Patents by Inventor Michael Maxwell Cameron
Michael Maxwell Cameron 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).
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Patent number: 9569540Abstract: Methods, computer-storage media, and graphical user interfaces are provided for identifying and presenting rich related sites for task-oriented search queries. Upon receipt of a search query input by a user, one or more query logs are analyzed to determine if the search query is a related to a task being performed by the user. If the query is determined to be a task-oriented search query, search results are identified, as is one or more Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) related to a particular search result. The related URL is presented to the user in association with the particular search result. Additional controls, e.g., search tools that facilitate querying of those URLs determined to be relevant to a particular search result, may also be provided to aid the user in performing the task at hand.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2016Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Nitin Agrawal, Tabreez Govani, Jamie P. Buckley, Michael Maxwell Cameron, Liwei Chen, Hugh Evan Williams, Sanaz Ahari, Yang Yang Zhang, Srinath Reddy Aaleti
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Publication number: 20160162580Abstract: Methods, computer-storage media, and graphical user interfaces are provided for identifying and presenting rich related sites for task-oriented search queries. Upon receipt of a search query input by a user, one or more query logs are analyzed to determine if the search query is a related to a task being performed by the user. If the query is determined to be a task-oriented search query, search results are identified, as is one or more Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) related to a particular search result. The related URL is presented to the user in association with the particular search result. Additional controls, e.g., search tools that facilitate querying of those URLs determined to be relevant to a particular search result, may also be provided to aid the user in performing the task at hand.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: NITIN AGRAWAL, TABREEZ GOVANI, JAMIE P. BUCKLEY, MICHAEL MAXWELL CAMERON, LIWEI CHEN, HUGH EVAN WILLIAMS, SANAZ AHARI, YANG YANG ZHANG, SRINATH REDDY AALETI
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Patent number: 9275158Abstract: Methods, computer-storage media, and graphical user interfaces are provided for identifying and presenting rich related sites for task-oriented search queries. Upon receipt of a search query input by a user, one or more query logs are analyzed to determine if the search query is a related to a task being performed by the user. If the query is determined to be a task-oriented search query, search results are identified, as is one or more Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) related to a particular search result. The related URL is presented to the user in association with the particular search result. Additional controls, e.g., search tools that facilitate querying of those URLs determined to be relevant to a particular search result, may also be provided to aid the user in performing the task at hand.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2013Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Nitin Agrawal, Tabreez Govani, Jamie P. Buckley, Michael Maxwell Cameron, Liwei Chen, Hugh Evan Williams, Sanaz Ahari, Yang Yang Zhang, Srinath Reddy Aaleti
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Publication number: 20130339335Abstract: Methods, computer-storage media, and graphical user interfaces are provided for identifying and presenting rich related sites for task-oriented search queries. Upon receipt of a search query input by a user, one or more query logs are analyzed to determine if the search query is a related to a task being performed by the user. If the query is determined to be a task-oriented search query, search results are identified, as is one or more Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) related to a particular search result. The related URL is presented to the user in association with the particular search result. Additional controls, e.g., search tools that facilitate querying of those URLs determined to be relevant to a particular search result, may also be provided to aid the user in performing the task at hand.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: NITIN AGRAWAL, TABREEZ GOVANI, JAMIE P. BUCKLEY, MICHAEL MAXWELL CAMERON, LIWEI CHEN, HUGH EVAN WILLIAMS, SANAZ AHARI, YANG YANG ZHANG, SRINATH REDDY AALETI
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Publication number: 20130297584Abstract: A computer system, method, and media for associating locations with ranked websites are provided. The computer system includes a search engine, a log database, and a location database that are employed to respond to search requests from users by returning appropriately ranked websites to the user. The websites are ranked using the location of the website and the location of the user to select websites to receive high ranks. Additionally, the search engine includes a correction feature that reevaluates locations for a website or user when a large number of obtained locations suggest a different location than a currently associated location for the website or the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Amit Aggarwal, Nitin Agrawal, Michael Maxwell Cameron, Nicholas Eric Craswell, Nikhil Bharat Dandekar, Tabreez Govani, Hugh Evan Williams
