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United States Patent | 7,441,044 |
Hegerty , et al. | October 21, 2008 |
A method that iteratively determines which web pages and web sites are of interest to a particular user in accordance with that user's geographic location or country. The described embodiment of the present invention determines zero or more countrytags for each web page or site considered. The described embodiment makes two passes (iterations) to arrive at these countrytags.
Inventors: | Hegerty; Ian D. (Saint Benoit, FR), Gelin; Jan O. (Santa Clara, CA) |
Assignee: |
Overture Services, Inc.
(Pasadena,
CA)
|
Appl. No.: | 10/705,181 |
Filed: | November 10, 2003 |
Application Number | Filing Date | Patent Number | Issue Date | ||
60517936 | Nov., 2003 | ||||
Current U.S. Class: | 709/238 ; 707/E17.11; 709/241 |
Current International Class: | G06F 15/173 (20060101) |
Field of Search: | 709/241,238 |
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