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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2011
Sree Hari Nagaralu, Hyderabad, IN;
Puneet Agrawal, Hyderabad, IN;
Adish Kumar Singla, Seattle, WA (US);
Vijay Krishnan, Hyderabad, IN;
Sree Hari Nagaralu, Hyderabad, IN;
Puneet Agrawal, Hyderabad, IN;
Adish Kumar Singla, Seattle, WA (US);
Vijay Krishnan, Hyderabad, IN;
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for identifying queries having a version-intent and presenting search results in accordance with the version-intent are provided. Subject-versions associated with retrievable documents are identified and associated therewith as subject-version tags. When a search query is received, it is determined whether the query has a version-intent indicative of a particular version associated with a subject of the query. Documents are retrieved that satisfy the input query and ranked for presentation based upon the particular subject-version indicated by the version-intent. The ranked documents are then presented. Also presented is a user-manipulatable tool, manipulation of which permits a user to indicate that information concerning a different subject-version is desired. Upon receiving such indication, the search results are changed such that documents having subject-version tags indicative of the newly-indicated version-intent are ranked higher and receive more prominent placement than documents lacking such subject-version tags.