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Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012

Filed:

Apr. 09, 2009
Applicants:

Maureen Heymans, San Francisco, CA (US);

Alexandre Kojoukhov, San Francisco, CA (US);

Hui Tan, Mountain View, CA (US);

Sha-mayn Teh, San Mateo, CA (US);

Jeffrey Chin, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Maureen Heymans, San Francisco, CA (US);

Alexandre Kojoukhov, San Francisco, CA (US);

Hui Tan, Mountain View, CA (US);

Sha-Mayn Teh, San Mateo, CA (US);

Jeffrey Chin, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, in which a cross-language search can be performed. A search query is received in a first language. A translated search query of the search query is obtained and evaluated to determine whether it is a candidate for cross-language searching. Upon identifying a candidate, a search can be performed using the translated search query to generate search results relevant to the translated search query.


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