Alexander I Jenkins

US Patent:

20110072034, Mar 24, 2011

Filed:

Sep 18, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/562954

Inventors:

Matthew F. Sly - Jamaica Plain MA, US
Reed Padi Maw Sturtevant - Lexington MA, US
Shannon W. Bator - Needham MA, US
Alexander James Jenkins - Boston MA, US
Aryeh Goldberg - Newton MA, US
Ravi S. Patel - Randolph MA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G01C 21/32

US Classification:

707769, 701208, 707E17018, 707E17032

Abstract:

A location database may be configured to store a set of subjective, arbitrary, and/or ephemeral names assigned to a location by various users. When a user of a device arrives at a particular location, the device may retrieve and present to the user the set of names assigned to the location. Moreover, the names may be associated with a privacy designation, which may permit an author of a location name to indicate whether the name of a location should be shared with the public or restricted to access by the user (or to a specified group of users, etc.) Other access criteria may also be specified, e.g., read-only access to a name for the public and read/write access to a particular group of users. Within the set of names of a location, particular names may be designated as authoritative, and may be presented to users with emphasis.

US Patent:

20130204940, Aug 8, 2013

Filed:

Feb 4, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/758372

Inventors:

PATRICK A. KINSEL - Boston MA, US
Alexander P. Lambert - Cambridge MA, US
Simon S. Yun - Dorchester Center MA, US
Alexander James Jenkins - Brookline MA, US
Jeffrey Lupien - Lynnfield MA, US
Keh-Li Sheng - Boston MA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/08

US Classification:

709204

Abstract:

A method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving, at a computing device, information associated with an entity from one or more social media sites. One or more attributes for the information associated with the entity is identified. A relevance profile associated with the one or more attributes is generated. A plurality of posts from the one or more social media sites is identified, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of posts includes at least a portion of the one or more attributes for the information associated with the entity. At least the portion of the plurality of posts is ordered on a display based upon, at least in part, the relevance profile associated with the one or more attributes.