Entity-specific search model

US7822762B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Christopher D. Payne · Seattle, US
• Eric J. Horvitz · Kirkland, US
• Alexander G. Gounares · Kirkland, US
• Susan T. Dumais · Kirkland, US
• Kyle Peltonen · Issaquah, US
• Gary W. Flake · Bellevue, US
• Xuedong Huang · Bellevue, US
• William H. Gates, III · Bellevue, US
• John C. Platt · Redmond, US
• Oliver Hurst-Hiller · New York, US
• Joshua T. Goodman · Redmond, US
• Christopher A. Meek · Kirkland, US
• Ramez Naam · Seattle, US
• Raymond E. Ozzie · Seattle, US
• Eric D. Brill · Redmond, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 2006
• Grant date: Oct 26, 2010
• Expiry date: Sep 8, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F16/9032
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system that employs an explicitly and/or implicitly trained model in order to return entity-specific computer-based search results is provided. The innovation can provide for a customized search model that focuses search in connection with achieving information that is meaningful with respect to goals of an entity. The model can be used to modify a search query in accordance with a goal of the entity or to generate the search query thereby returning meaningful and/or targeted results to the user. The system can automatically gather entity-related data thereafter determining or inferring a goal as well as training the model. Moreover, the system can selectively configure (e.g., order, rank, filter) and render results to a user based upon the model.