Microsoft patents AI system that picks best search answer from multiple drafts
Microsoft describes a method where a search engine uses several AI models to create different versions of an answer to a user's question. A separate 'arbitration' model then reviews these drafts and selects the most appropriate one to show to the user.
In the filing’s own words
This disclosure describes utilizing a generative document system to create generative search results documents using generative artificial intelligence (AI) models and dynamically determining which one of the generative search results documents to provide in response to a search query. For example, in response to receiving a search query, the generative document system obtains search link results (e.g., website links and corresponding grounding information) for the search query and utilizes this information with multiple generative AI models to generate various types of generative search results documents. Additionally, the generative document system generates and utilizes a generative document arbitration model to determine, based on the search link results, which of the generative search results documents to provide in response to the search query.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computer-implemented method for generating one or more search results documents using one or more artificial intelligence (AI) models, comprising: in response to receiving a search query, obtaining search link results, including website links and grounding information, from a search system; generating multiple generative search results document prompts to provide to multiple generative AI models for generating multiple generative search results documents concurrently from the search query and the search link results; selecting a selected generative search results document from the multiple generative search results documents; and providing the selected generative search results document in response to the search query.
Facts
- Company
- Microsoft (Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC)
- Official title
- DETERMINING GENERATIVE SEARCH RESULTS DOCUMENT FOR QUERIES USING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS AND ARBITRATION MODELS
- Publication number
- US20260329949A1
- Application number
- 19723920
- Filed
- Jun 29, 2026
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 11
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 16/93 Physics & computingG06N 3/0475 Physics & computingMore from Microsoft in AI & software
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