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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2017
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Pradeep Chilakamarri, Seattle, WA (US);
Julianne Marie Emmons, Redmond, WA (US);
Douglas Maxwell Taylor, Kirkland, WA (US);
Bernhard S. J. Kohlmeier, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A research application and service are provided. The research application can be a mobile application, a feature within a word processing software, or an extension of a web-browsing software, through which a user can indicate a subject of research or assignment and receive a list of research topics from which credible research sources can be searched. The application is used to browse research sources and select particular ones to a collection. The application sends the data regarding selected research sources to be stored and accessed later via the research service. When a user is subsequently in a productivity application/authoring canvas, the productivity application can access the data collected by the user. Feedback on what, if any, research sources are included in an authoring canvas is used by the research service to modify the research sources presented by the research application when the topic is next selected by that or other users.