Search result contexts for application launch

US11263221B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Robert Emmett Kolba, Jr. · Seattle, US
• Daniel Oliver · Seattle, US
• Max G. Morris · Redmond, US
• Gaurav S. Anand · Seattle, US
• Sandy Wong · Seattle, US
• Benjamin David Langmaid Stewart · Seattle, US
• Melitta Lorraine Geistdoerfer Andersen Riley · Redmond, US
• Shajib Sadhukha · Westphalia, US
• Liwei Chen · 安丰镇, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 28, 2013
• Grant date: Mar 1, 2022
• Expiry date: Nov 4, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F16/951
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A search service executes on one or more computing systems and searches at least one index associated with content accessible through an application based on the at least one portion of the search query to provide search results associated with the application. A search results interface returns one or more search results from the search. At least one of the search results is associated with an application identifier identifying the application. The search service ranks the search results associated with the application with other search results from at least one other search of other content based on the search query.