Patent ID: 8364672
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. One or more computer storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising: identifying a concept and a document associated with the concept; generating a concept signature for the concept based on the document associated with the concept, the concept signature comprising a document identifier for the document associated with the concept; receiving a search query submitted by an end user; identifying search results for the search query; generating a search results signature based on the search results, the search results signature comprising document identifiers of documents corresponding with the search results; comparing the search results signature to the concept signature by determining if the document identifiers of documents corresponding with the search results include the document identifier for the document associated with the concept; identifying the concept as being relevant to the search query based on comparison of the search results signature to the concept signature, wherein the identifying the concept as being relevant to the search query comprises identifying a plurality of concepts as being relevant to the search query and selecting the concept from the plurality of concepts by determining that the concept signature for the concept has the greatest similarity to the search results signature; generating a search results page based on the concept, wherein the generating the search results page based on the concept comprises generating an instant answer using the concept and including the instant answer on the search results page in addition to the search results; and providing the search results page for presentation to the end user.