Patents by Inventor Charles Lester Alexander Clarke

Charles Lester Alexander Clarke 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).

  • Using Anchor Text to Provide Context
    Publication number: 20130254189
    Abstract: A search engine can provide referencing information as context for a particular search result when an excerpt from the search result, comprising at least some similar elements to the user's query, is not generated. Referencing information can include one or more anchor texts having similarity to at least some elements of the user's query, the anchor texts being used by referencing pages to link to the page returned as a search result. User selection of the anchor text can enable the user to visit a referencing page using that anchor text to link to the page returned as a search result, and having a high static rank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Girish Kumar, Gaurav Sareen, Namita Gupta, Charles Lester Alexander Clarke, Junhua Wang
  • Using anchor text to provide context
    Publication number: 20080071739
    Abstract: A search engine can provide referencing information as context for a particular search result when an excerpt from the search result, comprising at least some similar elements to the user's query, is not generated. Referencing information can include one or more anchor texts having similarity to at least some elements of the user's query, the anchor texts being used by referencing pages to link to the page returned as a search result. User selection of the anchor text can enable the user to visit a referencing page using that anchor text to link to the page returned as a search result, and having a high static rank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Girish Kumar, Gaurav Sareen, Namita Gupta, Charles Lester Alexander Clarke, Junhua Wang