Patents by Inventor Aaron Paul Starkey

Aaron Paul Starkey 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).

  • Transparent search query processing
    Patent number: 7685116
    Abstract: A method and system for transparently processing a search query by displaying a search query interpretation or restatement inside a search box. Upon receiving a natural language input from a user, the method converts the natural language input to a search query interpretation of the natural language input. Then, the method displays the search query interpretation to the user inside a search box, executes a search based on the search query interpretation and displays a search result to the user. The system includes a user interface to receive a search query input from a user, a restatement engine to convert the search query input into a search query interpretation, a search box to display the search query interpretation to the user, and an execution engine to execute a search based on the search query interpretation and provide a search result for display to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mike Pell, Evgeny Ivanovich Tvorun, David Dawson, Aaron Paul Starkey