Jason J Mcneeley

US Patent:

20070219982, Sep 20, 2007

Filed:

Oct 5, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/539077

Inventors:

James Piper - Corona Del Ula CA, US
David Brumley - San Diego CA, US
Jason McNeeley - Placentia CA, US
Clark Limbacher - Livermore CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707005000

Abstract:

Systems and methods for preparing electronic searches are disclosed. In situations involving large number of items for many models of products, searches can be burdensome to the database. Moreover, variations in user skills can make many search requests inefficient and even meaningless. In one embodiment, search requests from users are prepared at a web server so as to form a more focused and meaningful search query for the database. Because such computing resource investments can be made at one or more servers, burden of heavy search loads can be distributed to the servers from the database. Various techniques for forming search queries can include translating abbreviations, nomenclatures, and misspellings. Moreover, use of standardized words allows for more efficient searches. In one embodiment, large number of automobile parts can be searched efficiently by prioritized matching of vehicle model information and part information from a search request in forming the search query.