Geographical location extraction

Details Geographical location extraction Geographical location extraction

2007-07-03

2010-12-07

Rones, Charles (Department: 2164)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database and file access

Search engines

C707S722000, C707S723000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07849071

ABSTRACT:
A geographical location extraction method and tool to infer a likely geographical location from one or more search terms entered as a query by a user on a search engine or the like. The method includes receiving in a computer memory a search term entered by a user and controlling a processor for utilising processes of word analysis, to determine which parts of a search query comprise location names and provide an indicator of the extent to which a given search term or part thereof should be treated as a geographical location, and inferring from the word analysis a likely geographical location. The likely geographical location so inferred may then be stored in computer memory for further processing or display.

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