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Patent No.:

US 9317871 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016

Filed:

May. 28, 2013
Applicant:

Vmobo, Inc., Bangalore, IN;

Inventors:

Yan Or, San Francisco, CA (US);

Anand Kumar Sankaran, Fremont, CA (US);

Madhu Gopinathan, Bangalore, IN;

Vinu Sundaresan, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

vMobo, Inc., Bangalore, IN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0256 (2013.01); G06F 17/30648 (2013.01);
Abstract

A classified ads server receives a search query from a mobile device operated by a user. The search query is parsed and a plurality of tokens is extracted from the search query. A query classification is determined based on the query, using a domain index, and query response candidates are selected from a content index based on the search query tokens and the query classification. A relevance score is generated for each of the query response candidates, and a classified ad is selected based on the relevance scores. The classified ad is sent to the user device.


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