Patent ID: 9600534
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G06F,Y10S

Claim:
1. A method of providing an ordered list of search results, comprising: determining network information that is associated with a requestor of a search query, the network information including a location of a service provider gateway used by the requestor and through which the search query is made, the search query including a search term; determining a geographical area associated with a requestor using the determined network information, which includes the location of the service provider gateway used by the requestor; generating search results associated with the search term and the geographical area, the generated search results including (i) first search results relevant to the search term and (ii) second search results relevant to the geographical area; and ordering the search results for display by: wherein the determining a geographical area comprises accessing a profile of the requestor, and wherein the profile is accessed by at least one of a first program to order the search results and a second program performing a function unrelated to ordering the search results.