Viewport-relative scoring for location search queries
US7792883B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 10, 2007 |
| Grant date | Sep 7, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 31, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/918
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for performing a location search includes receiving a location search query, identifying one or more geographical features that satisfy the location search query, ranking the identified geographical features in accordance with a score that is based, at least in part, on proximity of the geographical features to a geographical viewport region of a client system, to produce a set of ranked geographical features, and providing results, in accordance with the ranked documents, that identify at least one geographic feature corresponding to the at least one of the ranked geographical features.
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