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| Summary / Description | 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. |
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | 6553310 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - United STATES Patent - A |
| Patentee Name | Hewlett-Packard Company |
| Relevant Pages, Columns, or Lines | 12-13 |
| URL | http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/... |
| Filing Date | November 14, 2000 |
| Additional Information | |
| Notes | |
Excerpt An apparatus for, and a method of, customizing an Internet session to the current location of the user which can, through a variety of methods, identify a user's specific location and once the specific location is determined, customize Internet information for the user's specific location. The location can be determined through a GPS device, user input or calculation and application of location parameters from a known position or similar methods. The customized Internet information can be accessed via, for example, CDPD, and user specific queries can be addressed through Internet search capabilities coupled with local processing. |
A network device to manage a search query from a mobile device over a network, comprising:
a transceiver to send and receive data over the network; and
a processor that is operative to perform actions, including:
receiving a search query from the mobile device;
parsing the search query into at least one primary search term, and zero or more location modifiers;
if a location modifier is parsed from the search query, using the location modifier to determine a physical location;
refining the search query based on the at least one primary search term and the determined physical location; and
performing a search using the refined search query.
| Relevance | This patent also talks about a very similar approach as described in Claim 1, the only difference being it does not specifically discuss the situation when user enters the location information themselves as part of the search query keywords. |
The network device of claim 1, wherein the actions further comprising:
if a location modifier is unparsed from the search query then determining a physical location based on one of a current location or a default location associated with the mobile device.
| Relevance | This patent uses the location information gathered from the device whenever possible. |
The network device of claim 1, wherein the location modifier is one of a user-specific location modifier, or a location sub-string modifier.
| Relevance | This patent does not talk about user-specified location modifier but the location information is definitely sent along with the search query to the server. |
A system that is operative to manage a search query over a network, comprising:
a client device that is configured and arranged to enable actions, including:
sending a search query over the network; and
receiving a search result based on the refined search query; and
a network device that is configured and arranged to perform actions, including:
receiving the search query from the client device;
parsing the search query into at least one primary search term, and zero or more location modifiers;
if a location modifier is parsed from the search query:
determining a physical location based, in part, on the location modifier,
refining the search query based on the at least one primary search term and the determined physical location; and
performing a search using the refined search query.
| Relevance | This patent also talks about a very similar approach as described in Claim 1, the only difference being it does not specifically discuss the situation when user enters the location information themselves as part of the search query keywords. |
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.
| Relevance | This patent uses the same approach in performing a search query, in which: - search query and location information is sent from the device - sever determines the location and refine the search based on the location |
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