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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
May. 06, 2011
LI Jiang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Milind Mahajan, Redmond, WA (US);
Amit Kumar, Redmond, WA (US);
Paul Alfred Viola, Seattle, WA (US);
Sanaz Ahari, Bellevue, WA (US);
Steve Macbeth, Redmond, WA (US);
Li Jiang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Milind Mahajan, Redmond, WA (US);
Amit Kumar, Redmond, WA (US);
Paul Alfred Viola, Seattle, WA (US);
Sanaz Ahari, Bellevue, WA (US);
Steve Macbeth, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Computer-readable media, computer systems, and computing methods are provided for implicitly discovering applications using a query or search results, where the query does not explicitly target a particular application. A search engine is used to receive a user-initiated query and to employ a keyword of the query to generate an initial set of search results. Characteristics of the search results are identified and applications that are relevant to the characteristics are determined. The determination of relevant applications include: accessing an application manifest that manages a mapping between applications and predefined characteristics; comparing the characteristics of the search results against the predefined characteristics of the application manifest to determine a match; and, when a match exists between the search-result characteristics and the predefined characteristics, identifying applications mapped to the matched characteristics as being relevant to the search results. These identified applications are presented in response to the query.