Patents by Inventor Vinayak Shukl

Vinayak Shukl 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).

  • Patent number: 11176216
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer system detects user-entered text that has been entered in a search field of a search engine via a user interface of a computing device of a user, determines a context representation for the user-entered text based on one or more search queries submitted by the user within a particular amount of time before the user-entered text was entered, generates a corresponding score for each one of a plurality of auto-completion candidates based on the auto-completion candidate and the context representation, and causes at least a portion of the plurality of auto-completion candidates to be displayed in an auto-complete user interface element of the search field based on the corresponding scores of the at least a portion of the plurality of auto-completion candidates prior to the user-entered text being submitted by the user as part of a search query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Vinayak Shukl, Nagaraj Kota
  • Publication number: 20200311165
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer system detects user-entered text that has been entered in a search field of a search engine via a user interface of a computing device of a user, determines a context representation for the user-entered text based on one or more search queries submitted by the user within a particular amount of time before the user-entered text was entered, generates a corresponding score for each one of a plurality of auto-completion candidates based on the auto-completion candidate and the context representation, and causes at least a portion of the plurality of auto-completion candidates to be displayed in an auto-complete user interface element of the search field based on the corresponding scores of the at least a portion of the plurality of auto-completion candidates prior to the user-entered text being submitted by the user as part of a search query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Vinayak Shukl, Nagaraj Kota