Patents by Inventor David Boyd LUDWIG, IV

David Boyd LUDWIG, IV 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).

  • Publication number: 20240095237
    Abstract: Identification of content gaps based on relative user-selection rates between multiple discrete content sources. A system analyzes search log activity to determine whether users that are conducting particular types of search activities are ultimately selecting and relying upon content resources from a predefined content source of interest or, alternatively, whether such users are unsatisfied with the predefined content source of interest and are instead relying upon other third-party content sources. This particular type of analysis provides valuable insights into whether content gaps exist within the predefined content source of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Junia Anna GEORGE, Chetan BANSAL, Nikitha RAO, Casey Jo GOSSARD, Dung NGUYEN, David Boyd LUDWIG, IV, Curtis Dean ANDERSON
  • Publication number: 20240078092
    Abstract: A method of assisting a user with the discovery of program features is provided. The method includes detecting a selection of a data structure within a user interface, determining a contextual parameter based on the selected data structure, the contextual parameter associated with a modifiable feature of the selected data structure, determining options for generating program code configured to modify the modifiable feature are available based on the contextual parameter and a predefined inferential relationship between the contextual parameter and the modifiable feature of the selected data structure, and prompting the user in the user interface with information indicating that the determined options for generating the program code are accessible in the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Yi LIU, Kristen OSHIRO, David Boyd LUDWIG, IV, Alexander DROTAR, Niraj YADAV, Yu HU, Haiyuan CAO, Haoran WEI, Jeremiah A. NYMAN
  • Patent number: 11868341
    Abstract: Identification of content gaps based on relative user-selection rates between multiple discrete content sources. A system analyzes search log activity to determine whether users that are conducting particular types of search activities are ultimately selecting and relying upon content resources from a predefined content source of interest or, alternatively, whether such users are unsatisfied with the predefined content source of interest and are instead relying upon other third-party content sources. This particular type of analysis provides valuable insights into whether content gaps exist within the predefined content source of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Junia Anna George, Chetan Bansal, Nikitha Rao, Casey Jo Gossard, Dung Nguyen, David Boyd Ludwig, IV, Curtis Dean Anderson
  • Publication number: 20220121660
    Abstract: Identification of content gaps based on relative user-selection rates between multiple discrete content sources. A system analyzes search log activity to determine whether users that are conducting particular types of search activities are ultimately selecting and relying upon content resources from a predefined content source of interest or, alternatively, whether such users are unsatisfied with the predefined content source of interest and are instead relying upon other third-party content sources. This particular type of analysis provides valuable insights into whether content gaps exist within the predefined content source of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Junia Anna GEORGE, Chetan BANSAL, Nikitha RAO, Casey Jo GOSSARD, Dung NGUYEN, David Boyd LUDWIG, IV, Curtis Dean ANDERSON
  • Patent number: 11126791
    Abstract: An electronic system and method of operating electronic software applications such as spreadsheets provides help with formulas and other software functions. The system provides the user with a list of model examples upon request, and responds to a user selection of a model by creating both a model formula or control and model data upon which the formula or control is calculated or may act. The model is editable by the user, so that they may better understand the function being illustrated and use it with their own data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David Boyd Ludwig, IV, Aldo Raul Torres, Patrick William Volum, Tong Jiang, Christopher Blanton Smith
  • Publication number: 20210264101
    Abstract: An electronic system and method of operating electronic software applications such as spreadsheets provides help with formulas and other software functions. The system provides the user with a list of model examples upon request, and responds to a user selection of a model by creating both a model formula or control and model data upon which the formula or control is calculated or may act. The model is editable by the user, so that they may better understand the function being illustrated and use it with their own data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: David Boyd LUDWIG, IV, Aldo Raul TORRES, Patrick William VOLUM, Tong JIANG, Christopher Blanton SMITH