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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2010
Yu-ting Kuo, Sammamish, WA (US);
Yi LI, Issaquah, WA (US);
Fang Wen, Beijing, CN;
Qifa KE, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jian Sun, Beijing, CN;
Yu-Ting Kuo, Sammamish, WA (US);
Yi Li, Issaquah, WA (US);
Fang Wen, Beijing, CN;
Qifa Ke, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jian Sun, Beijing, CN;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that facilitate refining query results using visual cues are provided. Query results are determined in response to an indication of a user query. One or more groups of query results are generated from the query results based on categories of query results that share similar features. Visual cues are associated with each of the query result groups. Visual cues, in association with query result groups, are presented to a user. Query results associated with a selected visual cue may be presented to a user. A refined user query may be generated based on a selected visual cue.