Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Search engine results for low-frequency queries
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Application No.: US15612242Application Date: 2017-06-02
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Publication No.: US11481454B2Publication Date: 2022-10-25
- Inventor: Serge-Eric Tremblay , Vasileios Kandylas , Omar Alonso
- Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
- Main IPC: G06F16/00
- IPC: G06F16/00 ; G06F16/9535 ; G06F16/248 ; G06F16/2457 ; G06F16/9536 ; G06F16/30

Abstract:
Described herein are technologies relating to generating search results responsive to receipt of a query. More specifically, the query is mapped to a topic in response to receipt of a query, and social media accounts that have been labeled as being knowledgeable on the topic are identified. Messages in a message feed of the social media account that are germane to the topic are retrieved, and documents referenced (linked) in the retrieved messages are identified. These documents are positioned in a ranked list based upon the documents being referenced in the messages.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180349500A1 SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS FOR LOW-FREQUENCY QUERIES Public/Granted day:2018-12-06
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