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Culturally relevant search results

  • US 7,624,103 B2
  • Filed: 10/04/2006
  • Issued: 11/24/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing search results to a user, the method comprising:

  • receiving a search query submitted by the user to a search service, the search query being submitted by the user on a particular date;

    forming, using at least one computer processor, a query feature vector for the search query, the query feature vector being represented as a set of numerical values that include numerical values representing the terms submitted in the search query;

    accessing news feature vectors associated with documents related to current events, the documents related to current events being documents having a publication date determined to be temporally proximate to the particular date of submission of the search query and each of the news feature vectors being represented as a set of numerical values that includes numerical values representing words included in a document related to a current event;

    comparing the query feature vector with the news feature vectors by calculating distances or angles between the query feature vector and the news feature vectors;

    forming an augmented query feature vector based on results of the comparison of the query feature vector with the news feature vectors;

    accessing target feature vectors related to target documents, each target feature vector being represented as a set of numerical values that include numerical values representing words included in a target document;

    comparing the augmented query feature vector with the target feature vectors by calculating distances or angles between the augmented query feature vector and the target feature vectors;

    identifying search results that include target documents based on results of the comparison of the augmented query feature vector with the target feature vectors; and

    enabling the user to perceive at least some of the identified search results.

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