Patents by Inventor Keith A. Regier

Keith A. Regier 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: 20130238609
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for rendering query results. After a user submits a query, a plurality of query results may be received, comprising at least a first query result and a second query result. The first query result can be rendered in a first collapsed view, which may be smaller and may comprise less information than a full view of the first query result. Upon receiving a first indication of scrolling, hinting that the user may wish to view more results, the first query result can be rendered in a first expanded view, which may comprise a full view of the first query result. Further, upon receiving the first indication of scrolling, the second query result can be rendered in a second collapsed view. Rendering query results as provided herein allows a (limited) viewable area to be used in an efficient manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Marantz, Keith A. Regier, Sheikh Farhan Ali Saleem, Craig Jeffrey Miller, Sarvesh Nagpal, Manuel Tan, Laura Jean Kern
  • Publication number: 20130151936
    Abstract: Architecture that provides a preview template of information supplemented to a result entry of a results page, such as a search engine results page. A data component supplements the result entry with information from a results destination document. The information is segmented and grouped into logical collections of related results according to contextual templates. Each template is associated with an interactive label that exposes a corresponding collection in response to label interaction. Each label of a template is a visual cue that includes a descriptive title which relates to individual web results of the collection. A user can scan through the labels and interact only with the section (collection) of interest to obtain a preview of destination document results before committing a click that navigates the user to the destination document of the website. The labels are also ranked within the template of information for a given result entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Diana Hsu, Keith A. Regier, Khaled Rashad, Daniel Marantz, Krishnan Thazhathekalam, David D. Ahn
  • Publication number: 20130097482
    Abstract: A presentation-layer algorithm that uses pixel-based character approximations, a feedback loop for detecting the available presentation width, and presentation-layer specific knowledge of the space available for the content in its rendered form, further taking into consideration adjacent content to optimize the presentation of web result title and snippet text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Marantz, Keith A. Regier, Tejas Nadkarni, David D. Ahn, Gianluca Donato
  • Publication number: 20130097555
    Abstract: Architecture that includes a rendering framework for rendering structured content in structured parts and a set of transitions/interactions which when combined enable a generic item of a list of items to transition item elements to different content views (states) without or without user interaction. The space consumed by the different element content views is pre-computed such that an item in the list is not pushed from view when an element is in a larger version, or a new item added to the list when element content is transitioned back to the smaller content version. All items remain in view independent of whether a single item has an element that is in a different view state. A results model automatically cycles through a preview of the content states of the result entries in the absence of any user interaction, and based on settings configured by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Marantz, Manny Tan, Keith A. Regier, Alex Bulankou