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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2014
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Alexander Coll, Seattle, WA (US);
Florin Folta, Redmond, WA (US);
Yan Ke, Redmond, WA (US);
Jingfeng Li, Issaquah, WA (US);
Venkat Sankepally, Sammamish, WA (US);
Subhojit Som, Seattle, WA (US);
Ze Tian, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage media are provided for reference resolution. The present invention seeks to resolve entities in conversational search. To enable a more natural conversational search interaction, referential expressions such as pronouns are handled in queries. A component keeps track of previous queries and performs reference resolution based on an entity in the previous query and reformulates the query using an identifier for the referenced entity. Reference resolution may be performed for pronouns, plural pronouns, partial names, across domains, and on any device or platform.