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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2012
Applicants:
Dmitry Zhiyanov, Bothell, WA (US);
Deqing Chen, Issaquah, WA (US);
Yan KE, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30864 (2013.01); G06F 17/3087 (2013.01); G06F 17/30256 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer-storage media having computer-usable instructions embodied thereon for identifying related entities are provided. One or more entities may be identified from a search query. The one or more entities may include any identifiable term having related information associated therewith. An entity store may be referenced to identify one or more related entities related to the entity. The one or more related entities, along with their relationship(s) to the entity (and one another, perhaps) may then be ranked and displayed to a user.