Patents by Inventor Bryan Ferguson

Bryan Ferguson 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).

  • Image searching with recognition suggestion
    Patent number: 8495057
    Abstract: Image management applications allow users to upload, modify, organize, search, and/or share images. Unfortunately, current image management applications may have separate search modes and tagging modes. Accordingly, one or more systems and/or techniques for providing a user with a seamlessly integrated search, view, and/or tag experience are disclosed herein. Search results comprising tagged images and untagged images may be provided in response to a user search query. The untagged images may be contextually relevant to features of the tagged images and/or the user search query. Tagging suggestions for untagged images may be presented that allow a user to confirm or deny a tagging suggestion for an untagged image. Additionally, confirmable thumbnails corresponding to the untagged images may be presented. A confirmable thumbnail may allow a user to confirm or deny tagging a corresponding untagged image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael F. Palermiti, II, William Yang, Bryan Ferguson, Robin Counts
  • IMAGE SEARCHING WITH RECOGNITION SUGGESTION
    Publication number: 20110282867
    Abstract: Image management applications allow users to upload, modify, organize, search, and/or share images. Unfortunately, current image management applications may have separate search modes and tagging modes. Accordingly, one or more systems and/or techniques for providing a user with a seamlessly integrated search, view, and/or tag experience are disclosed herein. Search results comprising tagged images and untagged images may be provided in response to a user search query. The untagged images may be contextually relevant to features of the tagged images and/or the user search query. Tagging suggestions for untagged images may be presented that allow a user to confirm or deny a tagging suggestion for an untagged image. Additionally, confirmable thumbnails corresponding to the untagged images may be presented. A confirmable thumbnail may allow a user to confirm or deny tagging a corresponding untagged image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael F. Palermiti, II, William Yang, Bryan Ferguson, Robin Counts