PERSON SEARCH UTILIZING ENTITY EXPANSION

摘要

Presented are systems and methods, as well as computer readable media, for responding to a search query for content (or references to content) relating to a person identified in the search query. According to various embodiments, upon receiving a search query from a computer user, related entity data is obtained from at least one related entity source for the identified person. Related entity data comprises at least one of a related entity (or entities) or a category associated with the identified person. An expanded search query is generated according to the search query from the computer user and the related entity data. Search results are obtained according to the expanded search query and a search results presentation is generated and returned to the computer user in response to the search query.