Mapquest, Inc.

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Kevin Mayhew

Antony Pegg

Brian B Quinion

Stephen Hess

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for processing geographic data and identifying geographic locations. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided that is performed by one or more processors, the method comprising operations including receiving a query including an address, parsing the address into tokens, and sending the tokens to one or more harvesters. The method also includes receiving one or more geographic location candidates from the one or more harvesters in response to the tokens, comparing the one or more candidates, and returning one or more geographic locations based on the comparison.

Systems and methods for processing geographic data

Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for parsing search queries. In accordance with some embodiments, search records including character strings are retrieved, and search query templates are generated comprising sequences of categories corresponding to character substrings of the character strings. Also, in accordance with some embodiments, search queries are parsed into character substrings and matched with a search query template. The search query template may then be used to associate categories with the character substrings. A search engine may use the categories to focus or otherwise refine a search based on parsed search query.

Systems and methods for parsing search queries

Computerized systems and methods are provided for generating results of a search query. In accordance with some implementations, data is received that is indicative of a character string related to a location and provided as input by a user. One or more hierarchically organized data trees are retrieved, from a storage device, for administrative areas related to the input character. Thereafter, probable target addresses are determined for the location utilizing the hierarchically organized data trees for each of the administrative areas, and a list of probable target addresses is provided for display to the user based on the hierarchy of the administrative areas.

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