US 12,235,916 B2
Insights service for search engine utilization
Michael Tholfsen, Newcastle, WA (US); Paul Ronald Ray, Kirkland, WA (US); Elad Graiver, Tel-Aviv (IL); Yonatan Turkin, Givatayim (IL); Jonathan Thomas Grudin, Issaquah, WA (US); and Sadiq Dhafir Alkhalili, Burnaby (CA)
Assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/145,599.
Prior Publication US 2024/0211520 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/9535 (2019.01) [G06F 16/9538 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating an insights service improving search engine utilization, the method comprising:
communicating with a search service to obtain one or more insights into usage of user features of a search engine in association with search queries submitted to the search engine by a group of users over a period of time, wherein the one or more insights are provided by the search service on a per-user basis with respect to each user in the group of users; and
the one or more insights are indicative of progress by each user in the group of users in a proficiency with using the user features of the search engine when constructing the search queries; and enabling display of the one or more insights in a user interface.