Patent ID: 11900485
Assignee: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A computing system comprising:
at least one processor; and
memory storing instructions executable by the at least one processor, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the computing system to:
store a query progression of a first user relating to a given subject matter, wherein the query progression includes a plurality of related queries from the first user including at least:
an initial query, and
a final query; and

store, for the query progression, first user activity information that:
identifies a particular search result from the final quarry of the query progression, and
indicates the first user interacted with the particular search result;

receive a user query from a second user;
based on determining the user query relates to the given subject matter,
compare the user query from the second user to the query progression of the first user, and
identify the query progression as a matching query progression having a query, other than the final query in the plurality of related queries of the matching query progression, that corresponds to the user query, and

provide a user interface display to the second user that identifies at lent one of:
the final query of the matching query progression; or
particular search result that corresponds to the final query of the matching query progression and was interacted with by the first user.