System and method for providing a geographic search function
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1. A method for implementing a geographic search mode in connection with a search engine, the method comprising:
- indexing geographic locations for resources available to the search engine in a search engine index;
determining a target location for a particular user upon receiving a user query from the particular user; and
searching the search engine index for geographic location matches matching the target location.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for implementing a geographic search mode in connection with a search engine. The method may include indexing geographic locations for resources available to the search engine in a search engine index. The method may additionally include determining a target location for a particular user upon receiving a user query from the particular user and searching the search engine index for geographic location matches matching the target location.
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1. A method for implementing a geographic search mode in connection with a search engine, the method comprising:
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indexing geographic locations for resources available to the search engine in a search engine index;
determining a target location for a particular user upon receiving a user query from the particular user; and
searching the search engine index for geographic location matches matching the target location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A geographic search system for allowing a user to generate search results relevant to a target location, the system comprising:
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a geo-entity extractor for operating in conjunction with a crawler to crawl available information sources and extract location information;
a geo-tagger for tagging and indexing information sources with extracted location information;
location determination components for determining a target location upon receiving a user query; and
location matching components for matching the target location with indexed locations and generating results based on located matches. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A user interface system for implementing geographic search tools that search an index for geographic location matches, the user interface system comprising:
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a user-selectable local area option that prompts the geographic search tools to determine a user local area and search for indexed results in the determined local user area; and
a user-selectable alternative location option that allows a user to select an alternative location that prompts the geographic search tools to search for indexed results corresponding to the alternative location. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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