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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2007
Ryen W. White, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mikhail Bilenko, Bellevue, WA (US);
Nicholas E. Craswell, Cambridge, GB;
Michael M. Cameron, Redmond, WA (US);
Hugh E. Williams, Redmond, WA (US);
Ryen W. White, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mikhail Bilenko, Bellevue, WA (US);
Nicholas E. Craswell, Cambridge, GB;
Michael M. Cameron, Redmond, WA (US);
Hugh E. Williams, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
It has been found that user navigation that follows search engine interactions provides implicit endorsement of resources (such as web resources) that are preferred by users, and which may be particularly valuable for exploratory search tasks. Thus, a combination of past searching and browsing user behavior is analyzed to identify additional information that augments search results delivered by a search engine. The additional information may include a display of hyperlinks to locations which are derived from the past searching and browsing user behavior, given a specific input query. The additional information may be provided to supplement web search results.