Google Inc.

Yahoo! Inc.

Lujun Fang

Kevin Snow McCurley

Alexander Fabrikant

Gagan Aggarwal

Nitish John Korula

Kristen Lefevre

Yaron Singer

Jessica Nicola Staddon

Philip Lewis Bohannon

Cong Yu

Anish Das Sarma

David Andrew Huffaker

A method including obtaining search results for a search query, determining a type of the search query, calculating a degree of focus score for the search query when the type of the search query is a non-navigation type, determining one or more social annotations to provide for display along with the search results based on the degree of focus score, and providing the one or more social annotations for display with the search results.

Applying social annotations to search results

A method of setting privacy level values for a user. The method includes receiving a designation of a relative privacy level for the user and receiving a selection of a group of other users for the user. Plural sets of privacy level values are associated with the group of other users. The method also includes setting privacy level values for the user based on the designation of the relative privacy level and the plural sets of privacy level values associated with the selected group of other users.

Privacy selection based on social groups

Method, system, and programs for providing one or more explanations. An inquiry is received via a communication platform where the inquiry is about how a set of entities are related. Information is retrieved from a knowledge storage in accordance with the set of entities and such information describes a plurality of entities and relationships existing among the plurality of entities. Based on such retrieved information, one or more explanations with respect to each relationship by which the set of entities are connected are generated. The one or more explanations are then transmitted as a response to the inquiry.

Display entity relationship

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