Patents by Inventor DERRICK CONNELL

DERRICK CONNELL 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: 20140195521
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods and a computing system are provided for presenting a new user interface paradigm which allows users to explore facets related to a search query term while maintaining the original state of the search query term or staying within the confines of the user defined topic. The methods and system present facets or categories of relevant topics of a user generated search query term. The user may then explore these facets in a number of embodiments while maintaining the state of the search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: MIRA LANE, JAVIER GARCIA FLYNN, PAUL RAY, EVAN MALAHY, DERRICK CONNELL, BRIAN MACDONALD
  • Publication number: 20130282688
    Abstract: Computer-storage media, methods, and systems for improving the ability of a user to accomplish a task that is pending during a search session are provided. When a user invokes the pending task, a collection of elements that are associated with the pending task are dynamically organized into a sharable content page that may be shared with a user's contacts via a social network. The user's contacts may comment on or provide feedback related to the pending task. The feedback may be published to the sharable content page and presented to the user on a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: SANDY WONG, DERRICK CONNELL, RAVI SOIN, ANDREW SHUMAN, MAREK LATUSKIEWICZ, JUN YIN, KIM VLCEK, YINGHUA YAO
  • Publication number: 20130238627
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-storage media having computer-usable instructions embodied thereon, for integrating searches are provided. An entity index may be compiled that includes entity files for a plurality of identified entities such that any information known about a single entity is contained in a single entity file and is easily accessible. Web indexes, including web page information, may be referenced in order to associate web pages with entities, or entity files. Once identified as related to an entity, a web page may be associated with an entity identifier that is associated with the related entity such that a search query for the identified entity results in both entity information for the entity and web pages associated with the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: RICHARD QIAN, ANDREW SHUMAN, DERRICK CONNELL, ROBERT FIRBY, STEVEN MACBETH, TAROON MANDHANA
  • Publication number: 20110060752
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods and a computing system are provided for presenting a new user interface paradigm which allows users to explore facets related to a search query term while maintaining the original state of the search query term or staying within the confines of the user defined topic. The methods and system present facets or categories of relevant topics of a user generated search query term. The user may then explore these facets in a number of embodiments while maintaining the state of the search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: MIRA LANE, JAVIER GARCIA FLYNN, PAUL RAY, EVAN MALAHY, DERRICK CONNELL, BRIAN MacDONALD