Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Gregory Scott Melander

Lili Cheng

Christopher Clayton McConnell

Steven Wayne Ickman

William L Portnoy

Thomas Matthew Laird-McConnell

David Raskino

Robert Scott Dietz

Michael John Bray

Daniel Martin Saimo

Jeffery J Boettcher

Scott Kenneth Erickson

Benjamin Hermel

A topic feed is generated for publication or distribution to a set of followers or recipients who have elected to receive the topic feed from the user or based on the subject matter content of a topic input in the topic feed. The topic feed is distributed and includes the topic input. Experts in subject matter can be identified based on the user's topic input and/or text in the topic feed that the followers interact with.

Identifying and recommending experts using shared posts and interactions

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When a user enters an information retrieval query, a topic feed generator automatically generates a topic feed for publication or distribution to a set of followers or recipients who have elected to receive the topic feed from the user or based on the subject matter content of the query. A feed distributor component automatically distributes the topic feed, which includes the query, to the identified recipients. A search component executes the search and returns results, corresponding to the query, to the user.

Sharing public search queries and interactions

When a user enters an information retrieval query, a topic feed is generated for publication or distribution to a set of followers or recipients who have elected to receive the topic feed from the user or based on the subject matter content of the query. The topic feed is distributed and includes the query. Experts in subject matter can be identified based on the user's queries and other text in the topic feed that the followers interact with.

Identifying and recommending experts using shared queries and interactions

When a user enters an information retrieval query, topic feed is generated for publication or distribution to a set of followers or recipients who have elected to receive the topic feed from the user or based on the subject matter content of the query. The topic feed is distributed and includes the query. The user's interests are tracked based on text in the user's queries and other text in the topic feed that the user interacts with.

Interest tracking using shared search queries and interactions

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