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Google patents search that merges related queries into one smart request

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This filing describes a system that groups multiple search queries from a user if they are about the same topic. It then combines the keywords from these queries into a single, more complex search request to get better results.

Why it mattersIt could make web searching feel more like a conversation, where the engine remembers what you were looking for earlier in the session.

In the filing’s own words

Methods, systems, and computer readable media related to generating a combined search query based on search parameters of a current search query of a user and search parameters of one or more previously submitted search quer(ies) of the user that are determined to be of the same line of inquiry as the current search query. Two or more search queries may be determined to share a line of inquiry when it is determined that they are within a threshold level of semantic similarity to one another. Once a shared line of inquiry has been identified and a combined search query generated, users may interact with the search parameters and/or the search results to update the search parameters of the combined search query.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method implemented using one or more processors, comprising: receiving user input to initiate a state-maintaining search session; receiving a first search query and a second search query within the state-maintaining search session; automatically determining that the first search query and the second search query relate to a shared line of inquiry based on their inclusion in the state-maintaining search session; formulating a combined search query comprising a plurality of search parameters derived from the first search query and the second search query; and executing a search of one or more databases by providing the combined search query to a machine learning model.

Facts

Company
Google (GOOGLE LLC)
Official title
COMBINING PARAMETERS OF MULTIPLE SEARCH QUERIES THAT SHARE A LINE OF INQUIRY
Publication number
US20260300272A1
Application number
19573497
Filed
Mar 20, 2026
Published
Oct 1, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
20

Classified under

G06F 16/2428 Physics & computingG06F 16/23 Physics & computingG06F 16/24575 Physics & computingG06F 16/248 Physics & computingG06F 18/214 Physics & computingG06F 18/22 Physics & computing
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