Patents by Inventor Gerald Ferry

Gerald Ferry 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).

  • PROMOTING DOCUMENTS BASED ON RELEVANCE
    Publication number: 20150199347
    Abstract: A system for ranking documents based on activity level is provided. A document promotion system generates a view score for a document based on the number of times the document was viewed and a freshness score for the document based on when the document was last updated. The document promotion system then generates an activity score for the document based on the view score and the freshness score for the document. The activity score for a document represents the level of activity associated with the document. The document promotion system ranks documents based on their generated activity scores and provides the documents to a user in the order of the ranking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yauhen Shnitko, Dmitriy Meyerzon, Gerald Ferry