Patents by Inventor ALOK KUMAR AGARWAL

ALOK KUMAR AGARWAL has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • HIGHLIGHTING KNOWN ANSWERS IN SEARCH RESULTS
    Publication number: 20120150861
    Abstract: Answers to search queries are identified and highlighted in search result snippets for documents containing the answers. When a user submits a search query to a search engine, the search engine may query a search index to identify a set of documents as relevant search results for the search query. Additionally, an answer data store may be queried to determine if there is a short answer to the search query. If an answer is found, the answer may be used when generating search result snippets. As such, the search result snippets for documents containing the answer may include the answer. The answer may also be highlighted in the search result snippets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: GIOVANNI THIONE, FRANCO SALVETTI, MICHAEL BIENIOSEK, DAVID AHN, RICCARDO TURCHETTO, MAX LANSING, ALOK KUMAR AGARWAL