Patents by Inventor Ian Robert Collins

Ian Robert Collins 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).

  • Patent number: 8954434
    Abstract: The present technology is related to identifying, from within a corpus of documents, a subject (e.g., person, location, date, etc.) that is relevant to a topic and that is usable to enhance a topic-describing document. Documents within the corpus of documents share a link structure, such that some documents include hyperlinks that enable navigation to the topic-describing document, and the topic-describing document includes hyperlinks that enable navigation to other documents. Text of documents within the corpus is parsed to identify the subject, and a context of the subject suggests a degree of relevance of the subject to the topic. An enhancement type of the subject is determined, and a version of the topic-describing document is enhanced to include a presentation of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Dongjah Ahn, Michael Paul Bieniosek, Franco Salvetti, Giovanni Lorenzo Thione, Ian Robert Collins, Toby Takeo Sterrett
  • Patent number: 8260775
    Abstract: Computer-readable media and a computing device are described for providing geotemporal search and a search interface therefor. A search interface having a location portion and a timeline portion is provided. A geographic area is selected in the location portion by adjusting the visible area of a map. A temporal window is selected in the timeline portion by adjusting sliders along a timeline to a desired start and end time. The start and end times can be in the past, present, or future. A geotemporal search is executed based on the selected geographic area and temporal window to identify search results having associated metadata indicating a relationship to the selected geographic area and temporal window. One or more search terms are optionally provided to further refine the geotemporal search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Dongjah Ahn, Michael Paul Bieniosek, Ian Robert Collins, Franco Salvetti, Toby Takeo Sterrett, Giovanni Lorenzo Thione, Grigor Shirakyan, Hamed Esfahani
  • Publication number: 20110173210
    Abstract: The present technology is related to identifying, from within a corpus of documents, a subject (e.g., person, location, date, etc.) that is relevant to a topic and that is usable to enhance a topic-describing document. Documents within the corpus of documents share a link structure, such that some documents include hyperlinks that enable navigation to the topic-describing document, and the topic-describing document includes hyperlinks that enable navigation to other documents. Text of documents within the corpus is parsed to identify the subject, and a context of the subject suggests a degree of relevance of the subject to the topic. An enhancement type of the subject is determined, and a version of the topic-describing document is enhanced to include a presentation of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: DAVID DONGJAH AHN, MICHAEL PAUL BIENIOSEK, FRANCO SALVETTI, GIOVANNI LORENZO THIONE, IAN ROBERT COLLINS, TOBY TAKEO STERRETT
  • Publication number: 20110173193
    Abstract: Computer-readable media and a computing device are described for providing geotemporal search and a search interface therefor. A search interface having a location portion and a timeline portion is provided. A geographic area is selected in the location portion by adjusting the visible area of a map. A temporal window is selected in the timeline portion by adjusting sliders along a timeline to a desired start and end time. The start and end times can be in the past, present, or future. A geotemporal search is executed based on the selected geographic area and temporal window to identify search results having associated metadata indicating a relationship to the selected geographic area and temporal window. One or more search terms are optionally provided to further refine the geotemporal search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: DAVID DONGJAH AHN, MICHAEL PAUL BIENIOSEK, IAN ROBERT COLLINS, FRANCO SALVETTI, TOBY TAKEO STERRETT, GIOVANNI LORENZO THIONE, GRIGOR SHIRAKYAN, HAMED ESFAHANI