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Methods and apparatus for searching with awareness of geography and languages

  • US 7,523,108 B2
  • Filed: 05/22/2007
  • Issued: 04/21/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing records to a user, comprising:

  • identifying a set of different languages of terms submitted in a query by the user;

    using the set of languages to automatically discern a set of suspected geographical origins from which the user may have corrected to a server;

    finding a best combination of a language and a suspected geographical origin from the sets of languages and origins; and

    using the best combination to guide retrieval of search results responsive to the query and to rank the search results.

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