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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2015
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Sebastian de la Chica, Woodinville, WA (US);
Kevyn B. Collins-Thompson, Seattle, WA (US);
Paul N. Bennett, Kirkland, WA (US);
David Alexander Sontag, New York City, NY (US);
Ryen W. White, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A request can be received and a request reading level representation for the request can be inferred. In response to the request, the request reading level representation can be compared with one or more reading difficulty level representations for one or more response items. Also in response to the request, one or more indications of results of comparing the request reading level representation with one or more reading difficulty level representations for the one or more response items can be returned. The indication(s) may include a ranking of the response items. The ranking can be based at least in part on a request reading level representation for the query and reading difficulty level representations for the response items. The response item(s) may also be returned.