US 11,954,096 B2
Database facet search
Chris Springer, Richfield, MN (US); David Lukaska, Richfield, MN (US); Punit Virdi, Richfield, MN (US); Lakshme Acharya Madhav, Richfield, MN (US); and Ravi Challagundla, Richfield, MN (US)
Assigned to BBY Solutions, Inc., Riichfield, MN (US)
Filed by BBY Solutions, Inc., Richfield, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/508,040.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/105,251, filed on Oct. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0129449 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 16/242 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/2423 (2019.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
a) establishing item records in a database, the item records having attributes;
b) performing a search on the item records to return a found set of item records;
c) identifying, after performing the search, a first facet modifier record that matches a plurality of item records in the found set of item records, the first facet modifier record having a first facet modification associated with first query information;
d) presenting a first query created based on the first query information to a user interface;
e) receiving first input from the user interface in response to the first query;
f) altering the first input based on the first facet modification to generate a first facet search parameter;
g) performing a first facet search to narrow the found set of item records based on the first facet search parameter, resulting in a first narrowed set of item records; and
h) presenting the first narrowed set of item records to the user interface.