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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2008
Applicants:
Yacov Yacobi, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Jim Kajiya, Duvall, WA (US);
Inventors:
Yacov Yacobi, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Jim Kajiya, Duvall, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Method for performing a collaborative search in a computing network. In one implementation, the method may include receiving a search criteria from a user, identifying one or more agents who have performed a search using the search criteria, the agents and the user belonging to the computing network, identifying one or more search results that the agents have previously selected as being relevant to the search criteria, ranking the search results, and displaying the search results according to the ranking.