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Using a human computation game to improve search engine performance

US8285706B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

Raman Chandrasekar · Seattle, US
Christopher Brian Quirk · Seattle, US
Sarthak Deepak Shah · Kirkland, US
Matthew Richardson · Redmond, US
Christopher John Champness Burges · Bellevue, US
Abhishek Gupta · Seattle, US
Hao Hai Ma · Markham, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 10, 2009
Grant date	Oct 9, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 26, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/951
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Human computation games are provided wherein a player is shown a page, such as a web page. The player is then asked to provide one or more terms that are intended to cause a search engine to return the page in response to performing a query using the terms. The terms provided by the player during game play are then collected, stored, and utilized to improve the performance of the search engine.

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