Patents by Inventor Michael Patrick Mroch

Michael Patrick Mroch 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 distance based search result order adjustment
    Patent number: 9536005
    Abstract: Both search criteria and a friends list associated with a user are obtained. One or more data items that satisfy the search criteria are identified as search results. An order of the search results is adjusted based at least in part on multiple additional friends lists, each of which is associated with a data item of the one or more data items. Each of the multiple additional friends lists can also be updated to reflect changes in the friends lists made by users associated with the friends lists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David R. Quick, Mohamed M. Battisha, Alexander E. Mallet, David A. Nichols, Michael Patrick Mroch, Nikolay Smolyanskiy, Tevfik S. Ingec
  • SOCIAL DISTANCE BASED SEARCH RESULT ORDER ADJUSTMENT
    Publication number: 20150379142
    Abstract: Both search criteria and a friends list associated with a user are obtained. One or more data items that satisfy the search criteria are identified as search results. An order of the search results is adjusted based at least in part on multiple additional friends lists, each of which is associated with a data item of the one or more data items. Each of the multiple additional friends lists can also be updated to reflect changes in the friends lists made by users associated with the friends lists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: David R. Quick, Mohamed M. Battisha, Alexander E. Mallet, David A. Nichols, Michael Patrick Mroch, Nikolay Smolyanskiy, Tevfik S. Ingec
  • Social distance based search result order adjustment
    Patent number: 9104737
    Abstract: Both search criteria and a friends list associated with a user are obtained. One or more data items that satisfy the search criteria are identified as search results. An order of the search results is adjusted based at least in part on multiple additional friends lists, each of which is associated with a data item of the one or more data items. Each of the multiple additional friends lists can also be updated to reflect changes in the friends lists made by users associated with the friends lists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David R. Quick, Mohamed M. Battisha, Alexander E. Mallet, David A. Nichols, Michael Patrick Mroch, Nikolay Smolyanskiy, Tevfik S. Ingec
  • SOCIAL DISTANCE BASED SEARCH RESULT ORDER ADJUSTMENT
    Publication number: 20110087661
    Abstract: Both search criteria and a friends list associated with a user are obtained. One or more data items that satisfy the search criteria are identified as search results. An order of the search results is adjusted based at least in part on multiple additional friends lists, each of which is associated with a data item of the one or more data items. Each of the multiple additional friends lists can also be updated to reflect changes in the friends lists made by users associated with the friends lists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David R. Quick, Mohamed M. Battisha, Alexander E. Mallet, David A. Nichols, Michael Patrick Mroch, Nikolay Smolyanskiy, Tevfik S. Ingec