AUGMENTING SEARCH RESULTS WITH RELEVANT THIRD-PARTY APPLICATION CONTENT

摘要

Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage media are provided for augmenting Web-based search results with relevant content received from third-party applications. Each of a plurality of third-party applications is registered to obtain an indication of entity types associated with the each registered third-party application. An annotated search query is received that includes the original inputted search query and at least an entity type associated with the search query. The annotated search query is communicated to those third-party applications having an indicated entity type that matches the entity type associated with the inputted search query. Search results that are relevant to the annotated search query are received from the applications and presented on a results page.

主权项

1. One or more computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method of augmenting Web-based search results with relevant content received from third-party applications, the method comprising:
registering each of a plurality of third-party applications to obtain an indication of one or more entity types associated with the each registered third-party application of the plurality of third-party applications; receiving an annotated search query, the annotated search query comprising at least an inputted search query and at least one entity type determined to be associated with the inputted search query; communicating the annotated search query to at least a first third-party application of the plurality of third-party applications, the at least the first third-party application having an indicated entity type that matches the at least one entity type determined to be associated with the inputted search query; receiving at least one search result from the at least the first third-party application, the at least one search result relevant to the inputted search query and the at least one entity type associated with the inputted search query; and presenting the at least one search result on a results page.