Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Emily Blythe Pitler

Robert L Rounthwaite

Ryen William White

Christopher Hugh Pratley

Igor Kofman

Alex Jacob Simmons

Kenneth Ward Church

David John Rasmussen

Silviu-Petru Cucerzan

David G Garber

Donovan P Lange

Scott Kirk Imig

Olya Veselova

Jean-Marie Larchevêque

Samuel D Paye, Jr

Peyush Bansal

Described is a search technology in which a search engine constructs a results page for a query that integrates suggested queries with the individual query results (e.g., displayed URLs). When rendered, the proximity of the suggested queries to their corresponding individual query result provides context as to the specific URL to which the suggested query is related. Suggested queries may appear alongside their associated search result, e.g., a displayed URL, and/or in an expandable panel proximate that individual search result. Suggested queries may appear within text accompanying a URL, and/or in a drop down menu following interaction with such text or the like. Related queries may be found by using a search result URL to find a query, by analyzing a search result's text snippet, by accessing historical data, and/or by accessing current user session data.

Contextual query suggestion in result pages

Techniques to cross-reference information for application programs are described. An apparatus may comprise a first application program to create notes for an operator, a second application program to display a target document, and a context reference module to generate a context reference for the target document indicating a source for the target document, display the context reference, and associate the context reference with a note. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Techniques to associate information between application programs

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Emily Blythe Pitler