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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
May. 19, 2011
Jian Zhou, Milpitas, CA (US);
Anshul Kothari, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Subhadip Sarkar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Theodore B. Van Belle, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Surojit Chatterjee, Fremont, CA (US);
Jian Zhou, Milpitas, CA (US);
Anshul Kothari, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Subhadip Sarkar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Theodore B. Van Belle, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Surojit Chatterjee, Fremont, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
This specification describes technologies relating to content presentation. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of receiving data from a plurality of users within a geographic region associated with a location; analyzing the received data to derive a category for the location; annotating the location with the category; and using the category to boost candidate content items for delivery to users in the location in response to future content item requests.