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Answer model comparison

US8554700B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

Tapas Kanungo · San Jose, US
Kuansan Wang · Bellevue, US
Ran Gilad-Bachrach · Bellevue, US
Kieran Richard McDonald · Seattle, US
Kumaresh Pattabiraman · Sunnyvale, US
Christopher Avery Meyers · Kirkland, US
Ashok Ponnuswami · Redmond, US
Luke Simon · Redmond, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 3, 2010
Grant date	Oct 8, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 11, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/248
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This patent application pertains to answer model comparison. One implementation can determine a first frequency at which an individual answer category appears in an individual slot on a query results page when utilizing a first model. The method can ascertain a second frequency at which the individual answer category appears in the individual slot on the query results page when utilizing a second model. The method can calibrate the second model so that the second frequency approaches the first frequency.

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