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US 9,426,626 B2Granted
Location uncertainty in search
AssigneeYahoo! Inc.
InventorsMichael Plasmeier, Anand Tolani
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Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing search results based at least in part on uncertainty.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- estimating, by a network-connected device, a location of a mobile device and a radius of a probable location region;
- and
- providing search results to the mobile device using a ranking factor generated from the estimated location and the radius as factors in ranking search results.
A system comprising:
- a computing device comprising one or more processors;
- the one or more processors of the computing device to estimate a location of a mobile device and a radius of a probable location region, and provide search results to the mobile device using a ranking factor generated from the estimated location and the radius to rank search results.
An article comprising:
- a non-transitory storage medium having instructions stored thereon executable to:
- estimate a location of a mobile device and a radius of a probable location region, and provide search results to the mobile device using a ranking factor generated from the estimated location and the radius as factors to rank search results.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.