Zhi H Lu

US Patent:

20140258267, Sep 11, 2014

Filed:

Mar 8, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/790396

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Timothy Andrew Harrington - Mountain View CA, US
Guenther Schmuelling - San Jose CA, US
Zhi Liang Lu - San Jose CA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707722

Abstract:

Methods and systems directed to aggregating social content from social networking sites, and making the social content available for searching is disclosed. Social content, corresponding to multiple computer users, is obtained from a plurality of social networking sites. The social content is stored in a content store, making it available for searching. In response to receiving a search query (directed to social content), a set of search results is identified, the search results including at least one item of social content obtained from a social networking site. The social content in the search results is filtered according to privacy constraints. A presentation of the filtered search results is generated and provided to the requesting computer user.