This invention describes a search system that helps people find local businesses offering specific goods or services. Unlike typical search engines that might only list businesses by their main category, this system focuses on associating detailed keywords with *each individual item or service* a business provides. Crucially, the system is designed to help customers find businesses that *don't have their own websites* and to identify offerings that might not fit a business's primary classification, like a hardware store also selling specific craft supplies.
Why it matters: Filed before large language models could automatically extract and associate fine-grained keywords with individual goods and services from diverse, unstructured data sources. This significantly simplifies indexing merchants without a strong online presence.
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