US 11,934,411 B1
Regionalization of content based on availability of similar content
Ishesh Murarka, Bothell, WA (US); Sneha Poddar, Kolkata (IN); Aruna Manohar Daryanani, Mumbai (IN); Dhananjay Anandarao Bhor, Seattle, WA (US); Sai Manjeera Muktineni, Bothell, WA (US); and Michinari Momma, Kirkland, WA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/994,986.
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 16/24575 (2019.01) [G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0625 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
modifying a search index to generate a modified search index based at least in part on associating regionalized items with discriminator data identifying a respective region corresponding to each of the regionalized items, wherein the regionalized items comprise at least a first item;
receiving, from a first computing device, a first search query related to the first item;
determining one or more items classified as substitute items for the first item;
determining by at least one processor, that the first search query is associated with a first region of a plurality of regions;
determining that the first item is regionalized in the modified search index, wherein the first item is regionalized if at least one of the first item and the one or more items classified as substitutes for the first item are available in each region of a plurality of regions, and wherein a regionalized item appears in search results only if the regionalized item is available in a region local to a given search query;
determining a first plurality of search results associated with the first region; and
generating, by the at least one processor, code to cause the first computing device to display the first plurality of search results.