Patents by Inventor Sarah Jiaxuan LIU

Sarah Jiaxuan LIU 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).

  • Updating a search page upon return of user focus
    Patent number: 11847181
    Abstract: A “while away” canvas is described herein. A client computing device detects that a page that comprises search results is displayed on a display of the client computing device, wherein the search results were identified based upon a query received from the client computing device. The client computing device subsequently detects that focus of the user has left the page. Upon detecting that focus of the user has returned to the page, the client computing device updates the page to include the “while away” canvas, which identifies additional search results (based upon the query) that were published after the page that comprises the search results was initially displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Hariharan Ragunathan, Marcelo Medeiros De Barros, Sarah Jiaxuan Liu, Benjamin David Brubaker, Rahul Lal
  • UPDATING A SEARCH PAGE UPON RETURN OF USER FOCUS
    Publication number: 20210256083
    Abstract: A “while away” canvas is described herein. A client computing device detects that a page that comprises search results is displayed on a display of the client computing device, wherein the search results were identified based upon a query received from the client computing device. The client computing device subsequently, detects that focus of the user has left the page. Upon detecting that focus of the user has returned to the page, the client computing device updates the page to include the “while away” canvas, which identifies additional search results (based upon the query) that were published after the page that comprises the search results was initially displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Hariharan RAGUNATHAN, Marcelo Medeiros DE BARROS, Sarah Jiaxuan LIU, Benjamin David BRUBAKER, Rahul LAL