| 摘要 |
A method and apparatus for determining a likely geographical location for which a user desires further information based on user submitted criteria including a locality names 8. The method, returns, in dependence on the locality name, a probability 10, 11 that the locality name is associated with a geographical location. The criteria may comprise more than one locality name 8a, 8b and the returned probability is the combined probability of the locality names 10-14. The probability is used to refine search results returned by a search engine. The network address of the user's computer may be mapped to a geographic location to weight the returned probability.
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