Patents by Inventor Amy Alberts

Amy Alberts 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).

  • Publication number: 20060173880
    Abstract: A system and related techniques generate a survey to capture user feedback about the quality of search results, in a continuous context with the user's Web page or other search activity. According to embodiments, a survey frame inviting the user to undertake a set of search questions may be presented within the same set of page frames which display the search results, so that the user may choose to answer the survey while still viewing their search results, or selected Web sites or other hits. According to further embodiments, rather than being presented within the frame structure of a page, the survey may be presented from within a browser toolbar extension, side-by-side or otherwise arranged within the environment of the user's search activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Amy Alberts, Fabrice Canel, Mark Walter