Patents by Inventor Julia H. Farago
Julia H. Farago 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).
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Patent number: 11715165Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, are provided for facilitating a following of a content sponsor in a social network. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of identifying a creative for presentation to users in response to requests for content, and receiving selection criteria from a sponsor associated with the creative, the selection criteria for use in determining when to present the creative. The creative is augmented to include a control that enables a user to follow the content sponsor automatically upon interaction with the control, and the augmented creative is presented in response to received requests for content in accordance with the selection criteria. The sponsor is charged when the creative is presented and a user initiates an action to follow the sponsor in a social network.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Christian Oestlien, Cinthya Rossana Urasaki, Rafael M. Borges, Richard D. Borovoy, Marcus A. Leal, Julia H. Farago, Fred Bertsch, Elena Kon
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Publication number: 20210150636Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, are provided for facilitating a following of a content sponsor in a social network. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of identifying a creative for presentation to users in response to requests for content, and receiving selection criteria from a sponsor associated with the creative, the selection criteria for use in determining when to present the creative. The creative is augmented to include a control that enables a user to follow the content sponsor automatically upon interaction with the control, and the augmented creative is presented in response to received requests for content in accordance with the selection criteria. The sponsor is charged when the creative is presented and a user initiates an action to follow the sponsor in a social network.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2021Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Christian Oestlien, Cinthya Rossana Urasaki, Rafael M. Borges, Richard D. Borovoy, Marcus A. Leal, Julia H. Farago, Fred Bertsch, Elena Kon
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Patent number: 10853374Abstract: A method and media are provided for managing feedback data that will be used for ranking search results. A plurality of user feedback data from more than one user can be aggregated into a search index. The user feedback data can be associated with one or more documents within the index such that the one or more documents can be ranked based on the type of feedback data that is aggregated. Once the documents have been ranked, the ranked documents can be provided to a requester.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2014Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: James Dai, Julia H. Farago, Natala J. Menezes, Ramez Naam, Saleel Sathe, Hugh E. Williams
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Publication number: 20190164235Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, are provided for facilitating a following of a content sponsor in a social network. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of identifying a creative for presentation to users in response to requests for content, and receiving selection criteria from a sponsor associated with the creative, the selection criteria for use in determining when to present the creative. The creative is augmented to include a control that enables a user to follow the content sponsor automatically upon interaction with the control, and the augmented creative is presented in response to received requests for content in accordance with the selection criteria. The sponsor is charged when the creative is presented and a user initiates an action to follow the sponsor in a social network.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2019Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Christian Oestlien, Cinthya Rossana Urasaki, Rafael M. Borges, Richard D. Borovoy, Marcus A. Leal, Julia H. Farago, Fred Bertsch, Elena Kon
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Patent number: 9817831Abstract: A method to monetize multimedia queries is provided. The method includes receiving a multimedia query from a client device. In response, to the multimedia query a collection of thumbnails representing multimedia files is created. Position information for advertisement information is generated based on multimedia content included in the multimedia files. The position information specifies where the advertisement information should be displayed. Accordingly, advertisement information associated with advertisers that pay above a specified threshold is displayed with thumbnails of the multimedia content or with the actual multimedia content.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2005Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Hugh J. Williams, Julia H. Farago, Nicholas A. Whyte
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Publication number: 20150169571Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for identifying and providing image search results including general image search results responsive to an image search query and social image search results responsive to the image search query wherein each of the social image search results is associated with content generated by a respective member of a social graph of a user wherein the member is at two or more distinct degrees of separation from the user and has a minimum number of social graph friends in common with the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2010Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Julia H. Farago, Terran Melconian, Ankur Bhargava, David Bau, Manish M. Sambhu, Francisco M. Galanes
