Patents by Inventor Vikram Tankasali

Vikram Tankasali 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).

  • Extending document editors to assimilate documents returned by a search engine
    Patent number: 10372764
    Abstract: Methods and arrangements for configuring document editors. A search client add-in is loaded at a document editor. At the document editor, a document is accepted from a search engine. Communication is established between the search client add-in and the search engine. At the search client add-in, supplementary information about the document is received from the search engine. User input about the document is accepted, and is directed to the search engine. The document is informatively enhanced via at least one of: the supplementary information and the user input. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sugata Ghosal, Monika Gupta, Debdoot Mukherjee, Dinesh Raghu, Vibha Singhal Sinha, Vikram Tankasali, Karthik Visweswariah
  • EXTENDING DOCUMENT EDITORS TO ASSIMILATE DOCUMENTS RETURNED BY A SEARCH ENGINE
    Publication number: 20140324806
    Abstract: Methods and arrangements for configuring document editors. A search client add-in is loaded at a document editor. At the document editor, a document is accepted from a search engine. Communication is established between the search client add-in and the search engine. At the search client add-in, supplementary information about the document is received from the search engine. User input about the document is accepted, and is directed to the search engine. The document is informatively enhanced via at least one of: the supplementary information and the user input. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sugata Ghosal, Monika Gupta, Debdoot Mukherjee, Dinesh Raghu, Vibha Singhal Sinha, Vikram Tankasali, Karthik Visweswariah
  • Future data event prediction using a generative model
    Patent number: 8126891
    Abstract: The prediction of future data events using a generative model is disclosed. One disclosed embodiment comprises a method of predicting a search engine switch, by first tracking a sequence of events in a user search. Next, a search engine switch based upon the sequence of events tracked is predicted. Then, in response to predicting a search engine switch and prior to the user requesting a search engine switch, an action is taken toward changing a user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Srivatsan Laxman, Vikram Tankasali, Ryen White
  • FUTURE DATA EVENT PREDICTION USING A GENERATIVE MODEL
    Publication number: 20100100517
    Abstract: The prediction of future data events using a generative model is disclosed. One disclosed embodiment comprises a method of predicting a search engine switch, by first tracking a sequence of events in a user search. Next, a search engine switch based upon the sequence of events tracked is predicted. Then, in response to predicting a search engine switch and prior to the user requesting a search engine switch, an action is taken toward changing a user experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Srivatsan Laxman, Vikram Tankasali, Ryen White