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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Oath Inc., Dulles, VA (US);
Inventors:
Sean Christopher Timm, Herndon, VA (US);
Sudhir Achuthan, Vienna, VA (US);
Mikhail Nicholaos Barrett, Fairfax, VA (US);
Assignee:
OATH INC., Dulles, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/332 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/335 (2019.01); G06F 16/95 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/3325 (2019.01); G06F 16/337 (2019.01); G06F 16/95 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for determining whether a search query with an observed number of occurrences in a set of search queries is a local search query. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided that comprises determining an expected number of occurrences of a search query and comparing the expected number of occurrences to a threshold. Further, the method includes determining whether the search query is a local search query based, at least in part, on the comparison.