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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2023
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Manish Gupta, Hyderabad, IN;
Puneet Agrawal, Jaipur, IN;
Biju Venugopal, Hyderabad, IN;
Sushil Kumar Chordia, Hyderabad, IN;
Anand Raman, Gachibowli, IN;
Shveta Verma, Delhi, IN;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system for providing enhanced search functionality is provided. A system may receive a prefix from a user device and identify that a user's intent is to do an exploratory query. The system may further identify a topic based on the prefix and generate one or more associated queries relating to the topic. The system may further generate one or more headings relating to the topic. The system may then provide one or more of the one or more headings and the one or more associated queries relating to the topic to a user device.