DISAMBIGUATING SEARCH QUERIES

摘要

A network-based service is disclosed for disambiguating search queries based on a location-based clustering of search results corresponding to the query. In one embodiment, a user may submit a query for travel items, such as hotel accommodations. The service can determine, based on the query, an initial set of hotels providing such accommodations. The service can then cluster the hotels according to their geographic positions. If the service identifies multiple clusters, the user can be prompted to select a specific cluster to receive additional information regarding the cluster. Illustratively, if a user submits a query for a hotel in “Springfield,” the service may ask the user to select among multiple clusters of results, each corresponding to a different city named “Springfield” in which results have been located.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for disambiguating travel queries, the computer-implemented method comprising:
as implemented by one or more computing devices configured with specific executable instructions,
receiving a travel item query from a user computing device associated with a user;identifying a plurality of travel items in response to the travel item query;determining a geographic location for each of the plurality of travel items;clustering the plurality of travel items according to their respective geographic locations to identify at least two travel item clusters, each travel item cluster of the at least two travel item clusters including a set of a travel items from the plurality of travel items;determining that an expected relevance for each travel item cluster of the at least two travel item clusters is based at least in part on a geographic region corresponding to each travel item cluster.transmitting a geographic identifier for each travel item cluster of the at least two travel item clusters to the user computing device for presentation to the user;receiving, from the user computing device, a selection of a travel item cluster from the at least two travel item clusters; andtransmitting to the user computing device information regarding the set of travel items included in the selected travel item cluster for presentation to the user.