Patents by Inventor Lawrence Brian Ripsher

Lawrence Brian Ripsher 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: 9558270
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for tagging search results, organizing tagged search results for later access from various devices, public sharing of tagged search results, and/or providing targeted content based upon search results tagged by a user. That is, a user may tag a search result (e.g., a website, an image, a social network profile, etc.), such as through a one-click user input, with a tag to create a tagged search result. The tagged search result may be organized into a public tag collection for sharing and/or exploration of tagged search results by other users. The tagged search result may be organized into a personal tag collection for later access by the user from any device. Because the tagged search result may be indicative of an interest of the user, targeted content associated with the tagged search result may be provided to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Adam Hanses, Sarthak Deepak Shah, Lawrence Brian Ripsher, Marguerite R. Loader, Douglas William Herman, Robert Scott Dietz, Brook John Durant, William James Wagner, Melroy Edwin D'Souza, Philip Andrew Rogan, Feridoon Malekzadeh
  • Patent number: 9547713
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for tagging search results, organizing tagged search results for later access from various devices, public sharing of tagged search results, and/or providing targeted content based upon search results tagged by a user. That is, a user may tag a search result (e.g., a website, an image, a social network profile, etc.), such as through a one-click user input, with a tag to create a tagged search result. The tagged search result may be organized into a public tag collection for sharing and/or exploration of tagged search results by other users. The tagged search result may be organized into a personal tag collection for later access by the user from any device. Because the tagged search result may be indicative of an interest of the user, targeted content associated with the tagged search result may be provided to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Adam Hanses, Sarthak Deepak Shah, Lawrence Brian Ripsher, Marguerite R. Loader, Douglas William Herman, Robert Scott Dietz, Brook John Durant, William James Wagner, Melroy Edwin D'Souza, Philip Andrew Rogan, Feridoon Malekzadeh
  • Patent number: 9542473
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for tagging search results, organizing tagged search results for later access from various devices, public sharing of tagged search results, and/or providing targeted content based upon search results tagged by a user. That is, a user may tag a search result (e.g., a website, an image, a social network profile, etc.), such as through a one-click user input, with a tag to create a tagged search result. The tagged search result may be organized into a public tag collection for sharing and/or exploration of tagged search results by other users. The tagged search result may be organized into a personal tag collection for later access by the user from any device. Because the tagged search result may be indicative of an interest of the user, targeted content associated with the tagged search result may be provided to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Adam Hanses, Sarthak Deepak Shah, Lawrence Brian Ripsher, Marguerite R. Loader, Douglas William Herman, Robert Scott Dietz, Brook John Durant, William James Wagner, Melroy Edwin D'Souza, Philip Andrew Rogan, Feridoon Malekzadeh
  • Patent number: 9542495
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for tagging search results, organizing tagged search results for later access from various devices, public sharing of tagged search results, and/or providing targeted content based upon search results tagged by a user. That is, a user may tag a search result (e.g., a website, an image, a social network profile, etc.), such as through a one-click user input, with a tag to create a tagged search result. The tagged search result may be organized into a public tag collection for sharing and/or exploration of tagged search results by other users. The tagged search result may be organized into a personal tag collection for later access by the user from any device. Because the tagged search result may be indicative of an interest of the user, targeted content associated with the tagged search result may be provided to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Adam Hanses, Sarthak Deepak Shah, Lawrence Brian Ripsher, Marguerite R. Loader, Douglas William Herman, Robert Scott Dietz, Brook John Durant, William James Wagner, Melroy Edwin D'Souza, Philip Andrew Rogan, Feridoon Malekzadeh
  • Patent number: 9542494
    Abstract: A search engine database is utilized to identify “entities”, or things for which there exists associated discrete, objective information. For hosted information that is independently available, the entity detector independently accesses such information and identifies entities. For information that has defined potential entities, such as entertainment or lifestyle information such defined potential entities are provided to the entity detector to verify, with reference to the search engine database, whether they are entities. Once entities have been identified, a related task generator, with reference to the search engine database, identifies tasks that are related to the identified entities. Such tasks include informational tasks, economic tasks, time-sensitive and location-sensitive tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence Brian Ripsher, Severan Sylvain Jean-Michel Rault, Gary Voronel
  • Patent number: 9251268
