Jason R Wolf

US Patent:

8244766, Aug 14, 2012

Filed:

Apr 13, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/759097

Inventors:

Vijay Mital - Kirkland WA, US
Saurab Nog - Sammamish WA, US
Jason A. Wolf - Kirkland WA, US
John A. Payne - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707791, 707802, 707822, 707808

Abstract:

A data search and retrieval system that, in response to a search query, applies a model to search results to generate information to be returned to a user. The model may define characteristics of a persona such that the application of the model generates information consistent with the persona. A persona may be an individual person or a group of people having shared characteristics. A user may be presented with a list of identifiers of available models of personae. When the user selects a model of a particular persona to be applied, the information generated in return to the user may be consistent with the characteristics associated with the selected persona.

US Patent:

8493406, Jul 23, 2013

Filed:

Jun 19, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/488295

Inventors:

Darryl E. Rubin - Duvall WA, US
Vijay Mital - Sammamish WA, US
David G. Green - Redmond WA, US
Jason A. Wolf - Kirkland WA, US
John A. Payne - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G09G 5/00

US Classification:

345619, 345629, 345646

Abstract:

The rendering on a user interface of a potentially complex computerized scene generation system. The user interface includes visual item(s) that have associated data. In addition, another set of visual items may be driven by data provided to input parameters, and may represent elements in the scene. Through user gestures, a user may correlate data items in the data source visual items with the element visual items to thereby automatically populate the element visual items with data, affecting the rendering of the data-driven element visual items. The element visual items might be linked, once again, perhaps through user gestures, to a parent visual item. In so doing, properties of the parent visual item might change and/or input parameters of the element visual items might change. Accordingly, complex visual scenes may be created through potentially quite simple user gestures.

US Patent:

20100325578, Dec 23, 2010

Filed:

Jun 19, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/488213

Inventors:

Vijay Mital - Sammamish WA, US
Darryl E. Rubin - Duvall WA, US
Jason A. Wolf - Kirkland WA, US
John A. Payne - Seattle WA, US
David G. Green - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715805, 715823, 715854

Abstract:

The use of visual cues associated with rendered visual items to cue a user on whether a rendered visual item has interactive capability and/or what type of interaction is possible with that visual item. The visual items may be rendered in a data driven way with each constructed using a corresponding parameterized view component. The parameter(s) are populated by data, perhaps by model variables obtained from an analytical model. The parameters then drive logic associated with the view component to thereby construct a visual item which may then be rendered. The rendering engine then renders the visual item with the visual cue. The user may then interact with the rendered visual item. Such interaction might cause some external action to occur, might change which visual items are displayed, and/or might change a value of the input parameters of one or more view components used to generate displayed visual items.

US Patent:

20110264526, Oct 27, 2011

Filed:

Apr 22, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/765408

Inventors:

Vijay Mital - Kirkland WA, US
Jason A. Wolf - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00
G06F 3/041
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

705 1455, 707722, 707706, 715702, 707E17018, 707E17109, 707E17014

Abstract:

A user interface for an information presentation system that displays information of interest to the user identified by the information presentation system based on selecting tasks that may be relevant to the user given the user's current context. The user interface displays options for the user to select from among relevant tasks and/or goals of completing the task. For each selected task and goal, the system may generate one or more sets of items that are relevant to completing the task. The user interface may present the user with the option to select from among the sets of items or to navigate among the sets of items. The user interface may be an easy-to-use interface on a portable computing device to support shopping applications.

US Patent:

20110270628, Nov 3, 2011

Filed:

Apr 29, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/770294

Inventors:

Vijay Mital - Kirkland WA, US
Saurab Nog - Sammamish WA, US
Jason A. Wolf - Kirkland WA, US
John A. Payne - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06Q 99/00
G06F 3/048
G06F 3/14
G06Q 50/00

US Classification:

705 3, 705347, 715764, 715211

Abstract:

Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness with which entities or entities may be compared and contrasted across one or more dimensions. Some embodiments present on a user interface (UI) a small, visually navigable collection of entities, from which the user may select a “focus” entity that may then be compared with other entities of interest. The UI may employ a visual organization scheme that organizes information on entities according to one or more dimensions, which may be predefined and/or configurable. Embodiments may facilitate rapid cognition of the manner in which information is presented and organized, and enable a user to quickly and easily discern dissimilarities and/or similarities between the focus entity and one or more other selected entities.

US Patent:

20110270864, Nov 3, 2011

Filed:

Apr 29, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/770272

Inventors:

Vijay Mital - Kirkland WA, US
Saurab Nog - Sammamish WA, US
Jason A. Wolf - Kirkland WA, US
John A. Payne - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707767, 707E17109

Abstract:

Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness with which entities or entities may be compared and contrasted across one or more dimensions. Some embodiments present on a user interface (UI) a small, visually navigable collection of entities, from which the user may select a “focus” entity that may then be compared with other entities of interest. The UI may employ a visual organization scheme that organizes information on entities according to one or more dimensions, which may be predefined and/or configurable. Embodiments may facilitate rapid cognition of the manner in which information is presented and organized, and enable a user to quickly and easily discern dissimilarities and/or similarities between the focus entity and one or more other selected entities.

US Patent:

20110314400, Dec 22, 2011

Filed:

Jun 21, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/819493

Inventors:

Vijay Mital - Kirkland WA, US
Brian C. Beckman - Newcastle WA, US
Jason A. Wolf - Kirkland WA, US
Janine Crumb - Redmond WA, US
Darryl Ellis Rubin - Duvall WA, US
Olivier Colle - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715771, 707769, 707E17014

Abstract:

Interactive and dynamic exploring of filter criteria for large amounts of numerical data having multiple dimensions is described. Exploration occurs without excessive amounts of computation or querying of a database based on a data set summary that may be obtained from a server in a search system and applied by a client device. A data set is summarized so as to capture relationships between distributions of items in the data set along multiple dimensions. To explore filter criteria, a user may interactively adjust a range of values that act as a filter criteria along a dimension and determine an effect on a distribution of items along another dimension. The client device may apply the data summary in reverse to determine, based on user input specifying aspects of a distribution along one dimension, filter criteria for another dimension that would result in the specified distribution.