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Computational systems and methods for disambiguating search terms corresponding to network members

  • US 10,074,113 B2
  • Filed: 09/30/2011
  • Issued: 09/11/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2011
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system comprising:

  • at least one database server including electronic circuitry including at least;

    circuitry configured for accepting at least one search term entered by a user performing at least one search to identify at least one member of at least one network, wherein the at least one member is distinct from the user and the at least one search term includes at least primary query data corresponding to at least one name associated with the at least one member and ancillary data at least corresponding to at least one image of the user;

    circuitry configured for obtaining at least one entry in an inter-service-provider directory of device-associated users created by one or more telecommunication carriers or social networks, the at least one entry including at least network-participation identifier data and device-identifier data, the network-participation identifier data including at least name data and image data associated with one or more members of the at least one network;

    circuitry configured for disambiguating the at least one search term to identify the at least one member from among one or more members of the at least one network, the disambiguating including at least searching the name data associated with the one or more members of the at least one network to determine the at least one name associated with the at least one member corresponding to the primary query data, analyzing the at least one image of the user by image recognition to identify at least one feature of the user including at least one indicia of network participation, and associating the identified at least one feature of the user including the at least one indicia of network participation with the at least one name associated with the at least one member to elevate at least one ranking of relevance that the at least one name corresponds to a real-world member of the at least one network; and

    circuitry configured for presenting a disambiguated search term corresponding to the at least one name corresponding to the real-world member of the at least one network.

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