Patent ID: 8782030

Claim:
A method for automatically identifying a standalone location, comprising, in a computer, performing the operations of: receiving a term to be evaluated, the term including one or more words; retrieving a non-location score for the term, wherein the non-location score is determined from log data, the log data indicating how frequently the term was entered within a non-location input box, the non-location input box for specifying what a user is searching for in search queries; retrieving a location score for the term, wherein the location score is determined from the log data, the log data indicating how frequently the term was entered within a location input box, the location input box for specifying a geographical location associated with search queries; and determining, at a computer, whether the term is a standalone location based on the non-location score and the location score, wherein a standalone location is a geographic location that is identifiable by its name alone.