Patents by Inventor CRISTINA A. COLBY

CRISTINA A. COLBY 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).

  • Publication number: 20090327268
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing immediate access to comprehensive information and answers on a set of related search engine results pages for common searches executed in the entertainment domain relating to, for instance, music, musicians, movies and celebrities. Upon receipt of a keyword-based search query, a decision is made regarding what the user actually wanted to see as a search result. This information is then automatically presented in a dedicated region of the keyword search results page, typically with links to more refined information. Upon selection of a link, the refined information is also displayed in a dedicated region of the keyword search results page. In this way, the user does not have to navigate multiple, different user interfaces on a variety of different web sites in order to view the information desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: JUSTIN DENNEY, CRISTINA A. COLBY, JAMES T. CLARK, AJAY NAIR, SANAZ AHARI, RICHARD QIAN, SALLY SALAS, MAURICIO LOMELIN, JAMIE BUCKLEY, JOANNA CHAN, NICHOLAS E. CRASWELL, TABREEZ GOVANI, TRUNG T. TRAN