Patent Application Number: 2007342244
Filing Date: December 06, 2007Priority Date: January 05, 2007
Inventors: Keith David Saft, Meher Tendjoukian, Edward Stanley Ott, Marco Boerries, Paul Yiu
Applicants: Yahoo! Inc
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A method of performing a search query over a network, comprising:

sending, from a mobile device, a search query having a primary search term;

determining, by the server device, a physical location based, in part, on zero or more implicit location modifiers within the search query;

refining, by the server device, the search query based on the primary search term and the determined physical location;

performing at least one search using the refined search query; and

providing at least one search results to the mobile device over the network.

Submitted by: Jimmy TiLast updated: over 2 years ago
Patent/Application # 6553310
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This patent talks about using location information during searching in order to get more relevant information for the users. Concept-wise, it is essentially the same as this application by Yahoo!, because both of them are using location information in order to deliver better search results to the users.
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Submitted by: Jimmy TiLast updated: over 2 years ago
Patent/Application # 7603360
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This patent describes a very similar idea of using information to provide more relevant search results and enhancements for many other network-based activities. Basically, search is refined with the knowledge of location and other information, and location information can be gathered via GPS module, GSM cell tower triangulation or be provided manually by the user when performing the search.
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