eBay Inc.
GUIDANCE-ATTRIBUTE CONTROLS IN A SEARCH SYSTEM

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and computer storage media for processing search queries using relevance-based search refinement are provided. In response to a search query, search result items are displayed on a search interface along with selectable guidance attributes. The guidance attributes are an identified ranked set of characteristics of items based on historical user interactions of users interacting with the search result items provided in response to the search query. Upon selection of a guidance attribute, a guidance-attribute control having embedded selectable values is displayed. A selection of an embedded value is received to cause execution of an embedded-value search operation. A first embedded-value search operation is executed to identify a subset of the items using the selected value. Alternatively, a second embedded-value search operation is executed to provide a dynamically updatable count of search results items that will be provided upon refinement of the search results items using the selected value.