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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Oath Inc., New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
Paul Yiu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Naroo Krishnan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Suju Rajan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Oath Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/9537 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/9537 (2019.01);
Abstract
Techniques are described by which information needs are satisfied by taking into account a variety of contextual cues that constrain the information searched. Contextual data such as the location, speed, and direction of travel of a mobile device are used to generate or modify a search query in a way that constrains the geographic region being searched to improve the relevance of search results or recommendations provided.