Patents by Inventor Richard James Cruise

Richard James Cruise 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).

  • Ranking and suggesting candidate objects
    Patent number: 7685200
    Abstract: A method of ranking and suggesting objects, such as tags, is described in which a group of objects are suggested to a user in relation to a particular information object, such as a web page or file. A user either selects one of the suggestions or enters an alternative object and on receipt of data identifying the particular object selected by the user, the group of suggestions is updated based on whether the object selected by the user was one of the suggestions or not. The updating of the group may also be based on other factors, such as ranking parameters associated with each of the objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Inventors: Dinan Gunawardena, Milan Vojnović, Richard James Cruise, Peter Marbach
  • Ranking and Suggesting Candidate Objects
    Publication number: 20080215583
    Abstract: A method of ranking and suggesting objects, such as tags, is described in which a group of objects are suggested to a user in relation to a particular information object, such as a web page or file. A user either selects one of the suggestions or enters an alternative object and on receipt of data identifying the particular object selected by the user, the group of suggestions is updated based on whether the object selected by the user was one of the suggestions or not. The updating of the group may also be based on other factors, such as ranking parameters associated with each of the objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dinan Gunawardena, Milan Vojnovic, Richard James Cruise, Peter Marbach