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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2012
Jay Yagnik, Mountain View, CA (US);
Niyati Yagnik, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jay Yagnik, Mountain View, CA (US);
Niyati Yagnik, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented information targeting method is disclosed. The method includes receiving a search query from a computing device, where the search query has at least two different meanings, identifying metadata associated with the search query, using the metadata to promote search results corresponding to a first meaning of the at least two meanings of the search query, and providing search results corresponding to the first meaning of the search query to the computing device. Using the metadata to promote search results may comprise analyzing (a) prior search queries that are related to the received search query, (b) metadata associated with the prior search queries, and (c) selections of search results provided in response to the prior search queries; and identifying a correlation between the metadata associated with the prior search queries and selections of search results presented in response to the prior search queries.