Patents by Inventor Alexei Kourbatov

Alexei Kourbatov has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Persona-based application personalization
    Patent number: 7613692
    Abstract: Systems and methods that facilitate persona-based application personalization are disclosed. A persona is a conglomeration of a group of archetypal users that represent the personalization needs of many users and is based on observed behavior and patterns associated with the group of users. Users can be grouped into personas, and the personas can be analyzed to facilitate application personalization at a person level. Individual users can then be mapped to personas based on correlations of their respective individual behaviors and/or usage patters to the usage patterns of the persona as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Keith Hamilton, Robert Zhu, Alexei Kourbatov
  • Musical theme searching
    Patent number: 7518052
    Abstract: A musical information retrieval system and process is presented. The system and process generally involves a user employing a unique graphic user interface (GUI) to enter a musical theme query, which is then characterized using a special normalized format. The characterized musical query is then compared in a variety of ways to similarly characterized musical themes resident in a database to identify one or more matching themes. The matching theme or themes are then reported to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Alexei Kourbatov
  • PERSONA-BASED APPLICATION PERSONALIZATION
    Publication number: 20080027924
    Abstract: Systems and methods that facilitate persona-based application personalization are disclosed. A persona is a conglomeration of a group of archetypal users that represent the personalization needs of many users and is based on observed behavior and patterns associated with the group of users. Users can be grouped into personas, and the personas can be analyzed to facilitate application personalization at a person level. Individual users can then be mapped to personas based on correlations of their respective individual behaviors and/or usage patters to the usage patterns of the persona as a whole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keith Hamilton, Robert Zhu, Alexei Kourbatov
  • Musical theme searching
    Publication number: 20070214941
    Abstract: A musical information retrieval system and process is presented. The system and process generally involves a user employing a unique graphic user interface (GUI) to enter a musical theme query, which is then characterized using a special normalized format. The characterized musical query is then compared in a variety of ways to similarly characterized musical themes resident in a database to identify one or more matching themes. The matching theme or themes are then reported to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Alexei Kourbatov