Patents by Inventor Tammy King

Tammy King 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).

  • Search engine data structure
    Patent number: 8375021
    Abstract: A search engine database may a segmented structure that preserves individual document references and allows updating as well as scalability. A set of segment managers may receive new, updated, or deleted documents and update a set of term matrices from which a published search matrix may be generated. The database may have a very large term dictionary and may use a hash function to create term identifiers without having to look up terms in the dictionary. The database may be maintained by many systems operating in parallel for high scalability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Sokolan, Dennis Doherty, Claude Duguay, William Radcliffe, Virgil Bourassa, Tammy King, John Sheppard