Learning and using contextual content retrieval rules for query disambiguation

US10437866B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Paul Nathan Bennett · Redmond, US
• Kevyn B. Collins-Thompson · Seattle, US
• Siranush Sarkizova · Seattle, US
• Milad Shokouhi · Cambridge, GB
• Marc Sloan · London, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 17, 2014
• Grant date: Oct 8, 2019
• Expiry date: Jul 26, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

Various technologies related to generating and applying content retrieval rules are described herein. A content retrieval rule maps a combination of a query and a context to one of a query reformulation or content. The content retrieval rule is learned from search logs of a search engine, and is applied when the query having the context is received at the search engine.