System and method for providing a geographic search function
CA 2521525 C · Owner: Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc · Inventors: Baldwin, Laura J.
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A system and method are provided for implementing a geographic search mode in connection with a search engine. The method may include indexing geographic locations for resources available to the search engine in a search engine index. The method may additionally include determining a target location for a particular user upon receiving a user query from the particular user and searching the search engine index for geographic location matches matching the target location.
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- Filed September 28, 2005 and granted October 29, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 28, 2025.
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