Patents
US 12645713 B2: Location awareness search assistance system and method
- Granted
- 2026-06-02
- Filed
- 2023-09-14 application 18466931
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A location-aware search assist capability identifies location-aware search query suggestions using location information associated with the location-aware search query suggestions. A user's search query input and location and a location associated with each location-aware search query suggestion candidates may be used to identify a set of search query suggestions for presentation to the user. Location-aware search query suggestion candidates may be ranked in accordance with a closeness of each one's location to the user's location. The ranking may be performed using a score, such as a popularity score associated with each search query suggestion candidate. The location-aware search query suggestion candidates having a location closer to the user's location may be promoted by adjusting each candidate's popularity score upward, and the search query suggestion candidates that are farther away from the user's location may be demoted by adjusting each such candidate's popularity score downward.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-06-02 (ipgb20260602.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YAHOO ASSETS LLC 366 patents | US company or organization | New York, NY | PTBLXML, file of 2026-06-02 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hui Wu | Sunnyvale, CA | 18 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-06-02 | |
| Huming Wu | San Jose, CA | 12 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-06-02 | |
| Shenhong Zhu | Santa Clara, CA | 26 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-06-02 | |
| Jiuhe Gan | Cupertino, CA | 11 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-06-02 | |
| Hang Su | Vienna, VA | 45 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-06-02 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F16/3322 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-06-02 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-19 | Security interest Security interest Patent security agreement (first lien) | YAHOO ASSETS LLC signed 2026-05-15 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT TORONTO | 75625/129 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
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