Patents by Inventor Richard J. Gruenhagen

Richard J. Gruenhagen 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).

  • Providing suggested sites associated with target sites
    Patent number: 8244740
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that facilitate providing suggested sites in accordance with target sites are provided. Web-browsed data is locally stored on a user device and uploaded to a suggestion engine. Additional web-browsed data is communicated to the suggestion engine via a suggested site request that provides a request for suggested sites related to a target site. In embodiments, the web-browsed data contained in the suggested site request includes data not previously uploaded to the suggestion engine. The suggestion engine utilizes the web-browsed data uploaded to the suggestion engine and the web-browsed data communicated via the suggested site request to provide suggested sites in association with the target site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Richard J. Gruenhagen, Andrew P. Oakley, Maxim V. Stepin, Christopher A. Meyers, Srinath R. Aaleti, Jason A. Bolla, Nikolay A. Glushnev
  • PROVIDING SUGGESTED SITES ASSOCIATED WITH TARGET SITES
    Publication number: 20100131441
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that facilitate providing suggested sites in accordance with target sites are provided. Web-browsed data is locally stored on a user device and uploaded to a suggestion engine. Additional web-browsed data is communicated to the suggestion engine via a suggested site request that provides a request for suggested sites related to a target site. In embodiments, the web-browsed data contained in the suggested site request includes data not previously uploaded to the suggestion engine. The suggestion engine utilizes the web-browsed data uploaded to the suggestion engine and the web-browsed data communicated via the suggested site request to provide suggested sites in association with the target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: RICHARD J. GRUENHAGEN, ANDREW P. OAKLEY, MAXIM V. STEPIN, CHRISTOPHER A. MEYERS, SRINATH R. AALETI, JASON A. BOLLA, NIKOLAY A. GLUSHNEV