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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2011
Peter R. Bailey, Kirkland, WA (US);
Sebastian DE LA Chica, Woodinville, WA (US);
Aidan Crook, Bellevue, WA (US);
Nikhil B. Dandekar, Bellevue, WA (US);
Daniel R. Schwartz, Seattle, WA (US);
William D. Ramsey, Redmond, WA (US);
Nick Craswell, Seattle, WA (US);
Peter R. Bailey, Kirkland, WA (US);
Sebastian De La Chica, Woodinville, WA (US);
Aidan Crook, Bellevue, WA (US);
Nikhil B. Dandekar, Bellevue, WA (US);
Daniel R. Schwartz, Seattle, WA (US);
William D. Ramsey, Redmond, WA (US);
Nick Craswell, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods are provided for re-ranking documents based on user-specific features. Search results are received from a non-contextual ranking system such that the search results are not specific toward a particular user, such as the user who submitted the search query. Contextual signals are received and provide user-specific features that are used to re-rank documents so that the most important and relevant documents are listed at the top of the list of search results. Each of the user-specific features are evaluated and compared to determine a new position of each document. A set of contextual search results is then generated based on the new positions.