CLASSIFICATION OF AMBIGUOUS GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCES
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Abstract
A location classifier generates location information based on textual strings in input text. The location information defines potential geographical relevance of the input text. In determining the location information, the location classifier may receive at least one geo-relevance profile associated with at least one string in the input text, obtain a combined geo-relevance profile for the document from the at least one geo-relevance profile, and determine geographical relevance of the input text based on the combined geo-relevance profile.
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50 Claims
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31. A method comprising:
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identifying, by a device, a first geographically significant phrase in a document; identifying, by the device, a second geographically significant phrase in the document; determining, by the device, that the first geographically significant phrase is associated with a first plurality of geographic areas; determining, by the device, that the second geographically significant phrase is associated with a second plurality of geographic areas; determining, by the device, that a geographic area of the first plurality of geographic areas matches a geographic area of the second plurality of geographic areas; associating, by the device and based on determining that the geographic area of the first plurality of geographic areas matches the geographic area of the second plurality of geographic areas, the document with a particular geographic area, the particular geographic area corresponding to the geographic area of the first plurality of geographic areas and the geographic area of the second plurality of geographic areas; and storing, by the device, information indicating the association of the document with the particular geographic area. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A device comprising:
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a memory to store instructions; and a processor to execute the instructions to; identify a first geographically significant phrase in a document; identify a second geographically significant phrase in the document; receive information indicating that the first geographically significant phrase is associated with a first plurality of geographic areas; receive information indicating that the second geographically significant phrase is associated with a second plurality of geographic areas; determine that a geographic area of the first plurality of geographic areas matches a geographic area of the second plurality of geographic areas; associate, based on determining that the geographic area of the first plurality of geographic areas matches the geographic area of the second plurality of geographic areas, the document with a particular geographic area, the particular geographic area corresponding to the geographic area of the first plurality of geographic areas and the geographic area of the second plurality of geographic areas; and store information indicating the association of the document with the particular geographic area, the stored information permitting a determination to be made as to whether the document is relevant to the particular geographic area. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
one or more instructions which, when executed by a processor a device, cause the processor to; receive information identifying a first geographically significant phrase in a document; receive information identifying a second geographically significant phrase in the document; determine that the first geographically significant phrase is associated with a first plurality of geographic areas; determine that the second geographically significant phrase is associated with a second plurality of geographic areas; determine that a geographic area of the first plurality of geographic areas matches a geographic area of the second plurality of geographic areas; associate, based on determining that the geographic area of the first plurality of geographic areas matches the geographic area of the second plurality of geographic areas, the document with a particular geographic area, the particular geographic area corresponding to the geographic area of the first plurality of geographic areas and the geographic area of the second plurality of geographic areas; and store information indicating the association of the document with the particular geographic area, the stored information permitting a determination to be made that the document is related to the particular geographic area. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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