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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2011
Thomas A. Lasko, Nashville, TN (US);
Andrew Tomkins, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Angelo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew K. Gray, Reading, MA (US);
Russell Ryan, Cambridge, MA (US);
Namrata U. Godbole, Cambridge, MA (US);
Roni F. Zeiger, Mountain View, CA (US);
Thomas A. Lasko, Nashville, TN (US);
Andrew Tomkins, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Angelo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew K. Gray, Reading, MA (US);
Russell Ryan, Cambridge, MA (US);
Namrata U. Godbole, Cambridge, MA (US);
Roni F. Zeiger, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for identifying entities using search results. One of the methods includes the actions of determining that a first search query includes a respective text reference to each of one or more predetermined attributes, wherein each attribute is associated with a first entity type; generating a second search query including the first search query and one or more terms that refer to the first entity type; and evaluating search results obtained for the second search query to select one or more names of entities of the first entity type to include in a response to the first search query.