Computational systems and methods for disambiguating search terms corresponding to network members
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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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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out accepting at least one search term corresponding to at least one member of a network; disambiguating the at least one search term including associating the at least one search term with at least one of network-participation identifier data or device-identifier data; and presenting a disambiguated search term at least partly based on at least one of the network-participation identifier data or the device-identifier data.
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A computer program product comprising:
an article of manufacture including a signal-bearing medium bearing (1) one or more instructions 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; (2) one or more instructions 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; (3) one or more instructions 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 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 (4) one or more instructions 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. - View Dependent Claims (44)
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45. A system comprising:
a computing device; and
instructions that when executed on the computing device cause the computing device to(1) accept 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; (2) obtain 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; (3) disambiguate 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 including at least searching the name data associated with the 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 (4) present a disambiguated search term corresponding to the at least one name corresponding to the real-world member of the at least one network. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47)
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