Patents by Inventor Michael Paul Bieniosek
Michael Paul Bieniosek 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: 8954434Abstract: The present technology is related to identifying, from within a corpus of documents, a subject (e.g., person, location, date, etc.) that is relevant to a topic and that is usable to enhance a topic-describing document. Documents within the corpus of documents share a link structure, such that some documents include hyperlinks that enable navigation to the topic-describing document, and the topic-describing document includes hyperlinks that enable navigation to other documents. Text of documents within the corpus is parsed to identify the subject, and a context of the subject suggests a degree of relevance of the subject to the topic. An enhancement type of the subject is determined, and a version of the topic-describing document is enhanced to include a presentation of the subject.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2010Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David Dongjah Ahn, Michael Paul Bieniosek, Franco Salvetti, Giovanni Lorenzo Thione, Ian Robert Collins, Toby Takeo Sterrett
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Patent number: 8364672Abstract: Concept disambiguation is provided for search queries by analyzing search results in conjunction with an ontology of concepts. An ontology of concepts is identified, and at least one document is associated with each concept. The document associated with a concept is representative of the concept and used to generate a concept signature. When a search query is received, it is processed to obtain search results. The search results are used to generate a search results signature, which is compared to the concept signatures to identify one or more concepts that are relevant to the search query.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2010Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David Ahn, Michael Paul Bieniosek, Andrei Peter Makhanov, Franco Salvetti, Giovanni Lorenzo Thione
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Patent number: 8332426Abstract: Referring expressions are identified for concepts by analyzing search query and result selection information. An ontology of concepts is identified, and at least one document is associated with each concept. The document associated with a concept is representative of the concept. Search query information from a search engine is analyzed to identify search queries that resulted in user selections of documents associated with the concepts. Referring expressions that refer to the concepts are identified based on the search queries that resulted in user selections of documents corresponding with the concepts. After identifying referring expressions for concepts, search queries may be mapped to referring expressions to identify concepts to which the search queries pertain, and search result pages may be generated based on knowledge of the concepts.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David Ahn, Michael Paul Bieniosek, Andrei Peter Makhanov, Franco Salvetti, Giovanni Lorenzo Thione, Gianluca Donato
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Patent number: 8260775Abstract: Computer-readable media and a computing device are described for providing geotemporal search and a search interface therefor. A search interface having a location portion and a timeline portion is provided. A geographic area is selected in the location portion by adjusting the visible area of a map. A temporal window is selected in the timeline portion by adjusting sliders along a timeline to a desired start and end time. The start and end times can be in the past, present, or future. A geotemporal search is executed based on the selected geographic area and temporal window to identify search results having associated metadata indicating a relationship to the selected geographic area and temporal window. One or more search terms are optionally provided to further refine the geotemporal search.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2010Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David Dongjah Ahn, Michael Paul Bieniosek, Ian Robert Collins, Franco Salvetti, Toby Takeo Sterrett, Giovanni Lorenzo Thione, Grigor Shirakyan, Hamed Esfahani
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Publication number: 20120131008Abstract: Referring expressions are identified for concepts by analyzing search query and result selection information. An ontology of concepts is identified, and at least one document is associated with each concept. The document associated with a concept is representative of the concept. Search query information from a search engine is analyzed to identify search queries that resulted in user selections of documents associated with the concepts. Referring expressions that refer to the concepts are identified based on the search queries that resulted in user selections of documents corresponding with the concepts. After identifying referring expressions for concepts, search queries may be mapped to referring expressions to identify concepts to which the search queries pertain, and search result pages may be generated based on knowledge of the concepts.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: DAVID AHN, MICHAEL PAUL BIENIOSEK, ANDREI PETER MAKHANOV, FRANCO SALVETTI, GIOVANNI LORENZO THIONE, GIANLUCA DONATO
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Publication number: 20120130972Abstract: Concept disambiguation is provided for search queries by analyzing search results in conjunction with an ontology of concepts. An ontology of concepts is identified, and at least one document is associated with each concept. The document associated with a concept is representative of the concept and used to generate a concept signature. When a search query is received, it is processed to obtain search results. The search results are used to generate a search results signature, which is compared to the concept signatures to identify one or more concepts that are relevant to the search query.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: DAVID AHN, MICHAEL PAUL BIENIOSEK, ANDREI PETER MAKHANOV, FRANCO SALVETTI, GIOVANNI LORENZO THIONE
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Publication number: 20110173193Abstract: Computer-readable media and a computing device are described for providing geotemporal search and a search interface therefor. A search interface having a location portion and a timeline portion is provided. A geographic area is selected in the location portion by adjusting the visible area of a map. A temporal window is selected in the timeline portion by adjusting sliders along a timeline to a desired start and end time. The start and end times can be in the past, present, or future. A geotemporal search is executed based on the selected geographic area and temporal window to identify search results having associated metadata indicating a relationship to the selected geographic area and temporal window. One or more search terms are optionally provided to further refine the geotemporal search.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2010Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: DAVID DONGJAH AHN, MICHAEL PAUL BIENIOSEK, IAN ROBERT COLLINS, FRANCO SALVETTI, TOBY TAKEO STERRETT, GIOVANNI LORENZO THIONE, GRIGOR SHIRAKYAN, HAMED ESFAHANI
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Publication number: 20110173210Abstract: The present technology is related to identifying, from within a corpus of documents, a subject (e.g., person, location, date, etc.) that is relevant to a topic and that is usable to enhance a topic-describing document. Documents within the corpus of documents share a link structure, such that some documents include hyperlinks that enable navigation to the topic-describing document, and the topic-describing document includes hyperlinks that enable navigation to other documents. Text of documents within the corpus is parsed to identify the subject, and a context of the subject suggests a degree of relevance of the subject to the topic. An enhancement type of the subject is determined, and a version of the topic-describing document is enhanced to include a presentation of the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2010Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: DAVID DONGJAH AHN, MICHAEL PAUL BIENIOSEK, FRANCO SALVETTI, GIOVANNI LORENZO THIONE, IAN ROBERT COLLINS, TOBY TAKEO STERRETT