Systems and methods for representing search query rewrites

Abstract

Various embodiments include systems and methods for generating query rewrite records which may be used to generate standardized query rewrites for a search engine. Such records may identify rewrite triggers as well as constraints and other metadata flags which may be associated with certain rewrites in query rewrite identification (QRIL) records. In certain embodiments, such records may he analyzed with other QRIL records or rewrite information to prevent rewrite conflicts and to generate standardized rewrites. This information may then be used by a search engine to generate responses to user queries.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system comprising:
 a query transcoding device comprising:   an input module that receives, from a first query rewrite source device, a first set of query rewrite data, wherein the first set of query rewrite data comprises constraint data, metaflag data, and rewrite data, wherein the constraint data comprises at least a first trigger value, and wherein the rewrite data identifies at least a first query rewrite value associated with the first trigger value;   a data parser module coupled to the input module that processes the first set of query data to identify the first trigger and the first query rewrite value, and that communicates parsed query data to one or more identifier module to identify a first query rewrite type associated with the first set of query rewrite data from a plurality of query rewrite types; and   a query rewrite input language (QRIL) record generation and formatting module that generates a first QRIL record from the first set of query rewrite data, wherein the first QRIL record comprises the first trigger value, the first query rewrite value, and a first metaflag element that identifies the first QRIL record as associated with the first query rewrite type.