Abstract: Mechanisms to personalize quick answers to a user are described. A query history is assembled from queries previously submitted by users. Each entry in the query history comprises a query, an associated quick answer, and the userID associated with the user that submitted the query. A query database is created by submitting the query of each query entry in the query history to a trained machine learning classifier to classify the query with an associated quick answer segment. The quick answer segment is combined with the other information in the query history to create an entry into a query database. When a current query is received from a user, the query database is searched and prior queries with the same quick answer segment from the same user are extracted. A subset of the resultant queries are combined with a subset of queries from other users to personalize the search results.

Abstract: A market out of multiple available geographic markets can be inferred for each application in a first subset of computer applications. The inferring can include inferring each market from text in one or more metadata fields in application metadata from an online computerized store for the applications. Computer-readable market clusters can be generated, with each of the market clusters indicating a corresponding one of the markets, and with the clusters indicating an inferred market cluster of the computer-readable market clusters for each of the applications in the first subset. In response to a received application query, generating search results can include favoring inclusion of the one or more applications that are assigned to the identified market cluster relative to one or more applications that are not assigned to the identified market cluster.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for post-ranking a ranked search result based on a personal affinity of a user. Issues on ranking a search result of information based on user-level optimization without breaking ranking of the search results based on global optimization functions are addressed by first ranking a search result based on the global optimization functions, followed by post-ranking the ranked search result based on a personal affinity of the user. The personal affinity may be determined based on a search history by the user as captured in a knowledge base. The post-ranking is performed on a limited scope by dividing the ranked search result into multiple portions and re-ranking entries within respective portions based on the personal affinity, for example, by boosting entries that matches the personal affinity to the top of the entries within the portion.

Abstract: A client-configurable tiering service implements an interface allowing a client to specify a tiering policy selected from a plurality of supported tiering policies for data of the client stored in a warm tier, wherein the tiering policies specify conditions for relocating portions of the data to a cold tier. The interface also allows a client to specify a tombstone forwarding policy selected from a plurality of supported tombstone forwarding policies, wherein the tombstone forwarding policies specify how data relocated from the warm tier to the cold tier is subsequently retrieved in response to an access request directed to the warm tier. The client-configurable tiering service relocates and retrieves data between a warm tier and a cold tier in accordance with the client's selected policies. In some embodiments, a client may specify further aspects of how data is stored and relocated between different tiers of a data store.

Abstract: A system and computer-implemented method for efficiently monitoring hand hygiene is provided. The system comprises one or more sensors configured to determine presence of one or more individuals in vicinity. The system further comprises one or more controllers configured to ascertain identity of the one or more individuals. The one or more controllers are further configured to send one or more alerts to the one or more identified individuals to wash their hands. Furthermore, the one or more controllers are configured to monitor one or more handwashing instances by the one or more identified individuals and generate one or more compliance results for each of the one or more monitored handwashing instances. The one or more controllers are also configured to initiate one or more actions corresponding to each of the one or more monitored handwashing instances based on the generated one or more compliance results.

Abstract: A method of selectively providing different types of search engine results to different searchers is provided. A browsing history for each of a plurality of unique identities is logged. A unique identity is associated with a rich segment experience responsive to the browsing history for the unique identity satisfying correlation criteria of the rich segment experience. The rich segment experience is configured to present curated segment-specific information with other search results on a search result web page. Responsive to receiving a search query from the unique identity previously associated with the rich segment experience, the rich segment experience is presented with other search results on the search result web page. Responsive to receiving the search query from a different unique identity not previously associated with the rich segment experience, other search results are presented without the rich segment experience on the search result web page.

Abstract: Methods and systems for incorporating physical documents into a document review workflow involving electronic documents. One or more embodiments detect a presence of a physical document within a field of view of an AR device and map the physical document to an existing electronic document based on visual features of the physical document. Additionally, one or more embodiments determine at least one difference between the physical document and the electronic document and create, for the physical document and the electronic document a shared state mapping including the difference(s). One or more embodiments then apply the difference to the physical document or the electronic document by displaying the difference(s) in an AR layer within the field of view of the AR device or storing the difference(s) in the electronic document.

Abstract: Methods and systems for incorporating physical documents into a document review workflow involving electronic documents. One or more embodiments detect a presence of a physical document within a field of view of an AR device and map the physical document to an existing electronic document based on visual features of the physical document. Additionally, one or more embodiments determine at least one difference between the physical document and the electronic document and create, for the physical document and the electronic document a shared state mapping including the difference(s). One or more embodiments then apply the difference to the physical document or the electronic document by displaying the difference(s) in an AR layer within the field of view of the AR device or storing the difference(s) in the electronic document.

Abstract: Unique application identification (UAID) stamping for automated classification of an implicit query as an application intent query from web results for enabling improved delivery of applications as a search result is provided. An application indexing engine identifies web resources related to an app, and tags the resources with a unique application identifier associated with the app. Accordingly, an implicit query where a web resource responsive to the query is related to the app triggers classification of the query as an app-intent query, enabling the app to be provided as an app result in response to the query. The app is presented to a user, who may selectively download the app.

Abstract: A system and computer-implemented method for efficiently monitoring hand hygiene is provided. The system comprises one or more sensors configured to determine presence of one or more individuals in vicinity. The system further comprises one or more controllers configured to ascertain identity of the one or more individuals. The one or more controllers are further configured to send one or more alerts to the one or more identified individuals to wash their hands. Furthermore, the one or more controllers are configured to monitor one or more handwashing instances by the one or more identified individuals and generate one or more compliance results for each of the one or more monitored handwashing instances. The one or more controllers are also configured to initiate one or more actions corresponding to each of the one or more monitored handwashing instances based on the generated one or more compliance results.

