Patents by Inventor HERBERT DE MELO DUARTE

HERBERT DE MELO DUARTE 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).

  • Propagating signals across a web graph
    Patent number: 8880517
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for a method of propagating signals across a web graph. A signal describes a document or otherwise provides useful information about a document in a web graph. A web graph is a collection of documents that are related to one another through links, such as hyperlinks. The signals are propagated in the sense that information from the related pages is associated with the target page even though the information may not be directly found in the target page. This information may then be used by a search engine to determine that a particular page is relevant to a search query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas William Finley, Herbert De Melo Duarte, Bhuvan Middha, Dehu Qi, Tanton Holt Gibbs, Sambavi Muthukrishnan
  • PROPAGATING SIGNALS ACROSS A WEB GRAPH
    Publication number: 20120215774
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for a method of propagating signals across a web graph. A signal describes a document or otherwise provides useful information about a document in a web graph. A web graph is a collection of documents that are related to one another through links, such as hyperlinks. The signals are propagated in the sense that information from the related pages is associated with the target page even though the information may not be directly found in the target page. This information may then be used by a search engine to determine that a particular page is relevant to a search query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: THOMAS WILLIAM FINLEY, HERBERT DE MELO DUARTE, BHUVAN MIDDHA, DEHU QI, TANTON HOLT GIBBS, SAMBAVI MUTHUKRISHNAN