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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2019
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Jun Shi, Fremont, CA (US);
Huiji Gao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ying Xiong, Belmont, CA (US);
Michaeel M. Kazi, Foster City, CA (US);
Yu Gan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Yu Liu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Xiaowei Liu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gonzalo Jorge Aniano Porcile, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Bo Long, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abhimanyu Lad, Foster City, CA (US);
Liang Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide a system for performing a natural language search. During operation, the system applies a first machine learning model to a natural language query to predict one or more search intentions associated with the natural language query. Next, the system applies a second machine learning model to the natural language query to produce one or more search parameters associated with a first intention in the search intention(s), wherein the search parameter(s) include a field and a value of the field. The system then performs a first search of a first vertical associated with the first intention using the search parameter(s). Finally, the system generates a ranking containing a first set of search results from the first search of the first vertical and outputs at least a portion of the ranking in a response to the natural language query.