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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2008
Sandy Wong, Seattle, WA (US);
Scott Grosenick, Seattle, WA (US);
George Johnston, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mikhail Mikhailov, Sammamish, WA (US);
Srinivas Bobba, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jigar Mody, Redmond, WA (US);
Sandy Wong, Seattle, WA (US);
Scott Grosenick, Seattle, WA (US);
George Johnston, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mikhail Mikhailov, Sammamish, WA (US);
Srinivas Bobba, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jigar Mody, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system, and media for determining search results based on a query. One embodiment of the method includes receiving an initial query, inspecting an initial set of query-related information that is associated with the query, which is the fruit of analyzing aggregated user-interaction data, which includes information related to how users have previously interacted with former search results that were presented in response to the query. This information includes prior metadata associated with the former search results. Embodiments further include presenting an initial set of search results based on the initial set of query-related information, gathering current user-interaction data, and updating the initial set of query-related information based on the current user-interaction data. In this way, an embodiment of the invention helps, among other things, map a semantic meaning of a query to results that bring about a satisfying user experience.