Method and apparatus for adapting a search classifier based on user queries
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsDaniel B. Cook, Chad S. Oftedal, Scott E. Seiber, Matthew A. Goldberg
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Abstract
A method and computer-readable medium are provided for constructing a classifier for classifying search queries. The classifier is constructed by receiving a query from a user and applying the query to a classifier to identify the task. An unsupervised mapping between the query and the task is then identified and is used to train a new classifier. Under one embodiment, the unsupervised mapping is identified based on a user's selection of the task.
Claims25
A method of constructing a classifier for classifying user inputs, the method comprising:
- receiving an input from a user;
- applying the input to a first classifier to identify a category;
- creating an unsupervised mapping between the input and the category identified by the first classifier;
- and
- using the unsupervised mapping to train a new classifier.
A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:
- applying a user query to an automated classifier to identify a task;
- providing the task to the user;
- receiving an indication that the user selected the task;
- and
- using the query and the task to train a new classifier based in part on the user's selection of the task.
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