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Patent number: 8543592Abstract: Methods, computer-storage media, and graphical user interfaces are provided for identifying and presenting rich related sites for task-oriented search queries. Upon receipt of a search query input by a user, one or more query logs are analyzed to determine if the search query is a related to a task being performed by the user. If the query is determined to be a task-oriented search query, search results are identified, as is one or more Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) related to a particular search result. The related URL is presented to the user in association with the particular search result. Additional controls, e.g., search tools that facilitate querying of those URLs determined to be relevant to a particular search result, may also be provided to aid the user in performing the task at hand.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2010Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Nitin Agrawal, Tabreez Govani, Jamie P. Buckley, Michael Maxwell Cameron, Liwei Chen, Hugh Evan Williams, Sanaz Ahari, Yang Yang Zhang, Srinath Reddy Aaleti
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Patent number: 8510262Abstract: A computer system, method, and media for associating locations with ranked websites are provided. The computer system includes a search engine, a log database, and a location database that are employed to respond to search requests from users by returning appropriately ranked websites to the user. The websites are ranked using the location of the website and the location of the user to select websites to receive high ranks. Additionally, the search engine includes a correction feature that reevaluates locations for a website or user when a large number of obtained locations suggest a different location than a currently associated location for the website or the user.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2008Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Amit Aggarwal, Nitin Agrawal, Michael Maxwell Cameron, Nicholas Eric Craswell, Nikhil Bharat Dandekar, Tabreez Govani, Hugh Evan Williams
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Publication number: 20110035402Abstract: Methods, computer-storage media, and graphical user interfaces are provided for identifying and presenting rich related sites for task-oriented search queries. Upon receipt of a search query input by a user, one or more query logs are analyzed to determine if the search query is a related to a task being performed by the user. If the query is determined to be a task-oriented search query, search results are identified, as is one or more Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) related to a particular search result. The related URL is presented to the user in association with the particular search result. Additional controls, e.g., search tools that facilitate querying of those URLs determined to be relevant to a particular search result, may also be provided to aid the user in performing the task at hand.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2010Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: NITIN AGRAWAL, TABREEZ GOVANI, JAMIE P. BUCKLEY, MICHAEL MAXWELL CAMERON, LIWEI CHEN, HUGH EVAN WILLIAMS, SANAZ AHARI, YANG YANG ZHANG, SRINATH REDDY AALETI
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Publication number: 20090299964Abstract: A method and medium are provided for determining whether search queries issued to a search engine are navigational search queries and displaying related search queries and corresponding URLs in association with a URL corresponding to a target of the navigational search query. One embodiment of the method includes receiving a query log and determining whether search queries are navigational search queries based on a comparison of URLs selected in response to the search queries. A set of related navigational queries and corresponding URLs is then compiled by analyzing the query log. The set can comprise search queries issued within a predetermined period of time from the receipt of a navigational search query. Search queries are filtered from the set if they are not navigational search queries. The set of related search queries and corresponding URLs is presented in association with the URL corresponding to the navigational search query.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2008Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: MICHAEL MAXWELL CAMERON, HUGH EVAN WILLIAMS, SRINATH REDDY AALETI, NITIN AGRAWAL, TABREEZ GOVANI
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Publication number: 20090292684Abstract: A computer system, method, and media for associating locations with ranked websites are provided. The computer system includes a search engine, a log database, and a location database that are employed to respond to search requests from users by returning appropriately ranked websites to the user. The websites are ranked using the location of the website and the location of the user to select websites to receive high ranks. Additionally, the search engine includes a correction feature that reevaluates locations for a website or user when a large number of obtained locations suggest a different location than a currently associated location for the website or the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2008Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Amit Aggarwal, Nitin Agrawal, Michael Maxwell Cameron, Nicholas Eric Craswell, Nikhil Bharat Dandekar, Tabreez Govani, Hugh Evan Williams