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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2010
David Ahn, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Paul Bieniosek, Woodinville, WA (US);
Andrei Peter Makhanov, San Jose, CA (US);
Franco Salvetti, San Francisco, CA (US);
Giovanni Lorenzo Thione, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gianluca Donato, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Ahn, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Paul Bieniosek, Woodinville, WA (US);
Andrei Peter Makhanov, San Jose, CA (US);
Franco Salvetti, San Francisco, CA (US);
Giovanni Lorenzo Thione, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gianluca Donato, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Referring expressions are identified for concepts by analyzing search query and result selection information. An ontology of concepts is identified, and at least one document is associated with each concept. The document associated with a concept is representative of the concept. Search query information from a search engine is analyzed to identify search queries that resulted in user selections of documents associated with the concepts. Referring expressions that refer to the concepts are identified based on the search queries that resulted in user selections of documents corresponding with the concepts. After identifying referring expressions for concepts, search queries may be mapped to referring expressions to identify concepts to which the search queries pertain, and search result pages may be generated based on knowledge of the concepts.