Cheng Zhan Y Jiang

US Patent:

20170185653, Jun 29, 2017

Filed:

Dec 29, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/393800

Inventors:

- Mountain View CA, US
Eric GLOVER - Palo Alto CA, US
Cheng JIANG - San Bruno CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

Abstract:

A system provides search results in response to a search query. The system includes a query understanding module configured to receive the search query and output a processed search query based on the search query. The search query includes one or more words and the processed search query selectively includes tags assigned to the one or more words. The system includes a fuzzy knowledge module configured to receive the processed search query, generate a set of candidate tags for selected ones of the words in the search query, and selectively validate the candidate tags. The system is configured to provide the search results to a user device based in part on the candidate tags generated and validated by the fuzzy knowledge module.