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Publication number: 20150006522Abstract: A method and media are provided for managing feedback data that will be used for ranking search results. A plurality of user feedback data from more than one user can be aggregated into a search index. The user feedback data can be associated with one or more documents within the index such that the one or more documents can be ranked based on the type of feedback data that is aggregated. Once the documents have been ranked, the ranked documents can be provided to a requester.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: JAMES DAI, JULIA H. FARAGO, NATALA J. MENEZES, RAMAZ NAAM, SALEEL SATHE, HUGH J. WILLIAMS
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Patent number: 8874591Abstract: The invention discloses a system and method for managing feedback data that will be used for ranking search results. The invention can aggregate a plurality of user feedback data from more than one user into a search index. The user feedback data can be associated with one or more documents within the index such that the one or more documents can be ranked based on the type of feedback data that is aggregated. Once the documents have been ranked, the ranked documents can be provided to a requester.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2006Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: James Dai, Julia H. Farago, Natala J. Menezes, Ramaz Naam, Saleel Sathe, Hugh J. Williams
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Publication number: 20140114763Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, are provided for facilitating a following of a content sponsor in a social network. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of identifying a creative for presentation to users in response to requests for content, and receiving selection criteria from a sponsor associated with the creative, the selection criteria for use in determining when to present the creative. The creative is augmented to include a control that enables a user to follow the content sponsor automatically upon interaction with the control, and the augmented creative is presented in response to received requests for content in accordance with the selection criteria. The sponsor is charged when the creative is presented and a user initiates an action to follow the sponsor in a social network.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Christian Oestlien, Cinthya Rossana Urasaki, Rafael M. Borges, Richard D. Borovoy, Marcus A. Leal, Julia H. Farago, Fred Bertsch, Elena Kon
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Patent number: 8005857Abstract: A unique object navigation system, user interface, and method that facilitate faster and smoother navigation of objects are provided. For example, the system can generate a plurality of objects that can be rendered on a display space that spans a single page in length, thereby mitigating the need to navigate through multiple pages. The system can determine the length of the page according to the number of objects generated. To view off-screen objects, an infinite scroll component can be employed. The amount of scroll space needed to view the plurality of objects can be determined in part by the length of the page and/or by the number of objects. The objects can also be viewed in a film strip format that is infinitely scrollable. The film strip view allows a view of the objects to be maintained while also viewing a selected object in greater detail at the same time.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2009Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Julia H. Farago, Hugh E. Williams, James E. Walsh, Nicholas A. Whyte, Kavi J. Goel, Philip Fung, Ariel J. Lazier, Kenneth A. Moss, Ethan N. Ray
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Patent number: 7849093Abstract: Architecture is provided for performing multimedia searches and returning media galleries, and then prominently displaying the galleries to a user. The disclosed innovation generates a gallery classifier and then displays found galleries to the user in a new and informative user interface. In one aspect, a system is provided that facilitates searching data for gallery pages. The system includes a gallery classifier that receives web data associated with web pages, and identifies a web page as a gallery page during a search operation. The system also includes a gallery user interface that presents a gallery page and associated content as part of the search process.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2005Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Julia H. Farago, Nicholas A. Whyte, Ramez Naam
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Patent number: 7730418Abstract: Described is a method and system by which a computer program window is sized based on the content to display. The window may automatically resize itself as content changes. When laying out an element tree of elements that contain the content, the elements provide desired size information to a parent container, and so on, up to the root element (e.g., a window). If a window property is set to size to the content, a window size is computed during layout, having a height and/or width based on the child elements plus X and Y deltas for a window non-client area and borders. Logic attached to window message handling controls changes to the content/window, such as to automatically resize for changed content, and to selectively turn off or persist the size to content property. Sizing to content may be programmatically limited to one dimension, with the other dimension fixed.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2005Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Workman NydeggerInventors: Hua Wang, Anup R. Manandhar, Julia H. Farago, Mark A. Alcazar, Sujal S. Parikh, Hamid Mahmood
