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Method, a system and a computer program product for detecting a local phenomenon

US8176091B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 7, 2009
Grant dateMay 8, 2012
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Expiry dateJun 11, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/954
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for detecting a local phenomenon, the system includes an interface for receiving queries information from a system for retrieving art related media, and a processor, configured to: (a) create a first local popularity chart, wherein the creating of the first local popularity chart includes enumerating, for each geographic area of a group of sampled geographic areas, identical query strings of queries that are included in a group of queries; (b) create a first global popularity chart, wherein the creating of the first global popularity chart includes enumerating identical query strings of the queries that are included in the group of queries; and (c) select at least one query string in response to a scoring of the query string at the first local popularity chart and to a scoring of the query string at the first global popularity chart; wherein the group of queries includes queries which were queried during a first period of time.

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