Patents by Inventor Eric L. Burns

Eric L. Burns 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).

  • Search term location graph
    Patent number: 7793230
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates conveying enhanced query results. An interface component can receive a query corresponding to data. A visual component can employ a search result based at least in part upon the query, wherein the search result includes a graphic identifying a location of at least one term of the query within the queried data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric L. Burns, Harry Kaplanian, Zoltan C. Szilagyi, Philip Ti-Fei Su
  • CONTENT RANK
    Publication number: 20080168045
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates generating a content rank that includes at least one quantitative measurement to ascertain the importance of a literary work and/or media. An interface component can receive data related to a query. A rank component can employ a content rank based on a quantitative measurement to ascertain an objective ranking of the queried content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dzmitry Suponau, Eric L. Burns, Harry Kaplanian, Jay R. Girotto, Jon Michael Buschman, Philip Ti-Fei Su, Yue Liu, Zarah Johnson-Morris
  • RANK GRAPH
    Publication number: 20080134033
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates conveying enhanced query results. An interface component can receive a query corresponding to data. A visual component can employ a search result based at least in part upon the query, wherein the search result includes a graphic identifying a location of at least one term of the query within the queried data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric L. Burns, Harry Kaplanian, Zoltan C. Szilagyi, Philip Ti-Fei Su