Patents by Inventor Antonino Gulli
Antonino Gulli 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: 9842149Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for populating and/or animating a spatial visualization, such as a map, a timeline, and/or other 2D and/or 3D visual representations of locations. The spatial visualization may be populated with events extracted from a data source (e.g., real-time events, news events, social network events, etc.), and may include relationships between events (e.g., based upon time, location, contextual similarity (e.g., social network check-in events at a restaurant), events referencing one another (e.g., an article describing a first event may comprise a hyperlink to an article describing a second event) etc.). Filter criteria (e.g., date, event type, location, etc.) may be applied to events and/or relationships when populating the spatial visualization. A sequence of events and corresponding relationships may be animated within the spatial visualization (e.g., as the events unfold over a (user) designated period of time).Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Daniel Bernhardt, Michael Kaisser, Antonino Gulli
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Patent number: 9811102Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for monitoring and reducing consumption of electricity with a network of smart sensors connected to either electrical devices and/or lights.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Inventors: Antonino Gulli', Lorenzo Gulli', Leonardo Alessandro Gulli', Aurora Gulli'
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Patent number: 9798786Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for populating and/or animating a spatial visualization, such as a map, a timeline, and/or other 2D and/or 3D visual representations of locations. The spatial visualization may be populated with events extracted from a data source (e.g., real-time events, news events, social network events, etc.), and may include relationships between events (e.g., based upon time, location, contextual similarity (e.g., social network check-in events at a restaurant), events referencing one another (e.g., an article describing a first event may comprise a hyperlink to an article describing a second event) etc.). Filter criteria (e.g., date, event type, location, etc.) may be applied to events and/or relationships when populating the spatial visualization. A sequence of events and corresponding relationships may be animated within the spatial visualization (e.g., as the events unfold over a (user) designated period of time).Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Daniel Bernhardt, Michael Kaisser, Antonino Gulli
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Publication number: 20160033985Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for monitoring and reducing consumption of electricity with a network of smart sensors connected to either electrical devices and/or lights.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Antonino Gulli', Lorenzo Gulli', Leonardo Alessandro Gulli', Aurora Gulli'
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Patent number: 9239882Abstract: A correlator extracts a plurality of related queries corresponding to each one of a plurality of answers. A classifier matches each one of the related queries corresponding to the answer with a category. A statistical tool determines the relevance of each category relative to the categories matched to the related queries corresponding to the answers.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2007Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: IAC Search & Media, Inc.Inventors: Alessio Signorini, Alessandro Arzilli, Apostolos Gerasoulis, Antonino Gulli, Maurizio Sambati
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Publication number: 20150205843Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for populating and/or animating a spatial visualization, such as a map, a timeline, and/or other 2D and/or 3D visual representations of locations. The spatial visualization may be populated with events extracted from a data source (e.g., real-time events, news events, social network events, etc.), and may include relationships between events (e.g., based upon time, location, contextual similarity (e.g., social network check-in events at a restaurant), events referencing one another (e.g., an article describing a first event may comprise a hyperlink to an article describing a second event) etc.). Filter criteria (e.g., date, event type, location, etc.) may be applied to events and/or relationships when populating the spatial visualization. A sequence of events and corresponding relationships may be animated within the spatial visualization (e.g., as the events unfold over a (user) designated period of time).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2015Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Daniel Bernhardt, Michael Kaisser, Antonino Gulli
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Patent number: 9009159Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for populating and/or animating a spatial visualization, such as a map, a timeline, and/or other 2D and/or 3D visual representations of locations. The spatial visualization may be populated with events extracted from a data source (e.g., real-time events, news events, social network events, etc.), and may include relationships between events (e.g., based upon time, location, contextual similarity (e.g., social network check-in events at a restaurant), events referencing one another (e.g., an article describing a first event may comprise a hyperlink to an article describing a second event) etc.). Filter criteria (e.g., date, event type, location, etc.) may be applied to events and/or relationships when populating the spatial visualization. A sequence of events and corresponding relationships may be animated within the spatial visualization (e.g., as the events unfold over a (user) designated period of time).Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2012Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Daniel Bernhardt, Michael Kaisser, Antonino Gulli
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Publication number: 20140379324Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for mining web content for synonyms for selected words and/or phrases and presenting such web-based synonyms in the context of applications that permit text editing. As the synonyms are mined from web content, they have potentially more expansive and accurate coverage than a fixed, and often dated, thesaurus. Web content for synonyms of selected words and/or phrases may be mined taking into account at least a portion of the surrounding context in which the selected words and/or phrases appear. Further, web content for synonyms of selected words and/or phrases may be mined taking into account user behaviors that might provide clues as to the intended meaning of the selected words and/or phrases.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2013Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: IOANNIS KLAPAFTIS, ANTONINO GULLĂ
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Publication number: 20140280297Abstract: Digital content can be annotated with a search annotation. A user can specify or otherwise identify one or more terms, comprising a query, in conjunction with an annotation signal, for example. Suggestions can be provided automatically to aid a user in specifying the terms, among other things. Furthermore, a hyperlink can be generated that targets a search engine with the query or some other resource. Subsequently, the one or more terms are replaced with the hyperlink.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Antonino Gulli, Arun K. Mehta, Maria I. Carrelli
