Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20100241647
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<claim-text> In a computing environment, a method comprising:<claim-text>maintaining context information regarding prior search actions;</claim-text><claim-text>receiving a current action; and</claim-text><claim-text>accessing data obtained from a query log to determine whether at least some of the context information is relevant to the current action.</claim-text></claim-text>
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For example, if one searches for the name of a current movie, we point to Yahoo! movies, show an image from the movie, the cast, and a pointer to a page with current showtimes. If the user looked at the showtimes page previously and entered a zip code, that page is
automatically customized to show the movie theaters near the user. With one click after searching for a movie name, one can see the showtimes in one’s area. In a similar fashion, if the search is for “chinese food” (search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=chinese+food), we
link to the Yahoo! Yellow Pages, and show the user a list of Chinese restaurants nearby. Of course, one can change the location at any time. more...