Patents by Inventor Manish R. Baldua

Manish R. Baldua 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).

  • Dynamic query planning and execution
    Patent number: 12298975
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed technologies include receiving a first query including at least one first query term and configuring at least one prompt to cause a large language model to translate the at least one first query term into a set of functions that can be executed to obtain at least one second query term and generate and output a plan that is executable to create a modified version of the first query based on the at least one second query term. The plan is obtained by applying the large language model to the at least one prompt as configured. The plan is executed to determine the at least one second query term and create the modified version of the first query. The modified version of the first query is executed to provide, via the user interface, a response to the first query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Manish R. Baldua, Daniel K. Hewlett, Gregory E. Pounds, Xie Lu, Jonathan Pohl, Peter Rigano
  • DYNAMIC QUERY PLANNING AND EXECUTION
    Publication number: 20250110957
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed technologies include receiving a first query including at least one first query term and configuring at least one prompt to cause a large language model to translate the at least one first query term into a set of functions that can be executed to obtain at least one second query term and generate and output a plan that is executable to create a modified version of the first query based on the at least one second query term. The plan is obtained by applying the large language model to the at least one prompt as configured. The plan is executed to determine the at least one second query term and create the modified version of the first query. The modified version of the first query is executed to provide, via the user interface, a response to the first query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Manish R. Baldua, Daniel K. Hewlett, Gregory E. Pounds, Xie Lu, Jonathan Pohl, Peter Rigano
  • Method and apparatus for performing a search
    Patent number: 7519581
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating search results with higher relevancy. More specifically, the present invention provides a determination whether a search term belongs to a particular category. Namely, properly associating a search term with the correct category will greatly enhance the generation of search results with higher relevancy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Xuejun Wang, Brian Acton, Manish R. Baldua