Patents by Inventor Parag Singla

Parag Singla 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).

  • Using joint communication and search data
    Patent number: 8150868
    Abstract: Conventionally, there are communities of individuals who perform Internet searches and communities of individuals who utilized Internet communications. While there is commonly a large amount of overlap between the two communities, there is little interaction between the two communities. Internet searches can be used to recommend interesting people to a user. Furthermore, Internet communications can be used to recommend content that is likely to be of interest to the user. In addition, previously engaged communications or searches can be used to disambiguate terms in a subsequent search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew R. Richardson, Parag Singla
  • Discovering social relationships from personal photo collections
    Patent number: 7953690
    Abstract: A method of categorizing the relationship of individuals from a collection of photos taken in multiple sets of events includes: searching the photo collection to identify individuals in the photo collection, determining the gender and age range of the identified individuals; and using the identified individuals, their occurrences and co-occurrences, their gender, and their ages to infer social relationships between the individuals based on a set of rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jiebo Luo, Parag Singla, Henry Kautz, Andrew C. Gallagher
  • DISCOVERING SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS FROM PERSONAL PHOTO COLLECTIONS
    Publication number: 20090192967
    Abstract: A method of categorizing the relationship of individuals from a collection of photos taken in multiple sets of events includes: searching the photo collection to identify individuals in the photo collection, determining the gender and age range of the identified individuals; and using the identified individuals, their occurrences and co-occurrences, their gender, and their ages to infer social relationships between the individuals based on a set of rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Jiebo Luo, Parag Singla, Henry Kautz, Andrew C. Gallagher
  • USING JOINT COMMUNICATION AND SEARCH DATA
    Publication number: 20080306935
    Abstract: Conventionally, there are communities of individuals who perform Internet searches and communities of individuals who utilized Internet communications. While there is commonly a large amount of overlap between the two communities, there is little interaction between the two communities. Internet searches can be used to recommend interesting people to a user. Furthermore, Internet communications can be used to recommend content that is likely to be of interest to the user. In addition, previously engaged communications or searches can be used to disambiguate terms in a subsequent search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew R. Richardson, Parag Singla