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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2005
Raman Chandrasekar, Seattle, WA (US);
James Charles Finger, Ii, Kirkland, WA (US);
Sally K. Salas, Issaquah, WA (US);
Eric Benjamin Watson, Redmond, WA (US);
Raman Chandrasekar, Seattle, WA (US);
James Charles Finger, II, Kirkland, WA (US);
Sally K. Salas, Issaquah, WA (US);
Eric Benjamin Watson, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A search and a browse on a single user query is performed. A refined query is selected from the results of the first user query. Thereafter, a list of concepts from a first directory associated with the refined query is obtained. The concepts are defined in a hierarchical relationship with concepts having broader scope being higher in the hierarchy and concepts having a narrower scope being lower in the hierarchy. Additionally, a list of web sites associated with the search concept is obtained from a second directory.