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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Shahil Soni, Redmond, WA (US);
Manjot Singh Pal, Redmond, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Enriched polling user experiences are provided. In some examples, a local and/or remote search may be performed based on a top choice in an ongoing poll. The search may be performed when a threshold such as predefined duration, a predefined number of votes, and/or a percentage of received votes over a polled population. Search results may be used to enrich the user experience displaying the poll with static or interactive items such as images, graphics, textual data, links to resources, etc. If the top choice changes at some point during the poll, new search may be performed and the enriching elements revised based on the new top choice. Types and numbers of the enriching elements to be displayed may be selected based on a type of the poll or a vote distribution in the poll.