Patents by Inventor Christina Ashley Maertens

Christina Ashley Maertens 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).

  • GEOGRAPHIC SEARCH WITH MIXED-PRECISION RESULTS
    Publication number: 20130054585
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to geographic searching. In aspects, a search term and a sort indication are received for performing a search. Location information regarding the search is also obtained. If the sort indication indicates that distance is to be used for the search results, a first set of actions is performed that avoids displaying low precision search results; otherwise, a second set of actions is performed that orders search results by a non-distance measure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel James Driscoll, Christina Ashley Maertens