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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2012
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Suresh Velagapudi, Bellevue, WA (US);
Raman Narayanan, Seattle, WA (US);
Ming Liu, Bellevue, WA (US);
Radoslav Nickolov, Seattle, WA (US);
Wei Zeng, Sammamish, WA (US);
Aleksandr Gil, Redmond, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Metadata based enhanced search capabilities are provided in conjunction with e-reader experience. Metadata associated with content and objects within displayed content is created based on default and/or custom rules. The metadata such as attributes, tags, etc. is indexed and used to augment search queries based on selected portions of the displayed content. Additional search augmentation is performed based on user-defined metadata or processing of objects such as image recognition of image objects and similar processes.