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ANSWERING PEOPLE-RELATED QUESTIONS

  • US 20140344259A1
  • Filed: 06/11/2013
  • Published: 11/20/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2013
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by one or more computer devices, a search query from a user of a user device;

    determining, by the one or more computer devices, that the search query is a people-related question;

    identifying, by the one or more computer devices, based on determining that the search query is the people-related question, and using a data structure, a set of people related to the search query,the data structure being associated with the user, andthe data structure storing people-related data for a plurality of people with which the user is associated,the set of people being a subset of the plurality of people;

    determining, by the one or more computer devices, whether to provide information relating to the set of people; and

    selectively providing, by the one or more computer devices, to the user device, and based on determining whether to provide the information relating to the set of people, one of;

    a first document that identifies at least one person in the set of people and provides information relating to the at least one person,the information, relating to the at least one person, providing an answer to the people-related question, ora second document that excludes the information relating to the set of people.

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