US 12,093,252 B2
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Ajay Joshi, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/341,422.
Application 18/341,422 is a continuation of application No. 17/687,487, filed on Mar. 4, 2022, granted, now 11,709,829.
Application 17/687,487 is a continuation of application No. 16/355,212, filed on Mar. 15, 2019, granted, now 11,269,873, issued on Mar. 8, 2022.
Application 16/355,212 is a continuation of application No. 14/448,547, filed on Jul. 31, 2014, granted, now 10,275,485, issued on Apr. 30, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/010,294, filed on Jun. 10, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0334044 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/245 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/245 (2019.01) [G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method implemented by one or more processors, the method comprising:
receiving, during a first period of time, a first query;
providing, for output, a response to the first query, the response to the first query referencing a particular entity;
receiving, during a second period of time that is later than the first period of time, a second query that does not reference the particular entity;
providing, for output, a response to the second query, the response to the second query not referencing the particular entity;
receiving, during a third period of time that is later than the first period of time and the second period of time, a third query that includes (i) at least one term indicative of an attribute of the particular entity that was referenced in the response to the first query that was received during the first period of time but that does not uniquely identify the particular entity, and (ii) at least one term that references the first period of time; and
providing, for output, additional information regarding the particular entity that was referenced in the response to the first query, in response to receiving the third query that includes (i) the at least one term indicative of the attribute of the particular entity that was referenced in the response to the first query that was received during the first period of time but that does not uniquely identify the particular entity, and (ii) the at least one term that references the first period of time.