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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 11, 2014
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Alan G. Doubleday, Macquarie Park, AU;

Jordan Bayliss-McCulloch, Beaconsfield, AU;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30241 (2013.01);
Abstract

The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes identifying a search query that was submitted through a map interface, determining that a number of specific query indicators that are included in the search query meets a pre-specified number of specific query indicators, wherein the specific query indicators are selected, at least in part, from a set consisting of commas and capital letters, classifying, in response to the determination, the search query as a specific place query, and providing, based on the determination, content that excludes sponsored content in response to the search query.


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