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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2009
David R. Quick, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mohamed M. Battisha, Redmond, WA (US);
Alexander E. Mallet, Seattle, WA (US);
David A. Nichols, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael Patrick Mroch, Bellevue, WA (US);
Nikolay Smolyanskiy, Seattle, WA (US);
Tevfik S. Ingec, Redmond, WA (US);
David R. Quick, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mohamed M. Battisha, Redmond, WA (US);
Alexander E. Mallet, Seattle, WA (US);
David A. Nichols, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael Patrick Mroch, Bellevue, WA (US);
Nikolay Smolyanskiy, Seattle, WA (US);
Tevfik S. Ingec, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Both search criteria and a friends list associated with a user are obtained. One or more data items that satisfy the search criteria are identified as search results. An order of the search results is adjusted based at least in part on multiple additional friends lists, each of which is associated with a data item of the one or more data items. Each of the multiple additional friends lists can also be updated to reflect changes in the friends lists made by users associated with the friends lists.