Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Sana Fahim Khan

Dmitriy Meyerzon

Aninda Ray

Jessica Anne Alspaugh

Expertise mining features are provided based in part on the use of an expertise mining algorithm and expertise mining queries. A method of an embodiment operates to provide an expanded feedback query based in part on search results using an expertise mining query and a number of author-ranking heuristics used to rank authors and/or co-authors (e.g., primary authors, secondary authors, etc.) as part of an expertise mining operation. A search system of an embodiment includes an author ranker component to rank authors based in part on an expertise mining query and author-ranking heuristics, and a query expander component to provide expanded queries as part of identifying relevant search results. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Growing community of inventors

Bellevue, WA, United States of America

Sana Fahim Khan