公开(公告)号：US10929409B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-23

申请号：US15785408

申请日：2017-10-16

Applicant: GOOGLE INC.

Inventor： John Alistair Hawkins ,  Cristina Stancu-Mara

IPC: G06F16/00 ,  G06F16/2457 ,  G06F16/335

Abstract: A query is received from a user via a user device. A geographic area and a category of business for the query are identified. Using reviews related to the geographic area and the category of business from a plurality of users, candidate experts are selected from among the users. For each of the candidate experts, a respective agreement score is determined based on differences between reviews of businesses reviewed by the user and the candidate expert. Personalized experts are selected from among the candidate experts in view of the determined agreement scores. Local search results responsive to the query are ranked using reviews of the local search results by the personalized experts, and the ranked local search are displayed via a user device.

公开(公告)号：US20180039635A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-08

申请号：US15785408

申请日：2017-10-16

Applicant: GOOGLE INC.

Inventor： John Alistair Hawkins ,  Cristina Stancu-Mara

IPC: G06F17/30

CPC classification number: G06F16/24578 ,  G06F16/24573 ,  G06F16/335

Abstract: A query is received from a user via a user device. A geographic area and a category of business for the query are identified. Using reviews related to the geographic area and the category of business from a plurality of users, candidate experts are selected from among the users. For each of the candidate experts, a respective agreement score is determined based on differences between reviews of businesses reviewed by the user and the candidate expert. Personalized experts are selected from among the candidate experts in view of the determined agreement scores. Local search results responsive to the query are ranked using reviews of the local search results by the personalized experts, and the ranked local search are displayed via a user device.

公开(公告)号：US09792330B1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-17

申请号：US13873378

申请日：2013-04-30

Applicant: GOOGLE Inc.

Inventor： John Alastair Hawkins ,  Cristina Stancu-Mara

IPC: G06F17/30

CPC classification number: G06F17/3053 ,  G06F17/30525 ,  G06F17/30699

Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining reviews of a reviewed category of businesses in a reviewed geographic area by reviewers; determining that reviews from more than a threshold number of reviewers have been obtained and, in response, identifying at least some of the reviewers as being experts in the reviewed category of businesses in the reviewed geographic area; receiving a query from a user; identifying a geographic area and a category of businesses for the query; ranking, with a processor, local search results responsive to the query based on the reviews of the experts in the reviewed geographic area and reviewed business category; and sending ranked search results to the user.