SEARCH GUIDED BY LOCATION AND CONTEXT
First Claim
1. A web search system comprising the following computer-implemented components:
- a search component that identifies relevant web content in accordance with a query;
a location component that limits content to a bounded region surrounding a present physical location of a user; and
a context component that filters the limited content based on user information.
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Abstract
The subject disclosure pertains to web searches and more particularly toward influencing resultant content to increase relevancy. The resultant content can be influenced by reconfiguring a query and/or filtering results based on user location and/or context information (e.g., user characteristics/profile, prior interaction/usage temporal, current events, and third party state/context . . . ). Furthermore, the disclosure provides for query execution on at least a subset of designated web content, for example as specified by a user. Still further yet, a localized marketing system is disclosed that provides discount offers to users that match merchant criteria including proximity. A system for actively probing populations of users with different parameters and monitoring responses can be employed to collect data for identifying the best discounts and deadlines to offer to users to achieve desired results.
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20 Claims
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1. A web search system comprising the following computer-implemented components:
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a search component that identifies relevant web content in accordance with a query; a location component that limits content to a bounded region surrounding a present physical location of a user; and a context component that filters the limited content based on user information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method that facilitates interacting with web content comprising the following computer-implemented acts:
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identifying a present physical location of a user; and filtering a web search query based on a bounded region including an identified location and user information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system to facilitated web-based search comprising:
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a computer-implemented means for identifying a present location of a user; a computer implemented means for limiting at least one of search queries, sources of advertisements and sources of content to the identified sources based on the location; and a computer-implemented means for limiting the at least one of search queries, sources of advertisements and sources of content based on information about the user.
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