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Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2008
Applicants:

Christopher W. Anderson, Redmond, WA (US);

Edward David Harris, Bellevue, WA (US);

Ravi Aringunram, Sammamish, WA (US);

Paul Miller, Redmond, WA (US);

Ajay Nair, Redmond, MO (US);

Vishal Singh, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher W. Anderson, Redmond, WA (US);

Edward David Harris, Bellevue, WA (US);

Ravi Aringunram, Sammamish, WA (US);

Paul Miller, Redmond, WA (US);

Ajay Nair, Redmond, MO (US);

Vishal Singh, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods are described for utilizing user-submitted data to provide a response to a query request. User-submitted data are received and referenced upon receiving a query request from an unregistered requester, a potential response is automatically identified from the user-submitted data, the potential response is extracted, and presented in response to the query request.


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