Patents by Inventor Katrina M. Panovich

Katrina M. Panovich 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).

  • Integrating a Search Service with a Social Network Resource
    Publication number: 20210119956
    Abstract: A system is described for integrating a search engine and one or more social network resources. The system operates by determining whether a search operation being conducted by a user warrants interaction with a social network resource. If so, the system may provide an invitation to the user to forward a query-related message to the social network resource. The system then sends the message to a group of contacts via the social network resource, where the group of contacts can be defined in various ways. The system receives a response from at least one contact in the group of contacts and presents that response to the user using various delivery mechanisms, as governed by various delivery timings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Meredith J. Morris, Jaime Teevan, Katrina M. Panovich, Aravind Bala, Jonathan Garcia, Susan T. Dumais, Eric J. Horvitz
  • Integrating a Search Service with a Social Network Resource
    Publication number: 20110252011
    Abstract: A system is described for integrating a search engine and one or more social network resources. The system operates by determining whether a search operation being conducted by a user warrants interaction with a social network resource. If so, the system may provide an invitation to the user to forward a query-related message to the social network resource. The system then sends the message to a group of contacts via the social network resource, where the group of contacts can be defined in various ways. The system receives a response from at least one contact in the group of contacts and presents that response to the user using various delivery mechanisms, as governed by various delivery timings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Meredith J. Morris, Jaime Teevan, Katrina M. Panovich, Aravind Bala, Jonathan Garcia, Susan T. Dumais, Eric J. Horvitz