Patents by Inventor Mackenzie Steele

Mackenzie Steele 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: 8285730
    Abstract: Methods and systems for reviewing content items created by users for presentation in association with a website are provided. Automatic scrubbing (followed by manual review, if necessary) of user-created content items that have yet to be presented in association with a website is provided as is manual review of user-created content items that have already been presented in association with a website at the request of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ian A. McAllister, Christoph R. Ponath, Delane R. Hewett, Mackenzie Steele, Srivaths B. Copparam
  • Publication number: 20100223270
    Abstract: Methods and systems for reviewing content items created by users for presentation in association with a website are provided. Automatic scrubbing (followed by manual review, if necessary) of user-created content items that have yet to be presented in association with a website is provided as is manual review of user-created content items that have already been presented in association with a website at the request of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: IAN A. MCALLISTER, CHRISTOPH R. PONATH, DELANE R. HEWETT, MACKENZIE STEELE, SRIVATHS B. COPPARAM
  • Patent number: 7739289
    Abstract: Methods and systems for reviewing content items created by users for presentation in association with a website are provided. Automatic scrubbing (followed by manual review, if necessary) of user-created content items that have yet to be presented in association with a website is provided as is manual review of user-created content items that have already been presented in association with a website at the request of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ian A. McAllister, Christoph R. Ponath, Delane R. Hewett, Mackenzie Steele, Srivaths B. Copparam
  • Patent number: 7693901
    Abstract: A vertical search engine may rank items based on both the quality of data associated with each item and the popularity of each item. The vertical search engine may access data associated with items from a variety of different sources, including feed sources and crawl sources. Data quality inputs are determined for each item based on the quality of the data associated with each respective item. In addition, popularity inputs are determined for each item based on user interest in each respective item. A global rankings score is then calculated for each item based on the data quality inputs and popularity inputs for each respective item. The global ranking score may be used to order search results for search queries in such a way that items from feed data and items from crawl data may be displayed in a unified manner, rather than being segregated by data source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chong I. Ka, Helen Jean Cuncannan, Kong-Kat Wong, Mackenzie Steele, Michael P. Gordon, Shailesh Prakash, Thomas F. Bergstraesser
  • Publication number: 20070294240
    Abstract: A system, a method and computer-readable media for locating and presenting relevant documents in response to a search query. Classification tags are assigned to electronic documents. Information is extracted from the documents. In response to a user search query, a set of relevant documents is identified, and an intent is derived and assigned to the search query. A presentation is generated for presenting the relevant documents. The presentation includes information extracted from the relevant documents. The presented information is formatted in accordance with a format associated with the assigned intent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mackenzie Steele, Imran Aziz
  • Publication number: 20070266023
    Abstract: Methods and systems for reviewing content items created by users for presentation in association with a website are provided. Automatic scrubbing (followed by manual review, if necessary) of user-created content items that have yet to be presented in association with a website is provided as is manual review of user-created content items that have already been presented in association with a website at the request of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ian McAllister, Christoph Ponath, Delane Hewett, Mackenzie Steele, Srivaths Copparam
  • Publication number: 20070038620
    Abstract: A vertical search engine may rank items based on both the quality of data associated with each item and the popularity of each item. The vertical search engine may access data associated with items from a variety of different sources, including feed sources and crawl sources. Data quality inputs are determined for each item based on the quality of the data associated with each respective item. In addition, popularity inputs are determined for each item based on user interest in each respective item. A global rankings score is then calculated for each item based on the data quality inputs and popularity inputs for each respective item. The global ranking score may be used to order search results for search queries in such a way that items from feed data and items from crawl data may be displayed in a unified manner, rather than being segregated by data source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chong Ka, Helen Cuncannan, Kong-Kat Wong, Mackenzie Steele, Michael Gordon, Shailesh Prakash, Thomas Bergstraesser
  • Publication number: 20060095345
    Abstract: A system and related techniques generate and maintain a unified product index, to perform searching and browsing in an online product, service, content or information catalog. A user investigating, for example, a set of retail offerings of digital cameras may for instance browse through a Web site layout or taxonomy to locate products of interest, such as cameras having resolution in the range of 3-4 megapixels or in the price range of $200-300. Alternatively, the user may input search terms in a search dialogue box to locate those or other features. Unlike conventional e-commerce platforms in which search may be performed against structured databases while browsing may access unstructured HTML or other descriptive material, according to the invention navigation and searching may be integrated and both access a structured index derived from product descriptions as well as traditional SQL or other structured data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chong Ka, Delane Hewett, Mackenzie Steele, Srivaths Copparam