Invention Grant
US09384289B2 Method and system to identify geographical locations associated with queries received at a search engine
有权
用于识别与在搜索引擎处接收到的查询相关联的地理位置的方法和系统
- Patent Title: Method and system to identify geographical locations associated with queries received at a search engine
- Patent Title (中): 用于识别与在搜索引擎处接收到的查询相关联的地理位置的方法和系统
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Application No.: US12977851Application Date: 2010-12-23
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Publication No.: US09384289B2Publication Date: 2016-07-05
- Inventor: Vanessa Murdock , Hugues Bouchard
- Applicant: Vanessa Murdock , Hugues Bouchard
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: EXCALIBUR IP, LLC
- Current Assignee: EXCALIBUR IP, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30 ; G06Q30/02

Abstract:
Techniques are provided for prediction locations of users that submit search queries. A query is received at a search engine. An inverted index is searched to identify one or more geographical locations associated with one or more terms of the received query. The inverted index lists a plurality of query terms and one or more geographical locations associated with each query term. Each geographic location that is associated with a listed query term in the inverted index is a determined location for at least one user previously having submitted the listed term in a search query. A geographical location is predicted for a user that submitted the received query based on the identified one or more geographical locations. In this manner, a location is predicted for the user based on similar queries previously submitted by users.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120166416A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH QUERIES RECEIVED AT A SEARCH ENGINE Public/Granted day:2012-06-28
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