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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2009
Nikhil Dandekar, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Cameron, Redmond, WA (US);
Evan Despault, Seattle, WA (US);
Nikhil Dandekar, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Cameron, Redmond, WA (US);
Evan Despault, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Computer systems, methods, and media improving the relevance of the search results presented to a user for queries having an implicit local intent are provided. Utilizing the systems and methods described herein locally-biased queries are identified, despite such queries being void of any location-specific terms. A location of a computing device associated with the user is determined and localized web search results associated with the data item pair comprising the input query and the user's determined location are generated and presented to the user.