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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
May. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Sean Gary Nordberg, Bellevue, WA (US);
Danielle Lauren Ellbogen, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael John Patten, Sammamish, WA (US);
Clarice Jiarui Chan, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/16 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/242 (2019.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/2428 (2019.01); G06F 17/2705 (2013.01); G06K 9/2081 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are various technologies pertaining to using a gesture to obtain contextually relevant information. Content within an area selected by a gesture is extracted. The extracted content and additional contextual information are packaged, optionally disambiguated, and provided to a search engine. Result(s) provided by the search engine are provided to a user to enrich the user experience.