Patents by Inventor Mahbubul A. Ali

Mahbubul A. Ali 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).

  • SOCIAL NETWORK POWERED QUERY SUGGESTIONS
    Publication number: 20130031106
    Abstract: Automatic suggestion for search query formulation is facilitated by considering social network information. A plurality of search queries can be identified as a function of a partial search query specified by a user and search history of one or more social network contacts of the user. Subsequently, these identified queries can be ranked to aid determination of a subset of the identified queries to suggest for query completion. Further, query suggestions resulting from a social network contact can be annotated to set them apart from other query suggestions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael A. Schechter, Mahbubul A. Ali, Brian D. Humrichouser, Marek Latuskiewicz, Yi Lang Mok, Mihir A. Vaidya