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Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013

Filed:

Sep. 15, 2006
Applicants:

Girish Kumar, Redmond, WA (US);

Gaurav Sareen, Bellevue, WA (US);

Namita Gupta, Kirkland, WA (US);

Charles Lester Alexander Clark, Ontario, CA;

Junhua Wang, Sammamish, WA (US);

Inventors:

Girish Kumar, Redmond, WA (US);

Gaurav Sareen, Bellevue, WA (US);

Namita Gupta, Kirkland, WA (US);

Charles Lester Alexander Clark, Ontario, CA;

Junhua Wang, Sammamish, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A search engine can provide referencing information as context for a particular search result when an excerpt from the search result, comprising at least some similar elements to the user's query, is not generated. Referencing information can include one or more anchor texts having similarity to at least some elements of the user's query, the anchor texts being used by referencing pages to link to the page returned as a search result. User selection of the anchor text can enable the user to visit a referencing page using that anchor text to link to the page returned as a search result, and having a high static rank.


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