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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2014
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, George Town, KY;
Guo Ping Lei, Hangzhou, CN;
Xiao Shuan Li, Hangzhou, CN;
Na Ma, Hangzhou, CN;
Wei Jia Liu, Hangzhou, CN;
Chuan Wen Chen, Hangzhou, CN;
Ming You Wang, Hangzhou, CN;
Hong Xi Zhou, Hangzhou, CN;
Xuan Wang, Hangzhou, CN;
Abstract
A method and a system provide regional content to users by associating data files with geographical properties and matching the geographical property of a data file with the geographical property of the user. The system extracts geographical information from a data file, and associates the data file with a source geographical property corresponding to the extracted geographical information according to a geographical information database. Upon obtaining a user geographical property of a user, the system provides the data file to the user if the source geographical property matches the user geographical property. The method and the system may be implemented using a geographical name lexicon or a geographical name suffix lexicon.