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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2008
Applicants:
Vladimir Tankovich, Bellevue, WA (US);
Dmitriy Meyerzon, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael James Taylor, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Vladimir Tankovich, Bellevue, WA (US);
Dmitriy Meyerzon, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael James Taylor, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30864 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments are configured to provide information based on a user query. In an embodiment, a system includes a search component having a ranking component that can be used to rank search results as part of a query response. In one embodiment, the ranking component includes a ranking algorithm that can use the length of documents returned in response to a search query to rank search results.