Ofer A Dekel

US Patent:

20100257193, Oct 7, 2010

Filed:

Apr 7, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/419325

Inventors:

Eyal Krupka - Herzeliya, IL
Ofer Dekel - Redmond WA, US
Ron Karidi - Herzeliya, IL

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707768, 707E17108

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for search query extension are disclosed. A particular method retrieves a set of queries related to a search query from a query repository. The search query includes one or more search words and at least one search word is included in each query in the set of queries. A set of context words based on one or more computer-readable files accessible to a computer is generated and an intersection is calculated. The intersection is based on the set of queries and the set of context words. An extended search query is generated based on the calculated intersection and the search query.