Patents by Inventor Chad S. Oftedal

Chad S. Oftedal 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).

  • Method and apparatus for adapting a search classifier based on user queries
    Patent number: 7266559
    Abstract: A method and computer-readable medium are provided for constructing a classifier for classifying search queries. The classifier is constructed by receiving a query from a user and applying the query to a classifier to identify the task. An unsupervised mapping between the query and the task is then identified and is used to train a new classifier. Under one embodiment, the unsupervised mapping is identified based on a user's selection of the task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel B. Cook, Chad S. Oftedal, Scott E. Seiber, Matthew A. Goldberg
  • Method and apparatus for adapting a search classifier based on user queries
    Publication number: 20040111419
    Abstract: A method and computer-readable medium are provided for constructing a classifier for classifying search queries. The classifier is constructed by receiving a query from a user and applying the query to a classifier to identify the task. An unsupervised mapping between the query and the task is then identified and is used to train a new classifier. Under one embodiment, the unsupervised mapping is identified based on a user's selection of the task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Daniel B. Cook, Chad S. Oftedal, Scott E. Seiber, Matthew A. Goldberg