Laura Schubert Baldwin

US Patent:

7895193, Feb 22, 2011

Filed:

Sep 30, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/239891

Inventors:

Jamie P. Buckley - Redmond WA, US
Laura J. Baldwin - Seattle WA, US
Randall F. Kern - Seattle WA, US
Eric D. Brill - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707721, 707722, 707728, 707732

Abstract:

The claimed subject matter provides systems and methods that facilitate providing specialized content associated with web results in response to a user query to provide queried information directly to a user without requiring the user to select a link and/or scroll through information on a web page associated therewith. Reference language models can be generated from multiple queries and can be compared to a query language model generated from web results returned in response to a user query. Based on such comparison, a determination can be made regarding whether a particular portion of specialized content corresponding to some particular query keywords is relevant enough to warrant direct presentation to the user.

US Patent:

20050268248, Dec 1, 2005

Filed:

May 25, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/853037

Inventors:

Daniel Boerner - Seattle WA, US
Randall Kern - Bellevue WA, US
Laura Baldwin - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F003/00
G06F017/00

US Classification:

715788000, 715800000, 715866000, 715517000, 715523000, 715526000, 715522000

Abstract:

Mechanisms are disclosed for delivering web content in a manner that allows user-specified manipulation of the content to be processed client side. An example web page comprises a plurality of modules organized into columns. The column widths can be resized by the user, and the modules can be moved from one column to another, or to different locations within a column. The various components of content within a module are delivered with attributes indicating whether the a given component is to be displayed or hidden at a particular column width. When a column is resized by the user, the amount of content that is displayed or hidden is adjusted based on the new column width.

US Patent:

20060106778, May 18, 2006

Filed:

Mar 21, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/083999

Inventors:

Laura Baldwin - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707003000

Abstract:

A system and method are provided for implementing a geographic search mode in connection with a search engine. The method may include indexing geographic locations for resources available to the search engine in a search engine index. The method may additionally include determining a target location for a particular user upon receiving a user query from the particular user and searching the search engine index for geographic location matches matching the target location.

US Patent:

20060184517, Aug 17, 2006

Filed:

Jan 30, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/341512

Inventors:

Chris Anderson - Renton WA, US
Edward Harris - Bellevue WA, US
Jamie Buckley - Redmond WA, US
Laura Baldwin - Seattle WA, US
Randall Kern - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707003000

Abstract:

A method to derive new facts from a collection of discrete facts is provided. The discrete facts are stored in a data structure that organizes each discrete fact based on classification, value, unit, validity range, and subject. The discrete facts may be stored in an inverted index to allow efficient retrieval of values associated with each discrete fact. A discrete-fact engine is utilized in conjunction with a search engine to respond to queries. The discrete-fact engine parses a query and utilizes a collection of policies to determine whether the query involves a computational requirement. The computational requirement included in the query may trigger calculations on a set of discrete facts that match terms included the query. The result of the calculations are derived facts.

US Patent:

20070067268, Mar 22, 2007

Filed:

Sep 22, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/233164

Inventors:

James Dai - Redmond WA, US
Jamie Buckley - Redmond WA, US
John Solaro - Bellevue WA, US
Laura Baldwin - Seattle WA, US
Randall Kern - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707003000

Abstract:

A system and a method for facilitating navigation of stored information. A user interface configured to receive a search input is provided. In response to receipt of a search input, a data store is assessed. The data store may contain various information elements, and each of these elements may be tagged with one or more categorizing terms. Information elements are selected as potential answers to the search input, and the categorizing terms associated these potential answers are displayed in the user interface.