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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2007
Applicants:
Ryen White, Kirkland, WA (US);
Eric Brill, Redmond, WA (US);
Steven Drucker, Bellevue, WA (US);
Christopher Burges, Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventors:
Ryen White, Kirkland, WA (US);
Eric Brill, Redmond, WA (US);
Steven Drucker, Bellevue, WA (US);
Christopher Burges, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The concept of variability pertains to whether users exhibit consistent search interaction patterns, for example, in terms of interaction flow or information targeted. Methods are provided for analyzing variability, and then adapting search-related functionality (e.g., processes and/or interfaces) to account for variability characteristics, for example, to account for predictable search interaction behavior.