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Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2012
Applicants:

Ankur Gupta, Bangalore, IN;

Smita Hashim, Saratoga, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ankur Gupta, Bangalore, IN;

Smita Hashim, Saratoga, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0261 (2013.01); G06F 17/3087 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0256 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods of providing information via a computer network responsive to a request are provided. Keyword terms including a content keyword and a geographic location operator can be received via a computer network. A geographically modified keyword can be determined from the keyword terms. The geographically modified keyword indicates a product or service, and indicates a geographic location associated with the geographic location operator. A search query can be received from a user interface of a computing device, and a geographic location term in the search query can be identified. A geographic location term in a search query can be matched with the geographically modified keyword, with the geographic location term being a variant of the geographic location operator. Content can be obtained and provided from a data processing system to the user interface via the computer network, for display at the user interface.


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