NATURAL LOCAL SEARCH ENGINE
First Claim
1. A method for searching local geographic information on a Web-based search engine comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a computer accessible database consisting of local geographic information populated by at least one author familiar with words that are native or familiar to at least one geographic location;
(b) querying only said database with at least one word that is native or familiar to at least one geographic location; and
(c) providing search results in response to step (b).
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Abstract
A method and system for searching for local information on a self-contained network of computers using natural words (keywords) that are native or familiar to a geographic location or searcher. The method and system do not employ prior or predetermined personal information about a searcher to perform the search. Rather, they utilize only the location, which is entered with the search. Accordingly, more relevant search results are returned based upon the predefined categorization of the local information and its relationship with a searcher'"'"'s natural words and the natural words'"'"' relationship to the geographic location, all of which are predefined by authors of the local information who are uniquely familiar with such things as local slang, trade, profession and industry terms, local terms, acronyms, colloquialisms, and the like.
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1. A method for searching local geographic information on a Web-based search engine comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a computer accessible database consisting of local geographic information populated by at least one author familiar with words that are native or familiar to at least one geographic location; (b) querying only said database with at least one word that is native or familiar to at least one geographic location; and (c) providing search results in response to step (b). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for searching local geographic information on a Web-based search engine comprising:
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(a) a computer accessible database consisting of local geographic information populated by at least one author familiar with at least one word that is native or familiar to at least one geographic location; and (b) means for accessing said database. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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