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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2023
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Aboubakeur Namous, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Raghavan Muthuregunathan, Fremont, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatuses include receiving query data. Contextual data is generated based on the received query data. Feature vectors are generated for a new widget based on the query data and contextual data. A widget ranking model is configured using the feature vectors. The configured widget ranking model is applied to a plurality of widgets. The new widget is assigned to a widget slot using an output of the configured widget ranking model. Reward data is received from a graphical user interface in response to presentation of the new widget in the assigned widget slot. The configured widget ranking model is updated based on the reward data.