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US8874592B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 28, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 1, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0261
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The subject disclosure pertains to web searches and more particularly toward influencing resultant content to increase relevancy. The resultant content can be influenced by reconfiguring a query and/or filtering results based on user location and/or context information (e.g., user characteristics/profile, prior interaction/usage temporal, current events, and third party state/context . . . ). Furthermore, the disclosure provides for query execution on at least a subset of designated web content, for example as specified by a user. Still further yet, a localized marketing system is disclosed that provides discount offers to users that match merchant criteria including proximity. A system for actively probing populations of users with different parameters and monitoring responses can be employed to collect data for identifying the best discounts and deadlines to offer to users to achieve desired results.
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