Patents by Inventor Christoph R. Ponath

Christoph R. Ponath 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: 8285730
    Abstract: Methods and systems for reviewing content items created by users for presentation in association with a website are provided. Automatic scrubbing (followed by manual review, if necessary) of user-created content items that have yet to be presented in association with a website is provided as is manual review of user-created content items that have already been presented in association with a website at the request of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ian A. McAllister, Christoph R. Ponath, Delane R. Hewett, Mackenzie Steele, Srivaths B. Copparam
  • Patent number: 7792841
    Abstract: Methods and systems for extraction and summarization of sentiment information related to a particular research subject are disclosed. A method includes accessing sources of information that contain sentiment information that is related to the research subject and extracting the sentiment information from the sources of information as opinions related to the research subject. Opinion categories related to features of the research subject are identified. From this information a summarization of the sentiment information that is related to the particular research subject that includes the identified opinion categories is generated. Subsequently, access is provided to the summarization for graphical presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ian A. McAllister, Christoph R. Ponath, Ling Bao, Steven J. Hanks
  • Publication number: 20100223270
    Abstract: Methods and systems for reviewing content items created by users for presentation in association with a website are provided. Automatic scrubbing (followed by manual review, if necessary) of user-created content items that have yet to be presented in association with a website is provided as is manual review of user-created content items that have already been presented in association with a website at the request of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: IAN A. MCALLISTER, CHRISTOPH R. PONATH, DELANE R. HEWETT, MACKENZIE STEELE, SRIVATHS B. COPPARAM
  • Patent number: 7739289
    Abstract: Methods and systems for reviewing content items created by users for presentation in association with a website are provided. Automatic scrubbing (followed by manual review, if necessary) of user-created content items that have yet to be presented in association with a website is provided as is manual review of user-created content items that have already been presented in association with a website at the request of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ian A. McAllister, Christoph R. Ponath, Delane R. Hewett, Mackenzie Steele, Srivaths B. Copparam
  • Publication number: 20080249764
    Abstract: A sentiment classifier is described. In one implementation, a system applies both full text and complex feature analyses to sentences of a product review. Each analysis is weighted prior to linear combination into a final sentiment prediction. A full text model and a complex features model can be trained separately offline to support online full text analysis and complex features analysis. Complex features include opinion indicators, negation patterns, sentiment-specific sections of the product review, user ratings, sequence of text chunks, and sentence types and lengths. A Conditional Random Field (CRF) framework provides enhanced sentiment classification for each segment of a complex sentence to enhance sentiment prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shen Huang, Ling Bao, Yunbo Cao, Zheng Chen, Chin-Yew Lin, Christoph R. Ponath, Jian-Tao Sun, Ming Zhou, Jian Wang
  • Publication number: 20070282867
    Abstract: Methods and systems for extraction and summarization of sentiment information related to a particular research subject are disclosed. A method includes accessing sources of information that contain sentiment information that is related to the research subject and extracting the sentiment information from the sources of information as opinions related to the research subject. Opinion categories related to features of the research subject are identified. From this information a summarization of the sentiment information that is related to the particular research subject that includes the identified opinion categories is generated. Subsequently, access is provided to the summarization for graphical presentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ian A. McAllister, Christoph R. Ponath, Ling Bao, Steven J. Hanks