Patents by Inventor Jaime B. Teevan
Jaime B. Teevan 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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Publication number: 20200349596Abstract: Edits on a content item, such as a document, are divided into microtasks. The microtasks associated with a document can be automatically identified based on a workflow or can be identified by a user associated with the content item or an administrator. At a later time, the user can complete the microtasks for a content item using an application associated with their smart phone or tablet. The application may present the microtasks in a game-like environment where the user can compete with other users based on metrics such as number of microtasks completed in a day or fastest completion time. In addition, the user can earn rewards such as badges, coupons, or credits by completing microtasks. In this way, users can use time that would have been wasted playing games to complete their content items, while still experiencing some of the fun and competition associated with the games.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jaime B. Teevan, Saleema Amershi, Shamsi Tamara Iqbal, Daniel John Liebling, Semiha Ece Kamar Eden, Kristina N. Toutanova, Robert Warren Gruen, Darren Francis Gehring, Pallavi Choudhury, Ann Paradiso, Anthony Lee Carbary
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Patent number: 10755296Abstract: Edits on a content item, such as a document, are divided into microtasks. The microtasks associated with a document can be automatically identified based on a workflow or can be identified by a user associated with the content item or an administrator. At a later time, the user can complete the microtasks for a content item using an application associated with their smart phone or tablet. The application may present the microtasks in a game-like environment where the user can compete with other users based on metrics such as number of microtasks completed in a day or fastest completion time. In addition, the user can earn rewards such as badges, coupons, or credits by completing microtasks. In this way, users can use time that would have been wasted playing games to complete their content items, while still experiencing some of the fun and competition associated with the games.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jaime B. Teevan, Saleema Amershi, Shamsi Tamara Iqbal, Daniel John Liebling, Semiha Ece Kamar Eden, Kristina N. Toutanova, Robert Warren Gruen, Darren Francis Gehring, Pallavi Choudhury, Ann Paradiso, Anthony Lee Carbary
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Publication number: 20170103407Abstract: Edits on a content item, such as a document, are divided into microtasks. The microtasks associated with a document can be automatically identified based on a workflow or can be identified by a user associated with the content item or an administrator. At a later time, the user can complete the microtasks for a content item using an application associated with their smart phone or tablet. The application may present the microtasks in a game-like environment where the user can compete with other users based on metrics such as number of microtasks completed in a day or fastest completion time. In addition, the user can earn rewards such as badges, coupons, or credits by completing microtasks. In this way, users can use time that would have been wasted playing games to complete their content items, while still experiencing some of the fun and competition associated with the games.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2016Publication date: April 13, 2017Inventors: Jaime B. Teevan, Saleema Amershi, Shamsi Tamara Iqbal, Daniel John Liebling, Semiha Ece Kamar Eden, Kristina N. Toutanova, Robert Warren Gruen, Darren Francis Gehring, Pallavi Choudhury, Ann Paradiso, Anthony Lee Carbary
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Patent number: 9069872Abstract: Web page change may be related to revisitation patterns to support web interaction. In an example embodiment, a method involves analyzing change and revisitation data for a web page, determining a relationship between the data, inferring consumption intent by a user for the web page, and utilizing the inferred consumption intent. More specifically, change data is analyzed to produce a change characterization, with the change data reflecting differences between content of a web page at different times. Revisitation data is analyzed to produce a revisitation characterization, with the revisitation data including visit times to the web page by a user. A relationship is determined between the change and the revisitation data based on the change and the revisitation characterizations. Consumption intent of the user for the content of the web page is inferred responsive to the relationship. The inferred consumption intent is utilized to support interaction with the web page.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2011Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Eytan Adar, Jaime B. Teevan, Susan T. Dumais, Daniel J. Liebling
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Publication number: 20120047444Abstract: Web page change may be related to revisitation patterns to support web interaction. In an example embodiment, a method involves analyzing change and revisitation data for a web page, determining a relationship between the data, inferring consumption intent by a user for the web page, and utilizing the inferred consumption intent. More specifically, change data is analyzed to produce a change characterization, with the change data reflecting differences between content of a web page at different times. Revisitation data is analyzed to produce a revisitation characterization, with the revisitation data including visit times to the web page by a user. A relationship is determined between the change and the revisitation data based on the change and the revisitation characterizations. Consumption intent of the user for the content of the web page is inferred responsive to the relationship. The inferred consumption intent is utilized to support interaction with the web page.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Eytan Adar, Jaime B. Teevan, Susan T. Dumais, Daniel J. Liebling
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Patent number: 8078974Abstract: Web page change may be related to revisitation patterns to support web interaction. In an example embodiment, a method involves analyzing change and revisitation data for a web page, determining a relationship between the data, inferring consumption intent by a user for the web page, and utilizing the inferred consumption intent. More specifically, change data is analyzed to produce a change characterization, with the change data reflecting differences between content of a web page at different times. Revisitation data is analyzed to produce a revisitation characterization, with the revisitation data including visit times to the web page by a user. A relationship is determined between the change and the revisitation data based on the change and the revisitation characterizations. Consumption intent of the user for the content of the web page is inferred responsive to the relationship. The inferred consumption intent is utilized to support interaction with the web page.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2008Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Eytan Adar, Jaime B. Teevan, Susan T. Dumais, Daniel J. Liebling
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Publication number: 20100073398Abstract: A visual summarization of a web page is generated. This generally involves identifying at least one of, an image that is exemplary of the page content, text that is exemplary of the page content, and a logo associated with the web page. The exemplary image and logo, if identified, are scaled to prescribed sizes. The exemplary image can act as a background image for the summarization, or a scaled version of the at least a portion of the web page can act as the background image. In the latter, if an exemplary image was identified, it is overlaid onto the background image at a prescribed location. In either case, if a logo was identified, it is also overlaid onto the background image at a prescribed location. If exemplary text was identified, a text area in the background image is identified and at least some of the exemplary text is inserted.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2008Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Danyel Fisher, Jaime B. Teevan, Steven M. Drucker, Edward Cutrell, Gonzalo A. Ramos, Joseph Pitt, Paul Andre
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Publication number: 20090327914Abstract: Web page change may be related to revisitation patterns to support web interaction. In an example embodiment, a method involves analyzing change and revisitation data for a web page, determining a relationship between the data, inferring consumption intent by a user for the web page, and utilizing the inferred consumption intent. More specifically, change data is analyzed to produce a change characterization, with the change data reflecting differences between content of a web page at different times. Revisitation data is analyzed to produce a revisitation characterization, with the revisitation data including visit times to the web page by a user. A relationship is determined between the change and the revisitation data based on the change and the revisitation characterizations. Consumption intent of the user for the content of the web page is inferred responsive to the relationship. The inferred consumption intent is utilized to support interaction with the web page.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2008Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Eytan Adar, Jaime B. Teevan, Susan T. Dumais, Daniel J. Liebling
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Publication number: 20090327913Abstract: Supporting web interaction using web revisitation patterns is enabled by described methods and devices. In an example embodiment, a method involves collecting, analyzing, and utilizing. Revisitation data is collected. The revisitation data includes two or more visit times for visits to a web page by one or more users. The revisitation data is analyzed to produce at least one revisitation characterization that reflects a revisitation pattern for the web page. The at least one revisitation characterization is utilized to support web interaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2008Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Eytan Adar, Jaime B. Teevan, Susan T. Dumais, Daniel J. Liebling