Patents by Inventor Brady D. Forrest

Brady D. Forrest 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).

  • Instant messaging with built-in search
    Patent number: 7590699
    Abstract: Instant messaging with search is described. One or more techniques of the described techniques may be employed to provide a search during an instant messaging session, the results of which may then be shared between participants in the instant messaging session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Aarthi Natarajan, Brady D Forrest, Max Slade, Nicole D Tiesu
  • Blog map for searching and/or navigating the blogosphere
    Patent number: 7590612
    Abstract: A blog map for searching and/or navigating the blogosphere is provided. In accordance with one method for generating a blog map, a number of blog posts within the blogosphere are accessed. Each of the blog posts is converted to a feature vector, which represents the position of the blog post in a high-dimensional space. The dimensionality of the feature vectors is reduced from the high-dimensional space to a low-dimensions space, such that each blog post is represented in the low-dimensional space. A map is then generated based on the position of the blog posts in the low-dimensional space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Brady D. Forrest, Christopher B. Weare