    Abstract: Providing context to a target minimizes the amount of information that a user must input. Context transfer pages receive context and reformat for the target. Selection of links to such pages provide context which is then reformatted and provided to the target to pre-populate information for the user. A return link can be specified to enable the target to return further context upon user interaction completion. The return link can specify further context transfer pages which can use the returned context to direct the performance of convenience actions, including invoking other applications on the user's computing device and entering information into them. The context transfer pages can themselves collect information from the user to provide appropriate interfaces without requiring resource investment from the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Greg Schechter, Severan Sylvain Jean-Michel Rault, Graham Arthur Wheeler, Loic Deniel, Roman Waupotitsch, Lawrence Brian Ripsher, Sameer Vijay Bhangar, Hui Leng Caren Quah, Jason Peter Johnson, Zhaowei Jiang, Marc Benjamin Phillips
  • Publication number: 20140324826
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for tagging search results, organizing tagged search results for later access from various devices, public sharing of tagged search results, and/or providing targeted content based upon search results tagged by a user. That is, a user may tag a search result (e.g., a website, an image, a social network profile, etc.), such as through a one-click user input, with a tag to create a tagged search result. The tagged search result may be organized into a public tag collection for sharing and/or exploration of tagged search results by other users. The tagged search result may be organized into a personal tag collection for later access by the user from any device. Because the tagged search result may be indicative of an interest of the user, targeted content associated with the tagged search result may be provided to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Adam Hanses, Sarthak Deepak Shah, Lawrence Brian Ripsher, Marguerite R. Loader, Douglas William Herman, Robert Scott Dietz, Brook John Durant, William James Wagner, Melroy Edwin D'Souza, Philip Andrew Rogan, Feridoon Malekzadeh
  • Publication number: 20140324829
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for tagging search results, organizing tagged search results for later access from various devices, public sharing of tagged search results, and/or providing targeted content based upon search results tagged by a user. That is, a user may tag a search result (e.g., a website, an image, a social network profile, etc.), such as through a one-click user input, with a tag to create a tagged search result. The tagged search result may be organized into a public tag collection for sharing and/or exploration of tagged search results by other users. The tagged search result may be organized into a personal tag collection for later access by the user from any device. Because the tagged search result may be indicative of an interest of the user, targeted content associated with the tagged search result may be provided to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Anthony Adam Hanses, Sarthak Deepak Shah, Lawrence Brian Ripsher, Marguerite R. Loader, Douglas William Herman, Robert Scott Dietz, Brook John Durant, William James Wagner, Melroy Edwin D'Souza, Philip Andrew Rogan, Feridoon Malekzadeh
  • Publication number: 20140324828
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for tagging search results, organizing tagged search results for later access from various devices, public sharing of tagged search results, and/or providing targeted content based upon search results tagged by a user. That is, a user may tag a search result (e.g., a website, an image, a social network profile, etc.), such as through a one-click user input, with a tag to create a tagged search result. The tagged search result may be organized into a public tag collection for sharing and/or exploration of tagged search results by other users. The tagged search result may be organized into a personal tag collection for later access by the user from any device. Because the tagged search result may be indicative of an interest of the user, targeted content associated with the tagged search result may be provided to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Adam Hanses, Sarthak Deepak Shah, Lawrence Brian Ripsher, Marguerite R. Loader, Douglas William Herman, Robert Scott Dietz, Brook John Durant, William James Wagner, Melroy Edwin D'Souza, Philip Andrew Rogan, Feridoon Malekzadeh
  • Publication number: 20140324827
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for tagging search results, organizing tagged search results for later access from various devices, public sharing of tagged search results, and/or providing targeted content based upon search results tagged by a user. That is, a user may tag a search result (e.g., a website, an image, a social network profile, etc.), such as through a one-click user input, with a tag to create a tagged search result. The tagged search result may be organized into a public tag collection for sharing and/or exploration of tagged search results by other users. The tagged search result may be organized into a personal tag collection for later access by the user from any device. Because the tagged search result may be indicative of an interest of the user, targeted content associated with the tagged search result may be provided to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Adam Hanses, Sarthak Deepak Shah, Lawrence Brian Ripsher, Marguerite R. Loader, Douglas William Herman, Robert Scott Dietz, Brook John Durant, William James Wagner, Melroy Edwin D'Souza, Philip Andrew Rogan, Feridoon Malekzadeh
  • Publication number: 20140173426
    Abstract: Computer-readable media, computer systems, and computing devices for inserting online content within editable content of a document being composed or manipulated within a document-authoring application, without exiting the document-authoring application or leaving a context of composing or manipulating the document, are provided. Initially, a user-initiated selection of a portion of the editable content within the document is detected. The selected portion of the editable content is automatically distributed to a search engine, where the search engine is equipped to generate search results that are relevant to the selected portion. Upon receiving the search results, they are presented to the user. At this point, the user is allowed to target at least one of the presented search results. Online content associated with the targeted search result is then inserted within the editable content of the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: XUEDONG HUANG, STEVEN MACBETH, LAWRENCE BRIAN RIPSHER, BRIAN ALBRECHT, LISA WOODS
