Patent ID: 9009132
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: sending to a geocoding service, a search string that includes an indicator of a location and other information, wherein said geocoding service returns (i) a bounding box that defines a geographic area, and (ii) a set of terms, from said search string, that said geocoding service utilized to produce said bounding box; comparing said set of terms to said search string, thus yielding a comparison; identifying from said comparison, a term from said search string that is not in said set of terms, thus yielding a leftover word; constructing an augmentation query that includes said leftover word and said bounding box; and sending said augmentation query to a business search engine that searches a database and returns results that include coordinates of a set of business entities located within said geographic area.