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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:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2011
Daniel Marantz, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian Whalen Macdonald, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jeffrey R. Kelleran, Sammamish, WA (US);
Derrick L. Connell, Seattle, WA (US);
Samir Shiraz Pradhan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sanaz Ahari, Bellevue, WA (US);
Daniel Marantz, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian Whalen MacDonald, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jeffrey R. Kelleran, Sammamish, WA (US);
Derrick L. Connell, Seattle, WA (US);
Samir Shiraz Pradhan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sanaz Ahari, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for providing task-oriented query-completion suggestions are provided. A portion of a search query is received, for instance, via a query-input region or search box presented in association with a general web search domain. As the portion of the search query is received, it is determined that the received search query portion is suggestive of a task-oriented user intent. Also determined are query-completion suggestions that are associated with the task-oriented user intent of which the search query portion is suggestive. The determined query-completion suggestions are then provided to the user. As query-completion suggestions are surfaced with input of short character sequences that are associated with task-oriented user intents, users can quickly be provided the relevant, rich content for completing their intended tasks.