Patent ID: 11928168
Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method performed by one or more processors comprising:
obtaining, for a query, search results for the query and a ranking of the search results, wherein the search results are generated based on the query;
identifying, based on at least one term of the query, that the query is a question query requesting a type of entity, the type of entity being one of a person, a location, or a date;
identifying, in content of a top-ranked search result, an entity reference to a particular entity of the type of entity requested in the question query, wherein the entity reference includes text that refers to the particular entity that is distinct from terms of the query;
selecting the entity reference from the content of the top-ranked search result in response to identifying the entity reference; and
providing the text for display along with, but visually distinguished from, at least the top-ranked search result.