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Providing context relevant search for a user based on location and social information

  • US 10,223,648 B2
  • Filed: 09/14/2012
  • Issued: 03/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, at a mobile device via a network, a list of search results responsive to a search query, each search result associated with a search value indicating a quality of a match between the search query and the search result;

    identifying, by the mobile device, a ranking of the list of search results, the ranking of the list of search results based on a relevance score of each search result of the search results determined based on the search value, a location value determined by comparing a search result location and a user location, an interest value determined by comparing search result categories and user interests, a time value determined by comparing a current time and a delivery time range for the search result, and a connection value determined based on a number of user'"'"'s friends that are associated with the search result;

    identifying, by the mobile device, a re-ranking of the list of search results based on adjusted relevance scores, wherein the adjusted relevance scores are generated by a server computer by multiplying the search value for said each search result of the search results into said each relevance score for said each search result of the search results; and

    displaying a graphical map on the mobile device and centered around a center location, the graphical map provided by the server computer in response to a request from the mobile device, the graphical map comprising a plurality of locations, each location associated with a search result from a list of the re-ranked search results, each location comprising an indication of an order of the search result from the list of the re-ranked search results in the ranking, each location placed on the graphical map according to a location associated with the search result from the list of there-ranked search results.

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