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Publication number: 20140279994Abstract: Digital content can be annotated with a query. Upon selection of the query, a search can be initiated on a search engine with the query and search results relevant to the query are returned. Suggestions can be provided automatically in conjunction with query insertion. Suggestions can be supplied as a function of an input fragment and past search engine queries, among other things.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Antonino Gulli, Maria I. Carrelli
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Publication number: 20130191388Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for populating and/or animating a spatial visualization, such as a map, a timeline, and/or other 2D and/or 3D visual representations of locations. The spatial visualization may be populated with events extracted from a data source (e.g., real-time events, news events, social network events, etc.), and may include relationships between events (e.g., based upon time, location, contextual similarity (e.g., social network check-in events at a restaurant), events referencing one another (e.g., an article describing a first event may comprise a hyperlink to an article describing a second event) etc.). Filter criteria (e.g., date, event type, location, etc.) may be applied to events and/or relationships when populating the spatial visualization. A sequence of events and corresponding relationships may be animated within the spatial visualization (e.g., as the events unfold over a (user) designated period of time).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2012Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Daniel Bernhardt, Michael Kaisser, Antonino Gulli
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Publication number: 20130157234Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for constructing a storyline visualization. The storyline visualization may be constructed from one or more temporal documents (e.g., news stories having publication dates). The temporal documents may be organized into chapters, subchapters, and/or various storylines interconnected by branches. In this way, the storyline visualization may relate to a main story, which may branch into various storylines that respectively comprise one or more chapters. A user may be able to interactively explore the storyline visualization to understand the evolution of the main story (e.g., how a first storyline may have developed and/or be related to a second (developing) storyline). The storyline visualization may provide access to the underlying temporal documents. The storyline visualization may be presented as a timeline, a virtual storybook, a photo album, and/or other various visualizations.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Antonino Gulli, Antonio Savona, Giovanni Deretta, Daniel Bernhardt
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Patent number: 8046357Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for improving Internet search results include monitoring network activity on a communications network, generating a near real-time map of the network activity, and integrating the near real-time map with a search engine.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2005Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: IAC Search & Media, Inc.Inventors: Antonino Gulli, Antonio Savona, Monica Mori
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Patent number: 7801893Abstract: A system and method for determining if a set of images in a large collection of images are near duplicates allows for improved management and retrieval of images. Images are processed, image signatures are generated for each image in the set of images, and the generated image signatures are compared. Detecting similarity between images can be used to cluster and rank images.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2005Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: IAC Search & Media, Inc.Inventors: Antonino Gulli', Antonio Savona, Tao Yang, Xin Liu, Beitao Li, Ankur Choksi, Filippo Tanganelli, Luigi Carnevale
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Patent number: 7730405Abstract: A method and system to preview video content. The system comprises an access component to receive a search request and a loader to simultaneously stream a plurality of videos associated with the search request. The system may further comprise a trigger to detect a pointer positioned over a first video and a mode selector to provide the first video in a preview mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2005Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: IAC Search & Media, Inc.Inventors: Antonino Gulli, Antonio Savona, Mario Veri
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Publication number: 20090157640Abstract: The invention provides a computer system, including a memory, a plurality of answers stored in the memory, and a classifier for matching each one of the answers with a category among a plurality of categories.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2007Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: IAC Search & Media, Inc.Inventors: Alessio Signorini, Alessandro Arzilli, Apostolos Gerasoulis, Antonino Gulli, Maurizio Sambati
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Publication number: 20090070346Abstract: Systems and methods for clustering news information are disclosed. The news information is clustered to form clusters to include one or more of articles, blogs, images, videos and the like. The news information is organized according to topic and/or temporal information. The clustered news information can be presented to a user who can browse or search the clustered news information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2007Publication date: March 12, 2009Inventors: Antonio Savona, Antonino Gulli, Luca Foschini, Giovanni Deretta
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Publication number: 20070260586Abstract: Systems and methods for organizing related news information is disclosed herein. The systems and methods include clustering a stream of news information according to the topic of each news information and according to temporal information of the news information. Systems and methods for presenting information to users are also disclosed herein. The systems and methods include receiving a search for news information from a user and presenting the news information according to the topic of the news information and the temporal information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2006Publication date: November 8, 2007Inventors: Antonio Savona, Antonino Gulli, Luca Foschini
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Publication number: 20070143300Abstract: A method and a system to receive temporal content from many sources over a transmission line, store the temporal content in at least one storage device, extract entity content from the temporal content, analyze entity occurrences to determine temporal content trends, receive a search query from a user, and render personalized temporal content to the user based on the temporal content trends.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2005Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventors: Antonino Gulli, Filippo Tanganelli, Antonio Savona
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Publication number: 20070130203Abstract: A method and system to provide targeted advertisements with video search results is provided. The system comprises a query component to detect a request for a search and an advertisement selector to present one or more video advertisements to a user according to characteristics associated with the search.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2005Publication date: June 7, 2007Inventors: Antonino Gulli, Antonio Savona