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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2011
Jan Seedorf, Heidelberg, DE;
Saverio Niccolini, Heidelberg, DE;
Martin Stiemerling, Leimen, DE;
Flavio Junqueira, Barcelona, ES;
Marco Serafini, Barcelona, ES;
Ivan Kelly, Barcelona, ES;
Vincent Leroy, Barcelona, ES;
Berkant Barla Cambazoglu, Barcelona, ES;
Jan Seedorf, Heidelberg, DE;
Saverio Niccolini, Heidelberg, DE;
Martin Stiemerling, Leimen, DE;
Flavio Junqueira, Barcelona, ES;
Marco Serafini, Barcelona, ES;
Ivan Kelly, Barcelona, ES;
Vincent Leroy, Barcelona, ES;
Berkant Barla Cambazoglu, Barcelona, ES;
NEC EUROPE LTD., Heidelberg, DE;
YAHOO HOLDINGS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A search engine for finding objects that correspond to a search request, including an input module for receiving a keyword query from a user, and a search module being configured to map the keyword query to the identifiers of objects that semantically match the keyword or the plurality of keywords contained in the keyword query, and to generate a search result that contains a listing of matching object identifiers, is characterized in that the search module is further configured to generate the search result by considering network layer information about the user within the process of mapping the keyword query to identifiers of matching objects, wherein the network layer information include sophisticated information the search module receives from a dedicated entity.