The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2014
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Daniel Marantz, Woodinville, WA (US);
Anjali Muralidhar, Seattle, WA (US);
Aaron C. Yuen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Bartosz L. Rakowski, Croydon, GB;
Darrin E. Eide, Bellevue, WA (US);
Gaurang Prajapati, Redmond, WA (US);
Parthasarathy Govindarajen, Bothell, WA (US);
Arun K. Sacheti, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A query processing system (QPS) for generating query suggestions to a user by matching the user's input query against a set of query-detection grammars defined by respective rule modules, and with respect to a structured knowledge base. In response to the matching operation, the QPS may generate a set of synthetic query suggestions to the user, representing refinements of the user's input query. The QPS can also present a refinement tool that conveys refinement options to the user. The QPS may also present one or more preview items to the user upon the user's selection of one of the synthetic query suggestions. Each synthetic query suggestion and each preview item is guaranteed to having a matching counterpart information item in the structured knowledge base.