Patents by Inventor Erich-S.o slashed.ren Finkelstein

Erich-S.o slashed.ren Finkelstein 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).

  • On-line help method and system utilizing free text query
    Patent number: 5694559
    Abstract: An improved free text query method and system is provided as part of an improved on-line help system. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the on-line help system provides a free text query system that performs partial analysis. The partial analysis performed by the preferred embodiment includes identifying keywords within input provided by the user, performing disambiguation analysis, performing definiteness analysis, performing capitalization analysis, and generating a ranked list of candidates according to a probability associated with each candidate. In addition, the preferred embodiment of the present invention is internationalizable. That is, the present invention is easily ported between different languages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel D. Hobson, Eric Horvitz, David E. Heckerman, John S. Breese, Erich-S.o slashed.ren Finkelstein, Gregory L. Shaw, James R. Flynn, Karen Jensen