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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2012
Sean Christopher Timm, Herndon, VA (US);
Sudhir Achuthan, Vienna, VA (US);
Mikhail Nicholaos Barrett, Fairfax, VA (US);
Sean Christopher Timm, Herndon, VA (US);
Sudhir Achuthan, Vienna, VA (US);
Mikhail Nicholaos Barrett, Fairfax, VA (US);
Oath Inc., Dulles, VA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for determining whether a search query with an observed number of occurrences in a set of search queries is a local search query. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided that comprises determining an expected number of occurrences of a search query and comparing the expected number of occurrences to a threshold. Further, the method includes determining whether the search query is a local search query based, at least in part, on the comparison.