Patents by Inventor Joseph Chee Chang

Joseph Chee Chang 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: 20220215068
    Abstract: Methods of providing a search-ecosystem user interface that assist a user with searching information stored within a computer system and with managing results of the searching. In some embodiments, the methods include providing search-results items in an interactive workspace in which a user can manipulate the search-result items to make review more efficient. In some embodiments, the interactive workspace tracks user interactions with search-result items and visualizes such interaction to the user. In some embodiments, the methods include organizing search results using one or more task cards. In some embodiments, a user can add one or more additional sets of search results to a task card. In some embodiments, a user can share one or more task cards, interactive workspaces, and/or search-results items with one or more other users and allow such other user(s) to interact therewith. Other methods are disclosed, as is software for implementing the methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Aniket Kittur, Nathan Patrick Hahn, Joseph Chee Chang
  • Patent number: 11294984
    Abstract: Methods of providing a search-ecosystem user interface that assist a user with searching information stored within a computer system and with managing results of the searching. In some embodiments, the methods include providing search-results items in an interactive workspace in which a user can manipulate the search-result items to make review more efficient. In some embodiments, the interactive workspace tracks user interactions with search-result items and visualizes such interaction to the user. In some embodiments, the methods include organizing search results using one or more task cards. In some embodiments, a user can add one or more additional sets of search results to a task card. In some embodiments, a user can share one or more task cards, interactive workspaces, and/or search-results items with one or more other users and allow such other user(s) to interact therewith. Other methods are disclosed, as is software for implementing the methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Aniket Kittur, Nathan Patrick Hahn, Joseph Chee Chang
  • Publication number: 20190286683
    Abstract: Methods of providing a search-ecosystem user interface that assist a user with searching information stored within a computer system and with managing results of the searching. In some embodiments, the methods include providing search-results items in an interactive workspace in which a user can manipulate the search-result items to make review more efficient. In some embodiments, the interactive workspace tracks user interactions with search-result items and visualizes such interaction to the user. In some embodiments, the methods include organizing search results using one or more task cards. In some embodiments, a user can add one or more additional sets of search results to a task card. In some embodiments, a user can share one or more task cards, interactive workspaces, and/or search-results items with one or more other users and allow such other user(s) to interact therewith. Other methods are disclosed, as is software for implementing the methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Aniket Kittur, Nathan Patrick Hahn, Joseph Chee Chang