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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2003
Cezary Marcjan, Redmond, WA (US);
Ryszard Kott, Redmond, WA (US);
Surajit Chaudhuri, Redmond, WA (US);
Lili Cheng, Bellevue, WA (US);
Cezary Marcjan, Redmond, WA (US);
Ryszard Kott, Redmond, WA (US);
Surajit Chaudhuri, Redmond, WA (US);
Lili Cheng, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A search of an index database or another search method is conducted to identify preliminary results listing one or more selected computer objects having selected identifying information stored in an index database. In addition, one or more selected computer objects of the preliminary search results are correlated with one or more other computer objects that have associations with the selected computer objects of the preliminary search results. Integrated search results are then returned and include the preliminary search results and one or more other computer objects that have associations with the selected computer objects of the preliminary search results. The associations may be determined by a association system and represent relationships between computer files based upon user or other interactions between the objects. The associations between the objects may include similarities between them and their importance.