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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2016
Yp Llc, Tucker, GA (US);
Sanjay Chand Sood, Claremont, CA (US);
Sudheer Sahu, Encinitas, CA (US);
Guobin He, San Diego, CA (US);
Krishna Krishnamaneni, Culver City, CA (US);
Vaibhav Chaudhary, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kiran Sugana, Pasadena, CA (US);
Nathan Lih Feng Diep, Glendora, CA (US);
YP LLC, D/FW Airport, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for generating geo-aware auto-suggestions for searching are provided. Characters corresponding to user input for a search query to a searching service may be processed prior to completion of the search query. Information about a geographical location may be processed. A geographical area of interest and potential correction(s) may be identified. Geo-specific suggestions may be determined based on the search query and/or a selected correction. The geo-specific suggestions may correspond to one or more identified businesses located in the geographical area of interest. The determining the geo-specific suggestions may include identifying business listing information corresponding to the geographical area of interest and the search query and/or a selected correction. The geo-specific suggestions may be indicated as a user-selectable option to complete the search query in a search query field for a search engine and/or to submit to the search engine as a selected search query.