Inventors:
Thomas A. Lasko - Nashville TN, US
Andrew Tomkins - San Jose CA, US
Michael Angelo - San Francisco CA, US
Matthew K. Gray - Reading MA, US
Russell Ryan - Cambridge MA, US
Namrata U. Godbole - Cambridge MA, US
Roni F. Zeiger - Mountain View CA, US
Assignee:
Google Inc. - Mountain View CA
International Classification:
G06F 17/30, G06F 7/00
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for identifying entities using search results. One of the methods includes the actions of determining that a first search query includes a respective text reference to each of one or more predetermined attributes, wherein each attribute is associated with a first entity type; generating a second search query including the first search query and one or more terms that refer to the first entity type; and evaluating search results obtained for the second search query to select one or more names of entities of the first entity type to include in a response to the first search query.