Patents by Inventor TOM MATTHEW LAIRD-MCCONNELL

TOM MATTHEW LAIRD-MCCONNELL 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: 20110178995
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for searching microblog entries. The microblog entries may be generated through a single microblog website or across multiple microblog sites. Upon receiving a search input, a series of microblog entries responsive to the search input may be displayed to the user. The displayed microblog entries may be the most recently generated microblog entries that are responsive to the search input. In another embodiment, the microblog entries returned are a best match to the search criteria, which may be based on a user authority score for a user that drafted a microblog entry and additional characteristics of the microblog entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: SEAN SUCHTER, RAJESH K. SHENOY, CHARLES C. CARSON, JR., STEVEN WAYNE ICKMAN, HO JOHN LEE, SHUBHA UMESH NABAR, CLEMENT WANG, XIANG JI, TOM MATTHEW LAIRD-MCCONNELL, ERIC R. SCHEEL