LOCATION-AWARENESS SEARCH ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A location-aware search assist capability identifies location-aware search query suggestions using location information associated with the location-aware search query suggestions. A user's search query input and location and a location associated with each location-aware search query suggestion candidates may be used to identify a set of search query suggestions for presentation to the user. Location-aware search query suggestion candidates may be ranked in accordance with a closeness of each one's location to the user's location. The ranking may be performed using a score, such as a popularity score associated with each search query suggestion candidate. The location-aware search query suggestion candidates having a location closer to the user's location may be promoted by adjusting each candidate's popularity score upward, and the search query suggestion candidates that are farther away from the user's location may be demoted by adjusting each such candidate's popularity score downward.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
generating, by a computing device, a database comprising a plurality of candidate search query suggestions, a number of the candidate search query suggestions of the plurality having associated location information; receiving, over a network by the computing device, search query user input from a user computing device; obtaining, over the network by the computing device, location information representing the user's location at the time the search query is input by the user; selecting, by the computing device, one or more search query suggestions from the database using the search query user input, the user's obtained location and the associated location information for the number of candidate search query suggestions, at least a portion of the location information associated with each of the one or more selected search query suggestions matching the user's obtained location; and making, by the computing device, a number of the one or more selected search query suggestions available for display at the user computing device.