Geographical location extraction
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1. A geographical location extraction method to infer a likely geographical location from one or more search terms entered as a query by a user on a search engine or the like, the method comprising utilising a combination of all of the processes of:
- word analysis to determine which parts of a search query comprise location names and provide an indicator of the extent to which a given search term or part thereof should be treated as a geographical location;
ranking geographical location names in accordance with the probability that the location names are likely to be searched;
returning a list of probable locations in response to a search term comprising a non-geographical search term associated with a geographical location name;
the user submitting criteria including a locality name, identifying from the criteria the locality name and returning, in dependence on the locality name, a probability that the locality name is associated with a geographical location; and
analysing the order in which words appear in a search query string, in combination with a search in a locations database, to return a likelihood of a search term relating to a list of probable associated locations.
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A geographical location extraction method and tool to infer a likely geographical location from one or more search terms entered as a query by a user on a search engine or the like.
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1. A geographical location extraction method to infer a likely geographical location from one or more search terms entered as a query by a user on a search engine or the like, the method comprising utilising a combination of all of the processes of:
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word analysis to determine which parts of a search query comprise location names and provide an indicator of the extent to which a given search term or part thereof should be treated as a geographical location; ranking geographical location names in accordance with the probability that the location names are likely to be searched; returning a list of probable locations in response to a search term comprising a non-geographical search term associated with a geographical location name; the user submitting criteria including a locality name, identifying from the criteria the locality name and returning, in dependence on the locality name, a probability that the locality name is associated with a geographical location; and analysing the order in which words appear in a search query string, in combination with a search in a locations database, to return a likelihood of a search term relating to a list of probable associated locations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-readable medium containing a set of instructions for a general purpose computer and adapted to infer a likely geographical location from one or more search terms entered as a query by a user on a search engine or the like, utilising—
- a combination of all processes of;
word analysis to determine which parts of a search query comprise location names and provide an indicator of the extent to which a given search term or part thereof should be treated as a geographical location; ranking geographical location names in accordance with the probability that the location names are likely to be searched; returning a list of probable locations in response to a search term comprising a non-geographical search term associated with a geographical location name; the user submitting criteria including a locality name, identifying from the criteria the locality name and returning, in dependence on the locality name, a probability that the locality name is associated with a geographical location; and analysing the order in which words appear in a search query string, in combination with a search in a locations database, to return a likelihood of a search term relating to a list of probable associated locations. - View Dependent Claims (15)
- a combination of all processes of;
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