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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2017
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Anantha Deepthi Uppala, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Chetan Bansal, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A technique is described herein for capturing signals that indicate when any calling BOT delegates control to a called BOT, or when a calling BOT is preconfigured to contact a called BOT (e.g., as conveyed by a manifest file associated with the calling BOT). The technique can leverage these signals to facilitate the selection of BOTs. For example, the technique can use the signals to improve searches performed by a search engine and/or recommendation engine. The technique can also use the signals to generate metadata items that describe the properties of the available BOTs.