Patents by Inventor Ian Robert Ackerman

Ian Robert Ackerman 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: 20230252033
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique for surfacing content for users of a connection network application. The technique involves performing a first query to fetch recently-impressed items viewed by a user of the connection network application and, concurrently with the first query, performing a second query of search nodes to generate a set of search node results. The technique allows for filtering the recently-impressed items from the set of search node results to generate a candidate set and applying a freshness factor to the candidate set. Updates are provided to a user display, based on results of applying the freshness factor to the candidate set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Madhulekha Arunmozhi, Ian Robert Ackerman, Birjodh Singh Tiwana, Sarah Yan Xing
  • Patent number: 11423104
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for a transfer model learning for relevance models are described herein. In an example, a system for member relevance prediction is adapted to collect a first data set of member interactions with the online service that occur on a first platform and train a first model using the first data set. The system for member relevance prediction may collect a second data set of member interactions with the online service that occur on a second platform. The system for member relevance prediction may predict a third data set related to member interactions using the first model and aggregate the first data set, the second data set, and the third data set. The system for member relevance prediction may train a second model for the second platform using the aggregated platform data and predict for the second platform, using the second model, online service items for the member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Manas Haribhai Somaiya, Mohit Rajkumar Kothari, Ian Robert Ackerman, Yuan Shao
  • Publication number: 20210064682
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for a transfer model learning for relevance models are described herein. In an example, a system for member relevance prediction is adapted to collect a first data set of member interactions with the online service that occur on a first platform and train a first model using the first data set. The system for member relevance prediction may collect a second data set of member interactions with the online service that occur on a second platform. The system for member relevance prediction may predict a third data set related to member interactions using the first model and aggregate the first data set, the second data set, and the third data set. The system for member relevance prediction may train a second model for the second platform using the aggregated platform data and predict for the second platform, using the second model, online service items for the member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Manas Haribhai Somaiya, Mohit Rajkumar Kothari, Ian Robert Ackerman, Yuan Shao