Nan R Wu

US Patent:

20180373719, Dec 27, 2018

Filed:

Jun 22, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/630627

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Arun SACHETI - Sammamish WA, US
Vincent Kin-Wah LEUNG - Bellevue WA, US
Nektarios IOANNIDES - Seattle WA, US
Nan WU - Kirkland WA, US
Ryuichi HIRANO - Renton WA, US
Christopher WALSVICK - Mercer Island WA, US
Soohoon CHO - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

Abstract:

Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for dynamic representation of suggested queries. In an example, a suggested search query may be generated to provide a user with an alternative query that may be used by the user to adjust, refine, or vary a search. The suggested search query may be displayed to the user in the form of suggested content, wherein the suggested content may comprise a compilation or a collage of search results associated with the suggested search query. A suggested search query may be generated based on one or more datasets, wherein a dataset may provide different variations for a given search query. Accordingly, search queries from different datasets may be incorporated into search results, thereby providing diverse and dynamic search suggestions to the user.

US Patent:

20160378777, Dec 29, 2016

Filed:

Jun 25, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/749914

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Hua Ding - Redmond WA, US
Nan Wu - Kirkland WA, US
Aaron Chun Win Yuen - Bellevue WA, US
Karim Hasham - Bellevue WA, US
Arun Sacheti - Sammamish WA, US
Yanfeng Sun - Redmond WA, US
Yandong Guo - Bellevue WA, US
Deepak Santhanam - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

Abstract:

A user query may be evaluated to provide a result set. In case the results do not reflect the user's intent, the device may provide recourse options for adjusting the query in a manner that yields more desirable results, e.g., a suggestion at the top of the result set for a different spelling, or recommendations at the end of the results set for additional query techniques that may yield more accurate results. However, such presentation of recourse options may clutter the user interface and/or go unnoticed by the user. Instead, an adjusted query may be identified with an interpreted probability of reflecting the intent of the query. An adjustment option describing the adjusted query may be inserted into the result set, between a higher-probability first result and a lower-probability second result. Selection of the adjustment option may cause the adjusted query to be evaluated on behalf of the user.

US Patent:

20160150038, May 26, 2016

Filed:

Dec 16, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/572750

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Karim Hasham - Bellevue WA, US
Kun Wu - Redmond WA, US
Gautam V. Vaidya - Redmond WA, US
Anthony Tran - Bothell WA, US
Shannon Westphal - Seattle WA, US
Nan Wu - Kirkland WA, US
Ahmed Muneeb - Redmond WA, US
Jane Jiyoon Park - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC. - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04L 29/08

Abstract:

Systems, computing devices, and methods for efficiently surfacing information relating to an item of content to a user are presented. A process executing on a user's computing device monitors for a user indication to obtain related information regarding an item of content. Upon receiving the indication, the process formulates a request for the related information and submits the request to a content aggregation service. The content aggregation service identifies the content and extracts a plurality of attribute/value pairs from an aggregated content store regarding the subject matter of the item of content. The extracted information is returned to the requesting process as the related information, which is then presented to the user.