Patents by Inventor Lawrence Ripsher

Lawrence 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).

  • Augmenting search results
    Patent number: 9898533
    Abstract: Results of a search on one body of data are enhanced by performing the same search, or a related search, on another body of data. A first body of data is pages (or other content) on a web site, and a second body of data is pages (or other content) on another web site. When a user enters a query to perform a site-specific search on the first web site, that web site performs a related search on the second web site. When results are obtained from the second web site, it is determined whether the first web site has any pages that correspond to the received results. The first web site then uses the corresponding pages in the results that it provides to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence Ripsher, Severan Rault, Joseph Ollis
  • AUGMENTING SEARCH RESULTS
    Publication number: 20120221551
    Abstract: Results of a search on one body of data may be enhanced by performing the same search, or a related search, on another body of data. In one example, the first body of data is pages (or other content) on a web site, and the second body of data is pages (or other content) on another web site. When a user enters a query to perform a site-specific search on the first web site, that web site may then perform a related search on the second web site. When results are obtained from the second web site, it may be determined whether the first web site has any pages that correspond to the received results. The first web site may then use its corresponding pages in the results that it provides to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lawrence Ripsher, Severan Rault, Joseph Ollis
  • Local loop for mobile peer to peer messaging
    Patent number: 8239466
    Abstract: Techniques described herein describe a proxy used in an instant messaging system. The proxy, upon receiving an instant message (IM) from a first mobile device and addressed to a second mobile device, dynamically determines whether, and for how long to store the IM on a local proxy. Otherwise the IM is forwarded to a server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Severan Rault, Lawrence Ripsher, David Abzarian, Todd L Carpenter
  • Local Loop For Mobile Peer To Peer Messaging
    Publication number: 20100318617
    Abstract: Techniques described herein describe a proxy used in an instant messaging system. The proxy, upon receiving an instant message (IM) from a first mobile device and addressed to a second mobile device, dynamically determines whether, and for how long to store the IM on a local proxy. Otherwise the IM is forwarded to a server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Severan Rault, Lawrence Ripsher, David Abzarian, Todd L. Carpenter