Trung T Tran

US Patent:

20090327268, Dec 31, 2009

Filed:

Jun 27, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/163406

Inventors:

JUSTIN DENNEY - Seattle WA, US
CRISTINA A. COLBY - Seattle WA, US
JAMES T. CLARK - Duvall WA, US
AJAY NAIR - Redmond WA, US
SANAZ AHARI - Seattle WA, US
RICHARD QIAN - Sammamish WA, US
SALLY SALAS - Issaquah WA, US
MAURICIO LOMELIN - Seattle WA, US
JAMIE BUCKLEY - Redmond WA, US
JOANNA CHAN - Seattle WA, US
NICHOLAS E. CRASWELL - Cambridge, GB
TABREEZ GOVANI - Mukilteo WA, US
TRUNG T. TRAN - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 7/06
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707 5, 707 3, 707E17014, 707E17108

Abstract:

Systems and methods for providing immediate access to comprehensive information and answers on a set of related search engine results pages for common searches executed in the entertainment domain relating to, for instance, music, musicians, movies and celebrities. Upon receipt of a keyword-based search query, a decision is made regarding what the user actually wanted to see as a search result. This information is then automatically presented in a dedicated region of the keyword search results page, typically with links to more refined information. Upon selection of a link, the refined information is also displayed in a dedicated region of the keyword search results page. In this way, the user does not have to navigate multiple, different user interfaces on a variety of different web sites in order to view the information desired.