Patents by Inventor JEFFREY R. KELLERAN

JEFFREY R. KELLERAN 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).

  • TASK-ORIENTED QUERY-COMPLETION SUGGESTIONS WITH SHORTCUTS
    Publication number: 20170046356
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for providing task-oriented query-completion suggestions are provided. A portion of a search query is received, for instance, via a query-input region or search box presented in association with a general web search domain. As the portion of the search query is received, it is determined that the received search query portion is suggestive of a task-oriented user intent. Also determined are query-completion suggestions that are associated with the task-oriented user intent of which the search query portion is suggestive. The determined query-completion suggestions are then provided to the user. As query-completion suggestions are surfaced with input of short character sequences that are associated with task-oriented user intents, users can quickly be provided the relevant, rich content for completing their intended tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: DANIEL MARANTZ, BRIAN WHALEN MACDONALD, JEFFREY R. KELLERAN, DERRICK L. CONNELL, SAMIR SHIRAZ PRADHAN, SANAZ AHARI
  • Task-oriented query-completion suggestions with shortcuts
    Patent number: 9405856
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for providing task-oriented query-completion suggestions are provided. A portion of a search query is received, for instance, via a query-input region or search box presented in association with a general web search domain. As the portion of the search query is received, it is determined that the received search query portion is suggestive of a task-oriented user intent. Also determined are query-completion suggestions that are associated with the task-oriented user intent of which the search query portion is suggestive. The determined query-completion suggestions are then provided to the user. As query-completion suggestions are surfaced with input of short character sequences that are associated with task-oriented user intents, users can quickly be provided the relevant, rich content for completing their intended tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Marantz, Brian Whalen MacDonald, Jeffrey R. Kelleran, Derrick L. Connell, Samir Shiraz Pradhan, Sanaz Ahari
  • TASK-ORIENTED QUERY-COMPLETION SUGGESTIONS WITH SHORTCUTS
    Publication number: 20130173650
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for providing task-oriented query-completion suggestions are provided. A portion of a search query is received, for instance, via a query-input region or search box presented in association with a general web search domain. As the portion of the search query is received, it is determined that the received search query portion is suggestive of a task-oriented user intent. Also determined are query-completion suggestions that are associated with the task-oriented user intent of which the search query portion is suggestive. The determined query-completion suggestions are then provided to the user. As query-completion suggestions are surfaced with input of short character sequences that are associated with task-oriented user intents, users can quickly be provided the relevant, rich content for completing their intended tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: DANIEL MARANTZ, BRIAN WHALEN MACDONALD, JEFFREY R. KELLERAN, DERRICK L. CONNELL, SAMIR SHIRAZ PRADHAN, SANAZ AHARI