CUSTOM LOCAL SEARCH

• US 20200133965A1
• Filed: 09/05/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Govindachetty, Narendranath Datha, Joshi, Tanuja Abhay, Joy, Joseph, Sengar, Vibhuti Singh
• Granted Patent: US 11,269,932 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

A method described herein includes receiving a query that is configured by an issuer of the query to be utilized to retrieve a portion of local search content, wherein the local search content comprises a first dataset and a second data set, wherein the first dataset comprises a first entity and the second dataset comprises a second entity, and wherein the query comprises a first token and a second token. The method also includes parsing the query such that the first token of the query is mapped to the first entity in the first dataset and the second token of the query is mapped to the second entity in the second dataset. The method also includes returning search results based at least in part upon the parsing of the query.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A system that facilitates performing a search in a map application, the system comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the system to perform a set of operations comprising;

displaying within the map application a plurality of entities;

receiving, from an end user, a selection of an entity from the plurality of entities;

based on receiving the selection of the entity, displaying a user interface configured to receive attributes about the selected entity;

receiving, via the user interface, updated entity information about the entity;

storing the updated entity information in a first dataset;

receiving, in the map application, a query;

based on the received query, executing a search across at least the first dataset;

generating search results for the executed search, wherein the search results include the updated entity information; and

display, within the map application, the generated search results.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the first dataset is a custom dataset that has been generated by a plurality of end users.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the operations further comprise parsing the query into a first token and a second token, wherein executing the search includes executing the first token across the first dataset and executing the second token across a second dataset.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the second dataset is a contextual dataset including geographic vector data.

25. The system of claim 21, wherein the operations further comprise identifying the first dataset from a plurality of datasets based on content of the query.

26. The system of claim 21, wherein the operations further comprise receiving a selection of the first dataset from a plurality of datasets prior to executing the search.

27. The system of claim 21, wherein the updated entity information includes at least one textual attribute for the selected entity.

28. A computer-implemented method for executing a search in a map application, the method comprising:

displaying within the map application a plurality of entities;

receiving, from an end user, a selection of an entity from the plurality of entities;

based on receiving the selection of the entity, displaying a user interface configured to receive attributes about the selected entity;

receiving, via the user interface, updated entity information about the selected entity;

storing the updated entity information in a first dataset;

receiving, in the map application, a query;

based on the received query, executing a search across at least the first dataset;

generating search results for the executed search, wherein the search results include the updated entity information; and

displaying, within the map application, the generated search results.

29. The computer-implemented method of claim 28, wherein the first dataset is a custom dataset that has been generated by a plurality of end users.

30. The computer-implemented method of claim 28, further comprising parsing the query into a first token and a second token, wherein executing the search includes executing the first token across the first dataset and executing the second token across a second dataset.

31. The computer-implemented method of claim 30, wherein the second dataset is a contextual dataset including geographic vector data.

32. The computer-implemented method of claim 28, further comprising identifying the first dataset from a plurality of datasets based on content of the query.

33. The computer-implemented method of claim 28, further comprising receiving a selection of the first dataset from a plurality of datasets prior to executing the search.

34. The computer-implemented method of claim 28, wherein the updated entity information includes at least one textual attribute for the selected entity.

35. A computer-implemented method comprising:

displaying a map having a plurality of entities;

receiving, from an end user, a selection of an entity from the plurality of entities;

based on receiving the selection of the entity, displaying a user interface configured to receive attributes about the selected entity from the end user;

receiving, via the user interface, updated entity information about the entity;

storing the updated entity information in a first dataset of a plurality of datasets;

receiving a query;

identifying the first dataset from the plurality of datasets;

based on the received query, executing a search across at least the first dataset;

generating search results for the executed search, wherein the search results include the updated entity information; and

displaying the generated search results.

36. The computer-implemented method of claim 35, wherein the map is displayed on a website.

37. The computer-implemented method of claim 36, wherein identifying the first dataset is based on the identity of the website.

38. The computer-implemented method of claim 35, wherein identifying the first dataset is based on a selection of the first dataset by the end user.

39. The computer-implemented method of claim 35, wherein the first dataset is a custom dataset that has been generated by a plurality of end users.

40. The computer-implemented method of claim 35, further comprising parsing the query into a first token and a second token, wherein executing the search includes executing the first token across the first dataset and executing the second token across a second dataset.