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Presentation of Local Results

  • US 20110264654A1
  • Filed: 06/02/2011
  • Published: 10/27/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

  • receiving, at a computer system from a remote device, a search query input by a user of the remote device;

    determining for the search query a location indicia that indicates a correlation of the search query to location-specific search results, wherein the location indicia was generated by a machine learning system that had been trained with previously received search queries;

    in response to determining based on the location indicia that the search query is highly correlated to location-specific search results, transmitting a message to the remote device that prompts the user to input a location;

    receiving the location from the user;

    obtaining a local result set responsive to the search query, which local result set is generated using the search query and the location;

    obtaining one or more non-local result sets responsive to the search query, which one or more non-local results sets are generated using the search query but not the location;

    formatting a message that includes content for transmission to the remote device so that when the message is initially displayed on the remote device the local result set is initially displayed prominently relative to the one or more non-local result sets; and

    transmitting the message to the remote device.

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