WO2007081681A3 - Search system with query refinement and search method - Google Patents

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WO2007081681A3
WO2007081681A3 PCT/US2007/000025 US2007000025W WO2007081681A3 WO 2007081681 A3 WO2007081681 A3 WO 2007081681A3 US 2007000025 W US2007000025 W US 2007000025W WO 2007081681 A3 WO2007081681 A3 WO 2007081681A3
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A search system and method for searching for electronic documents, and providing a search result in response to a search query. In one embodiment, the search system includes a processor, a user interface module adapted to receive a search query from a user that includes a search query term, a search engine that electronically searches for electronic documents that satisfy the search query term, and a query processing module that identifies at least one alternative term for the search query term, and provides the alternative term to the user interface module for display to the user, and also provides the alternative term to the search engine to search for electronic documents that satisfy the alternative term.
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