Patents by Inventor Jonathan Louis Elsas

Jonathan Louis Elsas 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).

  • Assigning relevance weights based on temporal dynamics
    Patent number: 10353967
    Abstract: A system described herein includes a receiver component that receives a first dataset, wherein the first dataset comprises temporal dynamics pertaining to a document that is accessible by a search engine, wherein the temporal dynamics comprise an identity of a term corresponding to the document and an indication that the term has been subject to change over time. The system also includes a weight assignor component that assigns a relevance weight to the document based at least in part upon the temporal dynamics pertaining to the document, wherein the relevance weight is utilized by the search engine to assign a ranking to the document with respect to at least one other document when the search engine retrieves the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Susan T. Dumais, Jonathan Louis Elsas, Daniel John Liebling
  • ASSIGNING RELEVANCE WEIGHTS BASED ON TEMPORAL DYNAMICS
    Publication number: 20100325131
    Abstract: A system described herein includes a receiver component that receives a first dataset, wherein the first dataset comprises temporal dynamics pertaining to a document that is accessible by a search engine, wherein the temporal dynamics comprise an identity of a term corresponding to the document and an indication that the term has been subject to change over time. The system also includes a weight assignor component that assigns a relevance weight to the document based at least in part upon the temporal dynamics pertaining to the document, wherein the relevance weight is utilized by the search engine to assign a ranking to the document with respect to at least one other document when the search engine retrieves the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Susan T. Dumais, Jonathan Louis Elsas, Daniel John Liebling