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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2008
Hugh Evan Williams, Redmond, WA (US);
Kenneth Alan Moss, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Hugh Evan Williams, Redmond, WA (US);
Kenneth Alan Moss, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Displaying potential search-engine queries in a portion (e.g., a portion allocated for a web advertisement or within an inline frame) of a web page along with the content of the web page is described herein. The potential search-engine queries are determine by first analyzing either the underlying content of the web page (or other web pages) or searching various historic user metrics. Once determined, the potential search-engine queries are displayed within the portion of the web page along with the content of the web page. When a user selects one of the displayed potential search-engine queries, a query is sent to a search engine requesting web content relevant to the selected potential search-engine query.