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Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 26, 2021
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Ming Wu, Kirkland, WA (US);

Yue Ma, Issaquah, WA (US);

Yong Ni, Bothell, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/903 (2019.01); G06F 16/9032 (2019.01); G06F 16/9038 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/90335 (2019.01); G06F 16/90332 (2019.01); G06F 16/9038 (2019.01);
Abstract

Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for enterprise search that leverage periodically updated user context of an enterprise user for intent understanding and treat a search session as a dialog between the user and a digital assistant to allow multi-modal interaction. For example, a query input by the user may be received from a client application having search functionality and an integrated assistant. A current state of the user context may be leveraged to understand the query. Based on the understanding, one or more responsive entities may be retrieved from an enterprise search index as results. Based on the results, a response may be generated that includes the results and a prompt to cause the user to further refine the query and/or provide feedback. The response may be provided to the client application for output as part of a search session dialog between the user and assistant.


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