Patents by Inventor Roberta R. MOEUR

Roberta R. MOEUR 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).

  • Publication number: 20250005066
    Abstract: A user interface (UI) for visualizing search data provides techniques for grouping and organizing aggregate data that shows the categories of topics included in search queries from a large number of individual users. Raw search queries are categorized into one of a number of topical categories. The search queries are assigned to a geographic location based on geolocations of computing devices generating the search queries. The UI presents a map that shows the number of search queries per topical category for each geographic location displayed in the current UI view. As a result of this UI design, a user can easily understand the interaction between geographic location and frequency of search query topics. Trends in the geographic distribution of searches and in the categories of topics searched are also easily understood from this UI design by changing the time range of the search queries displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Scott COUNTS, Roberta R. MOEUR, Curtis N. von VEH, Justin Brooks CRANSHAW, Stevie Nicole CHANCELLOR, Anthony CARBARY
  • Patent number: 12124492
    Abstract: A user interface (UI) for visualizing search data provides techniques for grouping and organizing aggregate data that shows the categories of topics included in search queries from a large number of individual users. Raw search queries are categorized into one of a number of topical categories. The search queries are assigned to a geographic location based on geolocations of computing devices generating the search queries. The UI presents a map that shows the number of search queries per topical category for each geographic location displayed in the current UI view. As a result of this UI design, a user can easily understand the interaction between geographic location and frequency of search query topics. Trends in the geographic distribution of searches and in the categories of topics searched are also easily understood from this UI design by changing the time range of the search queries displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Counts, Roberta R. Moeur, Curtis N. von Veh, Justin Brooks Cranshaw, Stevie Nicole Chancellor, Anthony Carbary
  • Publication number: 20220342923
    Abstract: A user interface (UI) for visualizing search data provides techniques for grouping and organizing aggregate data that shows the categories of topics included in search queries from a large number of individual users. Raw search queries are categorized into one of a number of topical categories. The search queries are assigned to a geographic location based on geolocations of computing devices generating the search queries. The UI presents a map that shows the number of search queries per topical category for each geographic location displayed in the current UI view. As a result of this UI design, a user can easily understand the interaction between geographic location and frequency of search query topics. Trends in the geographic distribution of searches and in the categories of topics searched are also easily understood from this UI design by changing the time range of the search queries displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Scott COUNTS, Roberta R. MOEUR, Curtis N. von VEH, Justin Brooks CRANSHAW, Stevie Nicole CHANCELLOR, Anthony CARBARY
  • Patent number: 11416535
    Abstract: A user interface (UI) for visualizing search data provides techniques for grouping and organizing aggregate data that shows the categories of topics included in search queries from a large number of individual users. Raw search queries are categorized into one of a number of topical categories. The search queries are assigned to a geographic location based on geolocations of computing devices generating the search queries. The UI presents a map that shows the number of search queries per topical category for each geographic location displayed in the current UI view. As a result of this UI design, a user can easily understand the interaction between geographic location and frequency of search query topics. Trends in the geographic distribution of searches and in the categories of topics searched are also easily understood from this UI design by changing the time range of the search queries displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Counts, Roberta R. Moeur, Curtis N. von Veh, Justin Brooks Cranshaw, Stevie Nicole Chancellor, Anthony Carbary
  • Publication number: 20190324981
    Abstract: A user interface (UI) for visualizing search data provides techniques for grouping and organizing aggregate data that shows the categories of topics included in search queries from a large number of individual users. Raw search queries are categorized into one of a number of topical categories. The search queries are assigned to a geographic location based on geolocations of computing devices generating the search queries. The UI presents a map that shows the number of search queries per topical category for each geographic location displayed in the current UI view. As a result of this UI design, a user can easily understand the interaction between geographic location and frequency of search query topics. Trends in the geographic distribution of searches and in the categories of topics searched are also easily understood from this UI design by changing the time range of the search queries displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Scott COUNTS, Roberta R. MOEUR, Curtis N. Von VEH, Justin Brooks CRANSHAW, Stevie Nicole CHANCELLOR, Anthony CARBARY