Patent ID: 7403939
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for resolving a query term, the method comprising: receiving at least one query term from a requestor; accessing, from electronic storage, a requestor profile including geographic information about the requestor; determining a geographic location of the requestor based on the geographic information about the requestor included in the accessed requestor profile; generating a list of search results for the received at least one query term by leveraging the geographic location of the requestor determined based on the geographic information about the requestor included in the accessed requestor profile, the list of search results including multiple results; determining a number of the multiple results that are highly relevant to the received at least one query term; determining a number of the multiple results that are highly relevant to the geographic location of the requestor; comparing the determined number of the multiple results that are highly relevant to the received at least one query term with the determined number of multiple results that are highly relevant to the geographic location of the requestor; based on comparison results, determining whether the number of the multiple results that are highly relevant to the received at least one query term is greater than or less than the number of the multiple results that are highly relevant to the geographic location of the requestor; determining that the number of the multiple results that are highly relevant to the received at least one query term is less than the number of the multiple results that are highly relevant to the geographic location of the requestor, ordering the multiple results in the list of search results with an emphasis on relevancy of the multiple results with respect to the received at least one query term; determining that the number of the multiple results that are highly relevant to the received at least one query term is greater than the number of the multiple results that are highly relevant to the geographic location of the requestor, ordering the multiple results in the list of search results with an emphasis on relevancy of the multiple results with respect to the geographic location of the requestor; and facilitating display of at least a portion of the multiple results in the list of search results, wherein ordering the multiple results in the list of search results with an emphasis on relevancy of the multiple results with respect to the geographic location of the requestor includes identifying a first search result on an ordered list of the multiple results based primarily on geographic proximity rather than subject matter relevancy.