公开(公告)号：US20170091202A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-30

申请号：US14866382

申请日：2015-09-25

Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.

Inventor： Paul Yiu ,  Naroo Krishnan ,  Suju Rajan

IPC: G06F17/30

Abstract: Techniques are described by which information needs are satisfied by taking into account a variety of contextual cues that constrain the information searched. Contextual data such as the location, speed, and direction of travel of a mobile device are used to generate or modify a search query in a way that constrains the geographic region being searched to improve the relevance of search results or recommendations provided.

公开(公告)号：US20170177582A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-22

申请号：US14977390

申请日：2015-12-21

Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.

Inventor： Michael Plasmeier ,  Paul Montoy-Wilson ,  Bernat Fortet-Unanue ,  Naroo Krishnan ,  Abhay Gupta ,  Mark Daiss

IPC: G06F17/30 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F9/44

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for receiving by one or more servers, from a client device, a context of the client device. The servers may obtain, from a plurality of user interface object providers, a plurality of user interface objects. The servers may select and rank a set of the plurality of user interface objects based, at least in part, on the context of the client device. The servers may transmit the set of the plurality of user interface objects or information associated therewith to the client device according to the ranking of the set of user interface objects.