System and method for language sensitive contextual searching
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsSimon Byers, David Kormann
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Abstract
A method, system and computer-readable media for searching a database and returning relevant results are disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving a user query in one language, searching a database based on the user query to obtain one or more results, processing the results according to a local linguistic context association with the user query, and presenting to the user the results with an identifier for each result in which a local linguistic context around a location of the user query is in a second language.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- receiving a user query in a first language;
- identifying a local language associated with a current location of a user device;
- and
- when the first language is distinct from the local language:
- querying a database based on the user query, to yield search results, wherein the search results comprise (1) a first result having a first word in the first language and a second word in the local language and (2) a second result predominantly in the first language;
- prioritizing the search results by first presenting the first result followed by the second result, to yield prioritized search results;
- and
- presenting the prioritized search results with an indication associated with the second result identifying that the second result is predominantly in the first language.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a user query in a first language;
- identifying a local language associated with a current location of a user device;
- and
- when the first language is distinct from the local language:
- querying a database based on the user query, to yield search results, wherein the search results comprise (1) a first result having a first word in the first language and a second word in the local language and (2) a second result predominantly in the first language;
- prioritizing the search results by first presenting the first result followed by the second result, to yield prioritized search results;
- and
- presenting the prioritized search results with an indication associated with the second result identifying that the second result is predominantly in the first language.
A computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a user query in a first language;
- identifying a local language associated with a current location of a user device;
- and
- when the first language is distinct from the local language:
- querying a database based on the user query, to yield search results, wherein the search results comprise (1) a first result having a first word in the first language and a second word in the local language and (2) a second result predominantly in the first language;
- prioritizing the search results by first presenting the first result followed by the second result, to yield prioritized search results;
- and
- presenting the prioritized search results with an indication associated with the second result identifying that the second result is predominantly in the first language.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.