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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2008
Timothy S. Paek, Sammamish, WA (US);
Bongshin Lee, Issaquah, WA (US);
BO Thiesson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Timothy S. Paek, Sammamish, WA (US);
Bongshin Lee, Issaquah, WA (US);
Bo Thiesson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Real-time query expansion (RTQE) is a process of supplementing an original query with additional terms or expansion choices that are ranked according to some figure of merit and presented while users are still formulating their queries. Individual terms may be combined and submitted as a phrase into a query. By building the phase term-by-term, users can compositionally formulate queries while maintaining the same benefits that other RTQE interfaces offer. The benefits include, reducing the number of keystrokes and improving retrieval performance. To promote greater flexibility in its working environment, the number of terms that are presented on a display may be reduced. In place of some terms, placeholders may be used and expanded by the user when necessary. This allows phrases to be readily presented on small displays (e.g., hand-held devices).