SUGGESTION OF ALTERNATIVE QUERY PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF SEARCH QUERY

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an alternative search query to a predicted search query.SOLUTION: A search query is received from a client node 1002. Prior to receiving an indication from the client node that the search query is completely formed, the following steps are performed: a predicted search query is determined by predicting what the search query will be when completed 1004; and an alternative search query that differs from the predicted search query is determined based on the predicted search query 1006. The alternative search query is provided to the client node 1008. The alternative search query may be something that the user search query is unlikely to complete. For example, in response to the user entering a search query of "brittany sp", an alternative search query with a spelling suggestion of "britney spears" is determined and then provided to the user 1010.