Patents by Inventor Øivind Wang
Øivind Wang 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).
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Patent number: 10417612Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for implementing enhanced search environments. In one implementation, an enhanced service environment includes a working set service that receives event signals initiated by working set agents in various application services. The working set agents communicate the event signals to nominate events occurring in the application services for inclusion in a working set of information specific to a user. The nominations may be based at least in part on a working set model specific to the user. In response to receiving the event signals, the working set service determines which of the events qualify for inclusion in the working set of information based at least in part on the working set model. For each event that qualifies for inclusion, the working set is modified to include at least the event.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2013Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Johannes Ernst Gehrke, Eirik Knutsen, Øystein Torbjørnsen, James Charles Kleewein, Bård Kvalheim, Øivind Wang
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Patent number: 9602513Abstract: A computer-implemented method that monitors the activity of different nodes within a system as well as crowd sourcing activity. The computer-implemented method determines that a first node formed a relationship with a second node, generates an edge based on the relationship between the first node and the second node, stores the edge in a graph index and assigns a privacy setting to the edge based on the relationship between the first and second nodes.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2014Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Roshan Gamage, Bjornstein Lilleby, Azmil Macksood, Øivind Wang, Bård Kvalheim, Håkon Brugård, Rune Devik, Torbjørn Helvik
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Patent number: 9542440Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for implementing enterprise graph search. In at least one implementation, an enterprise search service receives a search request that includes a graph query directed to an enterprise graph. The graph is representative of various objects and actors associated with an enterprise, as well as which of the actors performed which of various actions with respect to each of the various objects. The service searches at least a portion of the enterprise graph to identify a subset of the objects that relate to the actors as defined by the graph query in terms of at least the actors and actions. A reply to the search request may include graph results indicative of the subset of the objects.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2013Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Øivind Wang, Nicolai Bodd, Chen Xing, Bård Kvalheim, Torbjørn Helvik
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Publication number: 20150249669Abstract: A computer-implemented method that monitors the activity of different nodes within a system as well as crowd sourcing activity. The computer-implemented method determines that a first node formed a relationship with a second node, generates an edge based on the relationship between the first node and the second node, stores the edge in a graph index and assigns a privacy setting to the edge based on the relationship between the first and second nodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2014Publication date: September 3, 2015Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Roshan Gamage, Bjornstein Lilleby, Azmil Macksood, Øivind Wang, Bård Kvalheim, Håkon Brugård, Rune Devik, Torbjørn Helvik
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Publication number: 20150154252Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for implementing enhanced search environments. In one implementation, an enhanced service environment includes a working set service that receives event signals initiated by working set agents in various application services. The working set agents communicate the event signals to nominate events occurring in the application services for inclusion in a working set of information specific to a user. The nominations may be based at least in part on a working set model specific to the user. In response to receiving the event signals, the working set service determines which of the events qualify for inclusion in the working set of information based at least in part on the working set model. For each event that qualifies for inclusion, the working set is modified to include at least the event.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2013Publication date: June 4, 2015Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Johannes Ernst Gehrke, Eirik Knutsen, Øystein Torbjørnsen, James Charles Kleewein, Bård Kvalheim, Øivind Wang
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Publication number: 20150127677Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for implementing enterprise graph search. In at least one implementation, an enterprise search service receives a search request that includes a graph query directed to an enterprise graph. The graph is representative of a various objects and actors associated with an enterprise, as well as which of the actors performed which of various actions with respect to each of the. The service searches at least a portion of the enterprise graph to identify a subset of the objects that relate to the actors as defined by the graph query in terms of at least the actors and actions. A reply to the search request may include graph results indicative of the subset of the objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Øivind Wang, Nicolai Bodd, Chen Xing, Bård Kvalheim, Torbjørn Helvik
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Patent number: 8990176Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for managing a search index. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a search index can be hosted by a number of search nodes. The search engine can be configured to determine if a search node is unavailable, and if so, if data stored at the unavailable search node is to be replaced. If data stored at the unavailable search node is to be replaced, the search engine can identify sources for data to be used to replace the data at the unavailable search node. The search engine can issue instructions to the sources and/or the unavailable search node to copy the data from the sources to the unavailable node and/or to replace the data at the unavailable node with the data from the sources. Portions of the data can be copied from each of the sources to the unavailable node.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventor: Øivind Wang
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Publication number: 20140074811Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for query ranking models. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a search engine can be configured to expose a query ranking model object corresponding to a ranking function used by the search engine. A query application can be configured to obtain the query ranking model object and generate a query ranking model based upon the query ranking model object. The query ranking model can include one or more features and respective weights. The query application can generate a query and include data with the query identifying the query ranking model that is to be used to rank search results generated by the search engine. The query application also can be configured to manage query ranking models to allow creation, modification, and/or deletion of query ranking models as well as weights of features of the query ranking models.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Øivind Wang, Nicolai Bodd, Rune Djurhuus
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Publication number: 20140074810Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for managing a search index. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a search index can be hosted by a number of search nodes. The search engine can be configured to determine if a search node is unavailable, and if so, if data stored at the unavailable search node is to be replaced. If data stored at the unavailable search node is to be replaced, the search engine can identify sources for data to be used to replace the data at the unavailable search node. The search engine can issue instructions to the sources and/or the unavailable search node to copy the data from the sources to the unavailable node and/or to replace the data at the unavailable node with the data from the sources. Portions of the data can be copied from each of the sources to the unavailable node.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventor: Øivind Wang
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Publication number: 20130179418Abstract: Search ranking features are described that may be used by a search engine to rank items in a search result. Examples of such features include use of multiple linear ranking stages, use of BM25 and a full text index, use of a minimum span on ranking stages, pre-calculation of a plurality of ranking models, use of a dynamic rank, use of more than one BM25 definition per stage, date/time transformations, freshness transformations, raw value transformations, query property rank, social distance, and so on.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2012Publication date: July 11, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Øivind Wang, Nicolai Bodd, Rune Djurhuus