. Russell Necip Fazil Xiao Maxime
Perelygin Stoyanov Lee-Goldman Ayan Li Boucher