Patents by Inventor GARY A. VORONEL

GARY A. VORONEL 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).

  • Using geographic familiarity to generate navigation directions
    Patent number: 11280627
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention customize services, including search results, that are customized based on the user's familiarity with a geographic area. The search results may be customized by including different information in a search result, emphasizing different information in a search result, adjusting a relevance rank of different search results, and such. The search results may be customized based on the understanding that a user's familiarity with a particular area may influence the type of information that can be useful to the user. Different levels of familiarity may cause different types and levels of search result customization to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventor: Gary A. Voronel
  • USING GEOGRAPHIC FAMILIARITY TO GENERATE NAVIGATION DIRECTIONS
    Publication number: 20190353496
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention customize services, including search results, that are customized based on the user's familiarity with a geographic area. The search results may be customized by including different information in a search result, emphasizing different information in a search result, adjusting a relevance rank of different search results, and such. The search results may be customized based on the understanding that a user's familiarity with a particular area may influence the type of information that can be useful to the user. Different levels of familiarity may cause different types and levels of search result customization to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventor: Gary A. VORONEL
  • Using geographic familiarity to generate navigation directions
    Patent number: 10371541
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention customize services, including search results, that are customized based on the user's familiarity with a geographic area. The search results may be customized by including different information in a search result, emphasizing different information in a search result, adjusting a relevance rank of different search results, and such. The search results may be customized based on the understanding that a user's familiarity with a particular area may influence the type of information that can be useful to the user. Different levels of familiarity may cause different types and levels of search result customization to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Gary A. Voronel
  • USING GEOGRAPHIC FAMILIARITY TO GENERATE NAVIGATION DIRECTIONS
    Publication number: 20170211944
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention customize services, including search results, that are customized based on the user's familiarity with a geographic area. The search results may be customized by including different information in a search result, emphasizing different information in a search result, adjusting a relevance rank of different search results, and such. The search results may be customized based on the understanding that a user's familiarity with a particular area may influence the type of information that can be useful to the user. Different levels of familiarity may cause different types and levels of search result customization to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventor: GARY A. VORONEL
  • Using geographic familiarity to generate search results
    Patent number: 9619523
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention customize services, including search results, that are customized based on the user's familiarity with a geographic area. The search results may be customized by including different information in a search result, emphasizing different information in a search result, adjusting a relevance rank of different search results, and such. The search results may be customized based on the understanding that a user's familiarity with a particular area may influence the type of information that can be useful to the user. Different levels of familiarity may cause different types and levels of search result customization to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Gary A. Voronel
  • USING GEOGRAPHIC FAMILIARITY TO GENERATE SEARCH RESULTS
    Publication number: 20150278211
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention customize services, including search results, that are customized based on the user's familiarity with a geographic area. The search results may be customized by including different information in a search result, emphasizing different information in a search result, adjusting a relevance rank of different search results, and such. The search results may be customized based on the understanding that a user's familiarity with a particular area may influence the type of information that can be useful to the user. Different levels of familiarity may cause different types and levels of search result customization to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventor: GARY A. VORONEL