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(19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2013/0232006 A1 Holcomb et al. (54)

(43) Pub. Date:

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Sep. 5, 2013

Publication Classi?cation

CONTEXT AND USER INTENT WITHIN A

LOCATION-BASED SEARCH ENGINE

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(71) ApplicantszTim Holcomb, Mission Viejo, CA (US);

Int- Cl G06F 1 7/30

(2006.01)

(52) US, Cl,

Mark Goddard, Rancho Santa

CPC .............................. .. G06F 17/30864 (2013.01)

Margarita, CA (US); Gopal

USPC ...................................... .. 705/1454; 707/706

Venkatraman, Irvine, CA (US); Ming Hao Bi, Tianjin (CN); Xiao Bin Gao,

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ABSTRACT

Tianjin (CN) (72)

Inventors? Tim Holcomb, Mission Viejo: CA (Us); Mark Goddard: Rancho Santa

Margarita: CA (Us); GOPaI Venkatramans Irvine’ CA (Us); Ming H30 Bi: Tianjin (CN); Xiao Bin G30: Tianjin (CN)

(21) App1.No.: 13/783,732 (22) Filed:

A single search system that returns relevant search results for a user search query by identifying user intent and context implied therein. The inventive system supports POI and

address searches initiated from a single search box only. Search query data is input in to a single search box on a single search client to initiate a search for an arbitrary piece of data. Meta-data concerning a nature of a search is not provided to the single search system. A search servlet on a single search server uses an ordered series of ?lter methods to progres

sively extract speci?c aspects of user intent from a freeforrn search query, and accumulate intent information Within a

Mar. 4, 2013

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context shared by all ?lters. The single search system deter mmes a data corpus to search based on context prov1ded 1n a

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Provisional application No. 61/606,718, ?led on Mar. 5, 2012.

user search query. Relevant search results are returned to the single search client in a search response.

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