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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:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventor:
Aravind Bala, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 9/4446 (2013.01);
Abstract
A user can access a searching component that allows the user to enter search terms to search for commands associated with a computer program. Some specific embodiments pertain to methods for supporting user access to the searching component, to methods for processing search terms submitted by the user, and to methods for guiding the user in terms of their formulation and selection queries. Methods for generating, organizing and manipulating the search results are also provided.