Patents by Inventor Brian D. Price

Brian D. Price 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).

  • Patent number: 8099429
    Abstract: Systems and methods that integrate user assigned association among a plurality of resources or entities. The subject innovation employs an association component that relates such resources or entities, based on aggregate of user notions that are assigned for relationships; and/or based on how users perceive existence of relationships among such resources. Accordingly, resources can be related (e.g., linked, matched, tagged and the like) based on relevance of collective user behavior during tagging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Roderic C. Deyo, Sandeep Sahasrabudhe, Sunil Swami, Brian D. Price
  • Publication number: 20080140679
    Abstract: Systems and methods that integrate user assigned association among a plurality of resources or entities. The subject innovation employs an association component that relates such resources or entities, based on aggregate of user notions that are assigned for relationships; and/or based on how users perceive existence of relationships among such resources. Accordingly, resources can be related (e.g., linked, matched, tagged and the like) based on relevance of collective user behavior during tagging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roderic Deyo, Sandeep Sahasrabudhe, Sunil Swami, Brian D. Price