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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
May. 12, 2011
Steven Ickman, Snoqualmine, WA (US);
Thomas Matthew Laird-mcconnell, Kirkland, WA (US);
William Lawrence Portnoy, Woodinville, WA (US);
Christopher Mcconnell, Redmond, WA (US);
Lili Cheng, Bellevue, WA (US);
David Arthur Raskino, Kirkland, WA (US);
Gregory Scott Melander, Renton, WA (US);
Steven Ickman, Snoqualmine, WA (US);
Thomas Matthew Laird-McConnell, Kirkland, WA (US);
William Lawrence Portnoy, Woodinville, WA (US);
Christopher McConnell, Redmond, WA (US);
Lili Cheng, Bellevue, WA (US);
David Arthur Raskino, Kirkland, WA (US);
Gregory Scott Melander, Renton, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
When a user enters an information retrieval query, a topic feed generator automatically generates a topic feed for publication or distribution to a set of followers or recipients who have elected to receive the topic feed from the user or based on the subject matter content of the query. A feed distributor component automatically distributes the topic feed, which includes the query, to the identified recipients. A search component executes the search and returns results, corresponding to the query, to the user.