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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2012
James Robert Muller, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Qingzhao Tan, San Jose, CA (US);
James Robert Muller, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Qingzhao Tan, San Jose, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for providing local data with search results. One of the methods includes obtaining a plurality of documents responsive to a query; determining that a first document of the plurality of documents is associated with at least one business; determining that the first document is a candidate local document in response to the determining; in response to determining that the first document is a candidate local document, verifying that the first document is a local document, the verifying based on one or more second documents of the plurality of documents; and in response to verifying that the first document is a local document, providing local data associated with the first document.