Patents by Inventor Christopher Randall Arrowood

Christopher Randall Arrowood 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).

  • Query processing for online social networks
    Patent number: 10482145
    Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure discussed herein may be used to receive, analyze, and distribute queries about various topics from a member of an online social network to other members of the social network. The embodiments of the present disclosure may additionally assess the quality of responses to queries by members, as well as expand or narrow the distribution of the query among the social network based on various events and criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Randall Arrowood, Jesse Jyh-Cherng Hsia, Rachel Kumar, Chong Ho Lee, Gaganpreet Singh Shah, Sammy Shreibati, Vivian Mak Urata
  • QUERY PROCESSING FOR ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20180253499
    Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure discussed herein may be used to receive, analyze, and distribute queries about various topics from a member of an online social network to other members of the social network. The embodiments of the present disclosure may additionally assess the quality of responses to queries by members, as well as expand or narrow the distribution of the query among the social network based on various events and criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher Randall Arrowood, Jesse Jyh-Cherng Hsia, Rachel Kumar, Chong Ho Lee, Gaganpreet Singh Shah, Sammy Shreibati, Vivian Mak Urata