Patents by Inventor Michael A. Schechter

Michael A. Schechter 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).

  • 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
  • Publication number: 20120036011
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer media for personalizing a web page and for personalizing user search query results are provided. A request to view a web page, such as a user search query that produces a search result web page, is received from a computing device. A computing device identifier is detected. Device-specific data corresponding to the detected computing device identifier is accessed. Upon detecting at least one user identifier having an authentication state, user-specific data corresponding to the detected user identifier and authentication state is accessed. The web page is personalized based on at least one of the accessed device-specific data and the accessed user-specific data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael A. Schechter, Michael Gradek, Sridharan K. Iyer, Gayathri Ravichandran Geetha, Igor Shoshitaishvili, Jonathan M. Garcia, Aravind Bala