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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2011
Kang LI, Sammamish, WA (US);
Yi LI, Issaquah, WA (US);
Yiping Zhou, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Zhengdong LV, Beijing, CN;
Yohn Cao, Beijing, CN;
Kang Li, Sammamish, WA (US);
Yi Li, Issaquah, WA (US);
Yiping Zhou, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Zhengdong Lv, Beijing, CN;
Yohn Cao, Beijing, CN;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An entity-based search system is described herein that detects and recognizes entities in Internet-based content and uses this recognition to organize search results. The system associates one or more entity identifiers with a web page and stores this information as metadata of the page in a search engine index. This metadata will enable entity-based queries as well as rich data presentations in a search engine result page (SERP), including grouping results by entities, filtering results by one or more particular entities, or re-ranking search results based on user preference of entities. Thus, the entity-based search system allows users to identify a particular entity the user is interested in finding, and to receive search results directly related to that entity.