US Patent:
20130254177, Sep 26, 2013
Inventors:
Efstratios Davlos - Cupertino CA, US
Ethan R. DeYoung - Cupertino CA, US
Assignee:
Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA
International Classification:
G06F 17/30
Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for receiving from a user a seed string including one or more letters, generating search queries based on the seed string, and executing a search associated with each of the search queries where each search query includes at least one of an example, suggestion, and term. The systems and methods also include generating a set of search results associated with each of the search queries, determining a search query evaluation value for each of the search queries based at least in part on comparing the set of search results associated with each of the search queries with an expected set of search results, determining a relevancy value for each of the search queries, and configuring a search criteria of the search engine based on the determined relevancy values.