Abstract: The present concepts relate to an improved personalized search engine that can generate personalized rankings of search results in view of individual user's personal preferences and interests. Information about a segment of online content is collected. Certain activities by a user are tracked, including search queries submitted by the user, search results clicked on by the user, and/or web pages browsed by the user. From these activities, the user's preferences relating the segment are inferred using the collected segment information. When the user conducts a search directed to the segment, certain search results that the user is more likely to be interested in, based on the user's preferences, are ranked higher to generate the personalized rankings.

Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods that provide a pipeline to generate personalized queries that are associated with and based on a user's interests determined from a user's past searches, on an Internet search engine, and/or the content the user viewed from the past searches. The suggested queries can be shown in a user interface component associated with the user interface of the search engine and before the user enters anything, such as a new Internet search. This pre-population of searches associated with a user's interests gives an opportunity to the user to try these queries without manually entering in a search string.

Abstract: A system and computer-implemented method for efficiently monitoring hand hygiene is provided. The system comprises one or more sensors configured to determine presence of one or more individuals in vicinity. The system further comprises one or more controllers configured to ascertain identity of the one or more individuals. The one or more controllers are further configured to send one or more alerts to the one or more identified individuals to wash their hands. Furthermore, the one or more controllers are configured to monitor one or more handwashing instances by the one or more identified individuals and generate one or more compliance results for each of the one or more monitored handwashing instances. The one or more controllers are also configured to initiate one or more actions corresponding to each of the one or more monitored handwashing instances based on the generated one or more compliance results.

Abstract: A search engine query can be received, along with contextual data encoding information about a context of the query. The query can be classified into a selected user interface profile of multiple available user interface profiles, with the classifying including applying a classification model to the contextual data. A visual structure generator can be selected using results of the classifying, and a search results page can be generated for the query. The generating of the search results page can include using the selected visual structure generator to impose a selected visual structure on the search results page, with the selected visual structure corresponding to the selected visual structure generator. The generated search results page can be returned in response to the receiving of the query.

Abstract: A plurality of category application queries can be processed, including identifying an associated list of results for each of the category application queries, with each list of results listing one or more applications. A cluster of the category application queries that each have a category in common in an application category stamp can be identified. A proximity graph for the category application queries in the cluster can be generated. The proximity graph can indicate similarity scores based at least in part on numbers of applications in common for lists of results associated with the category application queries in pairs of queries in the cluster. Lists each having one or more suggested alternative category application queries for category application queries in the cluster can be generated, with the generating of the lists of one or more suggested alternative category application queries being based at least in part on the similarity scores.

Abstract: Application metadata for computer applications can be retrieved, with the metadata corresponding to metadata for an online application store from which the applications are available. Computer-readable application clusters can be generated. Each of the application clusters can indicate that applications in the cluster are supported by an associated set of one or more platforms for the cluster. The generating of the clusters can include analyzing the application metadata, such as by performing pattern matching on natural language data. Results for application queries for applications supported by a specified computer platform can be limited to listings of applications in one or more of the clusters whose associated set of one or more platforms includes the specified platform.

Abstract: A limited first set of search engine results can be retrieved from running an application query, with the limited first set of results being limited to applications associated with a first set of application platform(s). Categories of applications referenced in the limited first set of results can be identified, and a category stamp can be generated for the query based on applications in the first set of results that are associated with each of multiple categories. A limited second set of search engine results can be retrieved from running the query. The limited second set of results can be limited to applications associated with a second set of application platform(s), with the second set of results being limited to applications in a category corresponding to the category stamp for the query. An application list for the query can be generated using the limited second set of results.

Abstract: Methods and systems for incorporating physical documents into a document review workflow involving electronic documents. One or more embodiments detect a presence of a physical document within a field of view of an AR device and map the physical document to an existing electronic document based on visual features of the physical document. Additionally, one or more embodiments determine at least one difference between the physical document and the electronic document and create, for the physical document and the electronic document a shared state mapping including the difference(s). One or more embodiments then apply the difference to the physical document or the electronic document by displaying the difference(s) in an AR layer within the field of view of the AR device or storing the difference(s) in the electronic document.

Abstract: Unique application identification (UAID) stamping for automated classification of an implicit query as an application intent query from web results for enabling improved delivery of applications as a search result is provided. An application indexing engine identifies web resources related to an app, and tags the resources with a unique application identifier associated with the app. Accordingly, an implicit query where a web resource responsive to the query is related to the app triggers classification of the query as an app-intent query, enabling the app to be provided as an app result in response to the query. The app is presented to a user, who may selectively download the app.

Abstract: A market out of multiple available geographic markets can be inferred for each application in a first subset of computer applications. The inferring can include inferring each market from text in one or more metadata fields in application metadata from an online computerized store for the applications. Computer-readable market clusters can be generated, with each of the market clusters indicating a corresponding one of the markets, and with the clusters indicating an inferred market cluster of the computer-readable market clusters for each of the applications in the first subset. In response to a received application query, generating search results can include favoring inclusion of the one or more applications that are assigned to the identified market cluster relative to one or more applications that are not assigned to the identified market cluster.