US 2014/0229468 A1 · Location-Based Mobile Search

Abstract

A geo-search server receives a query from a user device operated by a user and determines candidate locations that may be associated with the query based on the text of the query, using a geodata index. The geodata index contains information about location names and the geo-locations associated with those names. A relevance score is generated for each candidate location and a target location is selected based on the relevance scores. A query classification is determined based on the query, using a domain index, and query response candidates are selected from a content index based on the target location and the query classification. A relevance score is generated for each of the query response candidates, and a query response is selected based on the relevance scores. The query response is sent to the user device.

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Dependent claims

A method for providing a response to a query comprising:

receiving the query from a user device operated by a user, the query comprising one or more query tokens;
determining one or more candidate location tokens from the one or more query tokens;
generating a relevance score for each of the one or more candidate location tokens;
determining a target location based on the relevance scores, the candidate location tokens, and a geodata index;
determining a query classification using the one or more query tokens and a domain index;
selecting a plurality of query response candidates from a content index based on the query classification and the target location, each query response candidate comprising a document associated with a location;
generating a relevance score for each of the plurality of query response candidates;
selecting a query response from the plurality of query response candidates based on their relevance scores;
and
sending the selected query response to the user device.

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A geo-search server system for providing a response to a query comprising a computer server configured for:

receiving the query from a user device operated by a user, the query comprising one or more query tokens;
determining one or more candidate location tokens from the one or more query tokens;
generating a relevance score for each of the one or more candidate location tokens;
determining a target location based on the relevance scores, the candidate location tokens, and a geodata index;
determining a query classification using the one or more query tokens and a domain index;
selecting a plurality of query response candidates from a content index based on the query classification and the target location, each query response candidate comprising a document associated with a location;
generating a relevance score for each of the plurality of query response candidates;
selecting a query response from the plurality of query response candidates based on their relevance scores;
and
sending the selected query response to the user device.

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A non-transitory computer readable medium configured to store instructions executable by a computer processor, the instructions for:

receiving a query from a user device operated by a user, the query comprising one or more query tokens;
determining one or more candidate location tokens from the one or more query tokens;
generating a relevance score for each of the one or more candidate location tokens;
determining a target location based on the relevance scores, the candidate location tokens, and a geodata index;
determining a query classification using the one or more query tokens and a domain index;
selecting a plurality of query response candidates from a content index based on the query classification and the target location, each query response candidate comprising a document associated with a location;
generating a relevance score for each of the plurality of query response candidates;
selecting a query response from the plurality of query response candidates based on their relevance scores;
and
sending the selected query response to the user device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Location-Based Mobile Search

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