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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2020
Cibo Technologies, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Samuel P. White, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Garrett M. Kolpin, Apple Valley, MN (US);
CIBO Technologies, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
An automated method for search includes: receiving search characters and a viewport location on a displayed geographic area corresponding to an area of interest; simultaneously searching a first entry source and a second entry source to obtain corresponding first suggested entries and second suggested entries, where the first suggested entries correspond to geographic locations that are closer to the viewport location; ranking the first suggested entries according to first rules of relevancy, and generating first ranked suggested entries; ranking the second suggested entries according to second rules of relevancy, and generating second ranked suggested entries; combining the first and second ranked suggested entries into a combined set of suggested entries, and ranking the combined set of suggested entries according to combined rules of relevancy, and generating combined ranked suggested entries; and transmitting the combined ranked suggested entries to a user for selection of a desired type ahead entry.