Patents by Inventor Justin Zobel

Justin Zobel 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).

  • Patent number: 8095559
    Abstract: Data structures, stored on various types of computer-readable media, include information related to user profiles and/or to various documents. The information included in these data structures is arranged and stored in manner that allows for rapid user profile updating to be performed as new or changed documents are processed in a document filtering system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Robertson, Stephen Walker, Justin Zobel
  • Publication number: 20090198683
    Abstract: Data structures, stored on various types of computer-readable media, include information related to user profiles and/or to various documents. The information included in these data structures is arranged and stored in manner that allows for rapid user profile updating to be performed as new or changed documents are processed in a document filtering system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Robertson, Stephen Walker, Justin Zobel
  • Patent number: 7516146
    Abstract: Data structures, stored on various types of computer-readable media, include information related to user profiles and/or to various documents. The information included in these data structures is arranged and stored in manner that allows for rapid user profile updating to be performed as new or changed documents are processed in a document filtering system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Robertson, Stephen Walker, Justin Zobel
  • Publication number: 20040230598
    Abstract: Data structures, stored on various types of computer-readable media, include information related to user profiles and/or to various documents. The information included in these data structures is arranged and stored in manner that allows for rapid user profile updating to be performed as new or changed documents are processed in a document filtering system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Stephen Robertson, Stephen Walker, Justin Zobel