US 12,072,902 B2
Multifaceted search with facet hierarchy
Preetha Srinivasan, Bengaluru (IN); and Brian J. Jenks, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to OPEN TEXT CORPORATION, Waterloo (CA)
Filed by Open Text Corporation, Waterloo (CA)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/339,602.
Application 18/339,602 is a continuation of application No. 17/407,032, filed on Aug. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,727,024.
Application 17/407,032 is a continuation of application No. 16/230,763, filed on Dec. 21, 2018, granted, now 11,126,633, issued on Sep. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0350907 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 16/22 (2019.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); G06F 16/242 (2019.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/248 (2019.01) [G06F 9/451 (2018.02); G06F 16/2246 (2019.01); G06F 16/2379 (2019.01); G06F 16/2428 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for faceted search, the method comprising:
defining a facet structure comprising facets and relationships between the facets;
defining a likeliness structure comprising the facets and likeliness relationships between the facets, the likeliness relationships between the facets identifying the likeliness of interest between and among facets;
receiving search results from an initial search of the facet structure, the initial search based on interest in one or more of the facets in the facet structure;
generating a search interface comprising a display of the search results;
generating a facet interface comprising a display of the facet structure based on the search results from the initial search, the display of the facet structure comprising a first facet;
based on the likeliness structure, identifying a second facet of likely interest to the first facet and not included in the search results; and
modifying the display of the facet structure to further display the second facet of likely interest.