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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2011
Christopher W. Higgins, Portland, OR (US);
Marc Eliot Davis, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher T. Paretti, San Francisco, CA (US);
Simon P. King, Berkeley, CA (US);
Rahul Nair, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Carrie Burgener, Mountainview, CA (US);
Christopher W. Higgins, Portland, OR (US);
Marc Eliot Davis, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher T. Paretti, San Francisco, CA (US);
Simon P. King, Berkeley, CA (US);
Rahul Nair, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Carrie Burgener, Mountainview, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for context based query augmentation. A question is received over a network from a questioning user comprising an identification of a user and at least one question criteria. A first query is formulated so as to search for user profile data, social network data, spatial data, temporal data and topical data in order to identify user context data relevant to question criteria. The question is modified using the user context data to create at least one modified question having at least one additional criteria based on the user context data. A second query is formulated so as to search for knowledge data, user profile data, social network data, spatial data, temporal data and topical data in order to identify knowledge data relevant to the identified user and the modified question criteria. The knowledge data is transmitted to the questioning user.