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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2009
Narendranath Datha Govindachetty, Bangalore, IN;
Tanuja Abhay Joshi, Pune, IN;
Joseph Joy, Redmond, WA (US);
Vibhuti Singh Sengar, Redmond, WA (US);
Narendranath Datha Govindachetty, Bangalore, IN;
Tanuja Abhay Joshi, Pune, IN;
Joseph Joy, Redmond, WA (US);
Vibhuti Singh Sengar, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method described herein includes receiving a query that is configured by an issuer of the query to be utilized to retrieve a portion of local search content, wherein the local search content comprises a first dataset and a second data set, wherein the first dataset comprises a first entity and the second dataset comprises a second entity, and wherein the query comprises a first token and a second token. The method also includes parsing the query such that the first token of the query is mapped to the first entity in the first dataset and the second token of the query is mapped to the second entity in the second dataset. The method also includes returning search results based at least in part upon the parsing of the query.