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Publication number: 20100083155Abstract: A unique object navigation system, user interface, and method that facilitate faster and smoother navigation of objects are provided. For example, the system can generate a plurality of objects that can be rendered on a display space that spans a single page in length, thereby mitigating the need to navigate through multiple pages. The system can determine the length of the page according to the number of objects generated. To view off-screen objects, an infinite scroll component can be employed. The amount of scroll space needed to view the plurality of objects can be determined in part by the length of the page and/or by the number of objects. The objects can also be viewed in a film strip format that is infinitely scrollable. The film strip view allows a view of the objects to be maintained while also viewing a selected object in greater detail at the same time.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: JULIA H. FARAGO, HUGH E. WILLIAMS, JAMES E. WALSH, NICHOLAS A. WHYTE, KAVI J. GOEL, PHILIP FUNG, ARIEL J. LAZIER, KENNETH A. MOSS, ETHAN N. RAY
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Patent number: 7664739Abstract: A unique object navigation system, user interface, and method that facilitate faster and smoother navigation of objects are provided. For example, the system can generate a plurality of objects that can be rendered on a display space that spans a single page in length, thereby mitigating the need to navigate through multiple pages. The system can determine the length of the page according to the number of objects generated. To view off-screen objects, an infinite scroll component can be employed. The amount of scroll space needed to view the plurality of objects can be determined in part by the length of the page and/or by the number of objects. The objects can also be viewed in a film strip format that is infinitely scrollable. The film strip view allows a view of the objects to be maintained while also viewing a selected object in greater detail at the same time.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2006Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Julia H. Farago, Hugh E. Williams, James E. Walsh, Nicholas A. Whyte, Kavi J. Goel, Philip Fung, Ariel J. Lazier, Kenneth A. Moss, Ethan N. Ray
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Patent number: 7647338Abstract: A system and method for formulating a related content query are provided. A search engine receives queries having terms for content items and stores the queries and user interaction data in a query log. Also, the search engine provides a collection of content items and related content item queries for each content item within the collection of content items, in response the queries. Each content item in the collection of content items includes terms that match the received queries. The related content item queries are generated by an advisor engine that processes the query log and each content item in the collection of content items to select query terms, different from the received query terms, which previously resulted in a specified content item being accessed or selected.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2007Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Ariel Lazier, Hugh J. Williams, Nick Craswell, Charles Clarke, Julia H. Farago
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Publication number: 20080235204Abstract: The invention discloses a system and method for managing feedback data that will be used for ranking search results. The invention can aggregate a plurality of user feedback data from more than one user into a search index. The user feedback data can be associated with one or more documents within the index such that the one or more documents can be ranked based on the type of feedback data that is aggregated. Once the documents have been ranked, the ranked documents can be provided to a requester.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2006Publication date: September 25, 2008Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: James Dai, Julia H. Farago, Natala J. Menezes, Ramaz Naam, Saleel Sathe, Hugh J. Williams
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Publication number: 20080208831Abstract: Computer readable media, systems, and methods for controlling search indexing are described. In embodiments, a search index control instruction is received and, if permitted by the search index control instruction, content pertaining to the received instruction is indexed and presented in accordance therewith. In one embodiment, receiving the search index control instruction includes traversing the Internet with a web crawler and analyzing one or both of a robots.txt file and source code associated with a website of interest to locate instructions. Search index control instructions may include, by way of example only, exclusionary instructions (e.g., excluding specified domains from linking to portions of the content associated with a website) and modification instructions (e.g., permitting indexing and presentation of content associated with a website but only in a modified form to reduce the risk of content theft).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2007Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Julia H. Farago, Hugh E. Williams, Darren A. Shakib, Nicholas A. Whyte, Srinath R. Aaleti
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Publication number: 20070162428Abstract: A method to monetize multimedia queries is provided. The method includes receiving a multimedia query from a client device. In response, to the multimedia query a collection of thumbnails representing multimedia files is created. Position information for advertisement information is generated based on multimedia content included in the multimedia files. The position information specifies where the advertisement information should be displayed. Accordingly, advertisement information associated with advertisers that pay above a specified threshold is displayed with thumbnails of the multimedia content or with the actual multimedia content.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2005Publication date: July 12, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Hugh J. Williams, Julia H. Farago, Nicholas A. Whyte