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Location based query suggestion

  • US 8,301,639 B1
  • Filed: 01/29/2010
  • Issued: 10/30/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • determining a current location of a user of an electronic device;

    generating a selection of a plurality of the user'"'"'s past search queries in response to determining the current location of the user, where each past search query in the selection is associated with a query location that is determined from terms of the past search query and independently of a user location when the past search query was submitted;

    assigning a respective score to each past search query in the selection, where the score for each past search query is based at least in part on the distance between the current location and the query location of the past search query; and

    providing one or more of the past search queries in the selection for presentation to the user on the user'"'"'s electronic device based on the assigned scores and in response to determining the current location of the user.

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