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US 2013/0159106 A1Published application
Method for providing search results including relevant location based content
AssigneeJohn Nicholas Gross
InventorJohn Nicholas Gross
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Abstract
A search engine considers events and stories described in electronic documents, a location of a searcher/reviewer, and a situs associated with a query and content of the document to determine how/if they should be presented to users as part of relevant search results.
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A method of responding to a search query to a user with a computing system comprising:
- a) processing a query from a user including a first search term with the computing system;
- b) automatically determining a geographic region associated with said user with the computing system;
- c) automatically determining if said first search term relates to a news story describing events or topics associated with said geographic region;
- wherein said determining is performed by analyzing content of published online news stories from local sources within or proximate to said geographic region with the computing system;
- d) automatically selecting first news content from said local sources relating to said first search term with the computing system when said first search term relates to a news story published within a first time interval;
- e) presenting search results to said user with the computing system for said query including said first news content in response to said query directed to said first search term.
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A method of responding to a search query to a user with a computing system comprising:
- a) processing a query from a user concerning a first topic with the computing system;
- b) automatically determining a geographic region associated with said user with the computing system;
- c) automatically determining if said first topic query relates to one or more events occurring within said geographic region;
- wherein said determining is performed by analyzing published online content relating to said one or more events or updates to said event(s) with the computing system;
- d) automatically selecting first topic news content relating to said first topic with the computing system when said first topic query relates to said one or more events or updates to said event(s) occurring within said geographic region;
- e) presenting search results to said user with the computing system for said query including optionally said first topic news content in response to said query directed to said first topic.
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