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Annotating structured data for search

US9959305B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

Kanstantsyn Zoryn · Redmond, US
Zhimin Chen · Zhejiang, CN
Kaushik Chakrabarti · Redmond, US
James P. Finnigan · Redmond, US
Vivek Narasayya · Redmond, US
Surajit Chaudhuri · Redmond, US
Kris Ganjam · Redmond, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 8, 2014
Grant date	May 1, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 9, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/958
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for annotating structured data for search. Aspects of the invention include associating structured data, such as, for example, tables, with additional content to improve indexing of the structured data for search and/or provide improved search results for structured data. Web pages can include tables as well as other content. The other content in a web page, such as, for example, content outside the <table> and </table> tags of a web table, can be useful in supporting searches for web tables. Content in one web page can also be useful in supporting searches for a table in another web page.

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