Clement W Wang

US Patent:

20110178995, Jul 21, 2011

Filed:

Jan 21, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/691145

Inventors:

SEAN SUCHTER - Los Altos Hills CA, US
RAJESH K. SHENOY - San Jose CA, US
STEVEN WAYNE ICKMAN - Snoqualmie WA, US
HO JOHN LEE - Palo Alto CA, US
SHUBHA UMESH NABAR - Palo Alto CA, US
CLEMENT WANG - Cupertino CA, US
XIANG JI - Sunnyvale CA, US
TOM MATTHEW LAIRD-MCCONNELL - Kirkland WA, US
ERIC R. SCHEEL - Sunnyvale CA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/048
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707692, 715810, 707780, 707741, 707E17005, 707E17109, 707E17002, 715764

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for searching microblog entries. The microblog entries may be generated through a single microblog website or across multiple microblog sites. Upon receiving a search input, a series of microblog entries responsive to the search input may be displayed to the user. The displayed microblog entries may be the most recently generated microblog entries that are responsive to the search input. In another embodiment, the microblog entries returned are a best match to the search criteria, which may be based on a user authority score for a user that drafted a microblog entry and additional characteristics of the microblog entry.