Category generalization for search queries
US9501571B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 16, 2015 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 22, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0261
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and computer-implemented method are provided for associating categories with business names for generalizing search queries, the method including identifying one or more businesses within a first geographic region, determining a business name and one or more categories for each of the one or more businesses, generating one or more name components for each of the one or more businesses from the name of the business, generating one or more name component groups from the name components of the one or more businesses, each name component group including one or more identical name components, determining for each name component group, if the one or more name components within the name component group are associated with businesses that share one or more common categories and associating the one or more common categories with the name component of the name component group.
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