Patent Document ID: 9449110
Application ID: 13756506

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for returning a locally relevant search result across a geographically distributed set of locations for a business entity, the method comprising acts of: mapping a geotile to each location within the geographically distributed set of locations based on physical location information; creating a feed document that represents an item of interest for the business entity, wherein the feed document comprises a list of the geographically distributed set of locations for the business entity and the geotile mapped to each location in the geographically distributed set of locations; receiving a query for the item of interest; computing a geographic location of a source of the query; searching the feed document to identify a relevant geotile that corresponds to the geographic location of the source of the query; and returning a locally relevant search result that comprises a relevant location that provides the item of interest, wherein the relevant location is mapped to the relevant geotile.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein mapping a geotile to each location within the geographically distributed set of locations further comprises: geocoding the physical location information of each location and identifying the geotile that corresponds to the geocoded information.