Methods and apparatus providing local search engine

Details Methods and apparatus providing local search engine Methods and apparatus providing local search engine

2007-06-11

2010-10-26

Woo, Isaac M (Department: 2166)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Data warehouse, data mart, online analytical processing ,...

Reporting, knowledge discovery systems

C707S604000, C707S607000, C707S609000, C707S791000, C707S802000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07822705

ABSTRACT:
A local search engine geographically indexes information for searching by identifying a geocoded web page of a web site and identifying at least one geocodable web page of the web site. The system identifies a geocode contained within content of the geocoded web page of the web site. The geocode indicates a physical location of an entity associated with the web site. The system indexes content of the geocoded web page and content of the geocodable web page. The indexing including associating the geocode contained within content of the geocoded web page to the indexed content of the geocoded web page and the geocodable web page to allow geographical searching of the content of the web pages.

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