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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2008
Ya Zhang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Srinivas Vadrevu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Belle Tseng, Cupertino, CA (US);
Gordon Guo-zheng Sun, Redwood City, CA (US);
Xin LI, San Jose, CA (US);
Ya Zhang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Srinivas Vadrevu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Belle Tseng, Cupertino, CA (US);
Gordon Guo-Zheng Sun, Redwood City, CA (US);
Xin Li, San Jose, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for determining the intent of query that includes a search engine that receives a first search query, a query/click log module configured to store log data associated with the first search query; and a computational module that generates metric values associated with the first search query based on the log data and that determines that the first search query is one of a regional specific query or a global query based on the metric values, where the metric values reflect a likelihood of local intent of the first search query, and where the search engine provides search results selected in part based on the metric values.