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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2011
Haran Pilpel, Ramat Hasharon, IL;
Tomer Shmiel, Ramat-Gan, IL;
Eran Ofek, Rehovot, IL;
Eldad Barkai, Givat-Shmuel, IL;
Ziv Bar-yossef, Herzliya, IL;
Haran Pilpel, Ramat Hasharon, IL;
Tomer Shmiel, Ramat-Gan, IL;
Eran Ofek, Rehovot, IL;
Eldad Barkai, Givat-Shmuel, IL;
Ziv Bar-Yossef, Herzliya, IL;
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for identifying topical entities. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining a plurality of entities that are associated with a first resource; for one or more of the identified entities, receiving search results for a search query derived from the entity; determining that search results for a search query including a particular entity include a specific type of search results; and determining that the particular entity is a topical entity of the first resource based at least in part on the particular entity appearing in a title or a resource locator of the first resource, wherein the topical entity of the first resource represents a predominant topic of the first resource.