  • Publication number: 20140101600
    Abstract: Users are provided with information regarding entities and tasks that are associated with the user's current context, which includes the content currently being presented to the user. Services associated with a search engine database identify entities and associated tasks. A user's context is utilized to identify one or more entities and one or more associated tasks that may be relevant to the user's current context. Entities and tasks are presented through a dedicated menu, icon, or other like dedicated user interface element to which the user can direct action. Also, entities and tasks are presented through a separate user interface context, such as a separate screen. A user's context can also include information regarding future content that will be presented to the user. Then, entities and tasks are presented via the same user interface mechanisms used to request such content, such as textual input user interface mechanisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steve Macbeth, Lawrence Brian Ripsher, Severan Sylvain Jean-Michel Rault, Gary Voronel
  • Patent number: 8688696
    Abstract: Search results responsive to a query are generated by a search engine. If the query is “location relevant”, the results are provided to a ranker component. If the query is an entity search, then entities matching the query are ranked by distance from the user. If the query is not, and if it is not semantically charged, the entities are ranked either according to distance from the user or by search relevance. If the query is semantically charged, a semantic score is calculated for each entity. One or more threshold semantic scores are determined that divide the search results into multiple parts. The results within each part can then be ranked independently. The results within a first part are ranked according to their distance from the user, while the results in a subsequent part are ranked according to their semantical relationship to the query. The re-ranked parts are concatenated together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Severan Sylvain Jean-Michel Rault, Samir Lakhani, Lawrence Brian Ripsher, Joseph Ollis
  • Publication number: 20130346386
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage media for forming a topic graph with at least one temporal element are provided. URL-query pairs are received and a topic graph is formed comprising the URL-query pairs. At least one topic associated with a URL and an importance of each topic is identified. In embodiments, a list of top topics is identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: FERNANDO PAIVA ZANDONA, SEVERAN SYLVAIN JEAN-MICHEL RAULT, LAWRENCE BRIAN RIPSHER
  • Publication number: 20130090956
    Abstract: A search engine database is utilized to identify “entities”, or things for which there exists associated discrete, objective information. For hosted information that is independently available, the entity detector independently accesses such information and identifies entities. For information that has defined potential entities, such as entertainment or lifestyle information such defined potential entities are provided to the entity detector to verify, with reference to the search engine database, whether they are entities. Once entities have been identified, a related task generator, with reference to the search engine database, identifies tasks that are related to the identified entities. Such tasks include informational tasks, economic tasks, time-sensitive and location-sensitive tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lawrence Brian Ripsher, Severan Sylvain Jean-Michel Rault, Gary Voronel
  • Publication number: 20120330948
    Abstract: Search results responsive to a query are generated by a search engine. If the query is “location relevant”, the results are provided to a ranker component. If the query is an entity search, then entities matching the query are ranked by distance from the user. If the query is not, and if it is not semantically charged, the entities are ranked either according to distance from the user or by search relevance. If the query is semantically charged, a semantic score is calculated for each entity. One or more threshold semantic scores are determined that divide the search results into multiple parts. The results within each part can then be ranked independently. The results within a first part are ranked according to their distance from the user, while the results in a subsequent part are ranked according to their semantical relationship to the query. The re-ranked parts are concatenated together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Severan Sylvain Jean-Michel Rault, Samir Lakhani, Lawrence Brian Ripsher, Joseph Ollis
  • Publication number: 20120144281
    Abstract: Providing context to a target minimizes the amount of information that a user must input. Context transfer pages receive context and reformat for the target. Selection of links to such pages provide context which is then reformatted and provided to the target to pre-populate information for the user. A return link can be specified to enable the target to return further context upon user interaction completion. The return link can specify further context transfer pages which can use the returned context to direct the performance of convenience actions, including invoking other applications on the user's computing device and entering information into them. The context transfer pages can themselves collect information from the user to provide appropriate interfaces without requiring resource investment from the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Greg Schechter, Severan Sylvain Jean-Michel Rault, Graham Arthur Wheeler, Loic Deniel, Roman Waupotitsch, Lawrence Brian Ripsher, Sameer Vijay Bhangar, Hui Leng Caren Quah, Jason Peter Johnson, Zhaowei Jiang, Marc Benjamin Phillips