IP Library Granted Patent US 8,417,683
Granted Patent B2
US 8,417,683 · App. 12/706,410 · Granted Apr 9, 2013

System and method for presenting geolocated relevance-based content

Inventor: Vik Singh (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: Yahoo ! Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,417,683
App. No.
12/706,410
Granted
Apr 9, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides for a computerized method and system for presenting geolocated relevance-based content including determining a geographic location of a mobile processing device and identifying a plurality of search queries associated with the geographic location of the mobile processing device. The computerized method and system further includes generating at least one search result responsive to at least one of the plurality of queries associated with the geographic location of the mobile processing device. Therefore, in the method and system, the mobile processing device is presented with one or more search results based on the geographic location of the mobile processing device.

Claims (55)

1. A computerized method for presenting geolocated relevance-based content, the method comprising:

determining a geographic location of a mobile processing device;

determining the scope of the geographic location;

identifying a plurality of top search queries associated with the geographic location of the mobile processing device, the top search queries based at least on a trend associated with search queries within the scope of the geographic location;

utilizing at least one environmental factor for determining whether filtering is to be applied at the geographic location;

based on the at least one environmental factor, filtering tracking information at the geographic location to distinguish between time sensitive search operations and non-time sensitive search operations;

generating at least one search result responsive to at least one of the plurality of top search queries associated with the geographic location of the mobile processing device; and

presenting the one or more search results responsive to the one or more top search queries to the mobile processing device without a user of the mobile processing device entering a search request, wherein the presented search results are predictive results.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

presenting the one or more search results to the mobile processing device after a user activates a search engine interface but before the user enters a search term.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

tracking user search requests at a search engine based on the geographic location of the mobile processing device performing the search request.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising:

ranking the user search requests by frequency; and

identifying the plurality of search queries associated with the geographic location of the mobile processing device based on the ranking of the user search requests.

5. The method of claim 3 further comprising:

tracking ancillary information, in addition to the geographic location, of the mobile processing device and the user search request.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the geographic location of the mobile processing device is based on global positioning information provided from the mobile processing device.

7. A system for presenting geolocated relevance-based content, the system comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable medium having executable instructions stored thereon; and

a processing device, in response to the executable instructions, operative to:

determine a geographic location of a mobile processing device;

determine the scope of the geographic location;

identify a plurality of top search queries associated with the geographic location of the mobile processing device, the top search queries based at least on a trend associated with search queries within the scope of the geographic location;

utilize at least one environmental factor for determining whether filtering is to be applied at the geographic location;

filter tracking information at the geographic location to distinguish between time sensitive search operations and non-time sensitive search operations based on the at least one environmental factor;

generate at least one search result responsive to at least one of the plurality of top search queries associated with the geographic location of the mobile processing device; and

present the one or more search results responsive to the one or more search queries to the mobile processing device without a user of the mobile processing device entering a search request, wherein the presented search results are predictive results.

8. The system of claim 7 , the processing device further operative to:

present the one or more search results to the mobile processing device after a user activates a search engine interface but before the user enters a search term.

9. The system of claim 7 , the processing device further operative to:

track user search requests at a search engine based on the geographic location of the mobile processing device performing the search request.

10. The system of claim 9 , the processing device further operative to:

rank the user search requests by frequency; and

identify the plurality of search queries associated with the geographic location of the mobile processing device based on the ranking of the user search requests.

11. The system of claim 9 , the processing device further operative to:

track ancillary information, in addition to the geographic location, of the mobile processing device and the user search request.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the determining the geographic location of the mobile processing device is based on global positioning information provided from the mobile processing device.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium having executable instructions stored thereon that when executed provide a computerized method for presenting geolocated relevance-based content, the method comprising:

determining a geographic location of a mobile processing device;

determining the scope of the geographic location;

identifying a plurality of top search queries associated with the geographic location of the mobile processing device, the top search queries based at least on a trend associated with search queries within the scope of the geographic location;

utilizing at least one environmental factor for determining whether filtering is to be applied at the geographic location;

based on the at least one environmental factor, filtering tracking information at the geographic location to distinguish between time sensitive search operations and non-time sensitive search operations;

generating at least one search result responsive to at least one of the plurality of top search queries associated with the geographic location of the mobile processing device; and

presenting the one or more search results responsive to the one or more top search queries to the mobile processing device without a user of the mobile processing device entering a search request, wherein the presented search results are predictive results.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 13 further comprising:

computer readable medium for presenting the one or more search results to the mobile processing device after a user activates a search engine interface but before the user enters a search term.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 13 further comprising:

computer readable medium for tracking user search requests at a search engine based on the geographic location of the mobile processing device performing the search request.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15 further comprising:

computer readable medium for ranking the user search requests by frequency; and

computer readable medium for identifying the plurality of search queries associated with the geographic location of the mobile processing device based on the ranking of the user search requests.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 15 further comprising:

computer readable medium for tracking ancillary information, in addition to the geographic location, of the mobile processing device and the user search request.

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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 5, 2020
From: ACACIA RESEARCH GROUP LLC; AMERICAN VEHICULAR SCIENCES LLC; BONUTTI SKELETAL INNOVATIONS LLC; CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT LLC; INNOVATIVE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES LLC; LIFEPORT SCIENCES LLC; LIMESTONE MEMORY SYSTEMS LLC; MERTON ACQUISITION HOLDCO LLC; MOBILE ENHANCEMENT SOLUTIONS LLC; MONARCH NETWORKING SOLUTIONS LLC; NEXUS DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES LLC; PARTHENON UNIFIED MEMORY ARCHITECTURE LLC; R2 SOLUTIONS LLC; SAINT LAWRENCE COMMUNICATIONS LLC; STINGRAY IP SOLUTIONS LLC; SUPER INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGIES LLC; TELECONFERENCE SYSTEMS LLC; UNIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES LLC
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