Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Harendra Prasad Baji

Kishor Chamua

Shveta Verma

Amit Dangwal

Sushil Kumar Chordia

Rajendra Bhimsen Shinde

Deepak Achuthan Menon

Akash Shivaji Padmane

Srishti Srivastava

Aditi Gulati

Thuli Nitoshe Chishi

Methods, computer systems, computer-storage media, and graphical user interfaces are provided for providing an interactive search exploration tool. In embodiments, an interactive search exploration tool is presented via a graphical user interface. The tool may include a primary topic, indicating the search query, that is positioned at a center of the interactive search exploration tool. The tool may also include distance indicators indicating extents of relatedness to the primary topic. The distance indicators can be represented as concentric shapes positioned around the primary topic at varying distances. The tool can also include a related topic(s) positioned around the primary topic. The related topic is positioned in proximity to a distance indicator that corresponds with an extent of relatedness of the related topic to the primary topic. Thereafter, in response to a selection of the related topic, a topic content snippet that provides a representation of the related topic is presented.

Interactive search exploration

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Hyderabad Telangana, India

Harendra Prasad Baji