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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
May. 07, 2007
Lei Zhao, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ashutosh Galande, Bellevue, WA (US);
Richard Critchlow, Seattle, WA (US);
Lei Zhao, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ashutosh Galande, Bellevue, WA (US);
Richard Critchlow, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Multilingual document searches are performed by ordering and filtering localized documents in different languages based on user preferences. Documents are indexed in a global search engine index using an identifier property and a language property permitting all relevant documents to be retrieved in a single search engine query. By storing documents with their identifier and language properties, documents from different cultures but with same content can be treated as equivalent. Results of the initial search include a multilingual set of documents ranked in order of relevance. Result sets are then post-processed using a data resource indicating for each multilingual user interface combination, which language version of each document should be returned. The initial search result are then transformed into a relevance based ordered list treating documents in different languages having same content as equivalent. Based on the ordered list, a final document list is prepared using localized and non-localized content.