Patents by Inventor Evan Despault

Evan Despault 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).

  • Relevance improvements for implicit local queries
    Patent number: 8195653
    Abstract: Computer systems, methods, and media improving the relevance of the search results presented to a user for queries having an implicit local intent are provided. Utilizing the systems and methods described herein locally-biased queries are identified, despite such queries being void of any location-specific terms. A location of a computing device associated with the user is determined and localized web search results associated with the data item pair comprising the input query and the user's determined location are generated and presented to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nikhil Dandekar, Michael Cameron, Evan Despault
  • RELEVANCE IMPROVEMENTS FOR IMPLICIT LOCAL QUERIES
    Publication number: 20100174703
    Abstract: Computer systems, methods, and media improving the relevance of the search results presented to a user for queries having an implicit local intent are provided. Utilizing the systems and methods described herein locally-biased queries are identified, despite such queries being void of any location-specific terms. A location of a computing device associated with the user is determined and localized web search results associated with the data item pair comprising the input query and the user's determined location are generated and presented to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nikhil Dandekar, Michael Cameron, Evan Despault