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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2010
Michelangelo Diligenti, Zurich, CH;
Wenxin LI, Cupertino, CA (US);
Fabio Lopiano, Sydney, AU;
Trystan G. Upstill, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michelangelo Diligenti, Zurich, CH;
Wenxin Li, Cupertino, CA (US);
Fabio Lopiano, Sydney, AU;
Trystan G. Upstill, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for identifying implicitly local queries. A query having one or more terms is received. The query is associated with a user locale. A degree of implicit local relevance for the query is determined. One or more search results for the query is received. Each received search result has a respective score and a respective result locale. The score of a respective search result is modified using the degree of implicit local relevance for the query, the user locale, and the respective result locale of the respective search result.