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The patent describes methods, systems, and apparatus for servicing search queries by determining whether a general search query is locally significant for a user’s location. This involves generating a local read more
The patent describes methods, systems, and apparatus for triggering local content features based on the inferred intent of search queries. The process involves determining whether a search query indicates local read more
This patent describes methods, systems, and apparatus for determining relevance scores for geographic locations based on the relevance of various entities associated with a category. The system uses pre-computed relevance read more
This patent pertains to methods, systems, and apparatuses for selecting between location-specific and global search results. The described method involves: Receiving a query and a location identifier. Obtaining both location-specific read more
This patent describes a system and method for ranking places returned by local search queries based on directions-based popularity. The ranking considers both the distance from the user’s current location read more
The patent describes systems and methods for machine-learned natural language processing. It involves using an encoder model to convert a natural language text body into a knowledge graph and a read more
The patent titled “Information Retrieval Based on Historical Data” relates to improving the quality of search results by using historical data associated with documents. This historical data includes various metrics read more
The patent discloses systems and methods for scheduling documents for crawling using updated sitemap information. The sitemap information is updated for a website by downloading new sitemap data, which includes read more
This patent discusses a method, system, and computer program product for ranking reviewable entities based on the sentiment expressed in reviews. It involves collecting multiple review texts referencing an entity, read more
This patent describes a system and method for answering natural language search queries by analyzing unstructured data linked to search results, focusing specifically on entity references such as names of read more
