公开(公告)号：US07225187B2

公开(公告)日：2007-05-29

申请号：US10827920

申请日：2004-04-20

申请人： Susan T. Dumais ,  Eric J. Horvitz ,  Edward B. Cutrell ,  Raman K. Sarin

发明人： Susan T. Dumais ,  Eric J. Horvitz ,  Edward B. Cutrell ,  Raman K. Sarin

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30867 ,  G06F17/30613 ,  Y10S707/99935

摘要： Most information retrieval systems start with a user's explicit query. Systems and methods are provided that perform implicit or background queries to one or more information sources based on the ongoing activities of users. The methods provide users with the results of such automated contextualized searches in an unobtrusive manner. In one aspect, implicit queries are run when users are reading, working on or composing an application. Queries can be automatically generated by analyzing an application, and results can be presented in a variety of peripheral display configurations, including a small pane adjacent to a current window to provide peripheral awareness of related information that is automatically determined from existing user context and/or related content from the application. The invention includes methods for building models that predict the value of different queries, and of the results generated by such queries, based on logged data, and for using such models to control query formulation and to mediate decisions about displaying the results of implicit queries.

摘要翻译： 大多数信息检索系统从用户的显式查询开始。 提供了系统和方法，其基于用户正在进行的活动，对一个或多个信息源执行隐式或后台查询。 这些方法以不引人注目的方式为用户提供了这种自动化的语境化搜索的结果。 在一个方面，当用户阅读，处理或撰写应用程序时，会运行隐式查询。 可以通过分析应用程序自动生成查询，结果可以呈现在各种外围显示配置中，包括与当前窗口相邻的小窗格，以提供从现有用户上下文自动确定的相关信息的周边感知和/或 相关内容从应用程序。 本发明包括用于构建基于记录数据来预测不同查询的价值以及由这些查询产生的结果的模型的方法，以及使用这些模型来控制查询表达并调解关于显示隐式查询的结果的决策。

公开(公告)号：US07162473B2

公开(公告)日：2007-01-09

申请号：US10607228

申请日：2003-06-26

申请人： Susan T. Dumais ,  Eric J. Horvitz ,  Edward B. Cutrell ,  Jonathan J. Cadiz ,  Gavin Jancke ,  Raman K. Sarin ,  Daniel C. Robbins ,  Anoop Gupta ,  George G. Robertson ,  Meredith J. Ringel ,  Jeremy Goecks

发明人： Susan T. Dumais ,  Eric J. Horvitz ,  Edward B. Cutrell ,  Jonathan J. Cadiz ,  Gavin Jancke ,  Raman K. Sarin ,  Daniel C. Robbins ,  Anoop Gupta ,  George G. Robertson ,  Meredith J. Ringel ,  Jeremy Goecks

IPC分类号： G06F17/30 ,  G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30613 ,  G06F17/30867 ,  Y10S707/99933 ,  Y10S707/99935 ,  Y10S707/99943 ,  Y10S715/963 ,  Y10S715/968

摘要： The present invention relates to systems and methods providing content-access-based information retrieval. Information items from a plurality of disparate information sources that have been previously accessed or considered are automatically indexed in a data store, whereby a multifaceted user interface is provided to efficiently retrieve the items in a cognitively relevant manner. Various display output arrangements are possible for the retrieved information items including timeline visualizations and multidimensional grid visualizations. Input options include explicit, implicit, and standing queries for retrieving data along with explicit and implicit tagging of items for ease of recall and retrieval. In one aspect, an automated system is provided that facilitates concurrent searching across a plurality of information sources. A usage analyzer determines user accessed items and a content analyzer stores subsets of data corresponding to the items, wherein at least two of the items are associated with disparate information sources, respectively. An automated indexing component indexes the data subsets according to past data access patterns as determined by the usage analyzer. A search component responds to a search query, initiates a search across the indexed data, and outputs links to locations of a subset and/or provides sparse representations of the subset.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及提供基于内容访问的信息检索的系统和方法。 来自先前访问或考虑的多个不同信息源的信息项目被自动索引到数据存储器中，由此提供多方面用户界面以有效地以认知相关的方式检索项目。 对于所检索的信息项，包括时间线可视化和多维网格可视化，各种显示输出布置是可能的。 输入选项包括用于检索数据的显式，隐式和常规查询，以及容易召回和检索的项目的显式和隐式标记。 在一个方面，提供了一种便于在多个信息源上并行搜索的自动化系统。 使用分析器确定用户访问的项目，并且内容分析器存储对应于项目的数据子集，其中至少两个项目分别与不同的信息源相关联。 自动索引组件根据使用分析器确定的过去的数据访问模式来索引数据子集。 搜索组件响应搜索查询，在索引的数据上发起搜索，并且输出到子集的位置的链接和/或提供子集的稀疏表示。

公开(公告)号：US07703040B2

公开(公告)日：2010-04-20

申请号：US11172365

申请日：2005-06-29

申请人： Edward B. Cutrell ,  Daniel C. Robbins ,  Raman K. Sarin ,  Susan T. Dumais

发明人： Edward B. Cutrell ,  Daniel C. Robbins ,  Raman K. Sarin ,  Susan T. Dumais

IPC分类号： G06F3/048 ,  G06F7/00 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/3097 ,  G06F17/30979

摘要： A search engine user interface that reduces the need for explicit search rules; dynamically responds as user input is entered to give immediate feedback to a user; is not limited to searching data residing in a single store; and may be used with a plurality of search engines, is provided. The search engine user interface provides search functions for a plurality of types of file metadata and types of file content. The search engine user interface provides an active query box, query editing, word-wheeling, and query narrowing and broadening. The user interface provides accordion behavior for visual elements of the user interface, integrated custom tagging, multiple independent search parameters, and filtering and integrated custom tagging in a common file dialog box.

摘要翻译： 搜索引擎用户界面，减少了对显式搜索规则的需求; 当输入用户输入时动态响应，以立即向用户提供反馈; 不限于搜索驻留在单个商店中的数据; 并且可以与多个搜索引擎一起使用。 搜索引擎用户界面为多种类型的文件元数据和文件内容的类型提供搜索功能。 搜索引擎用户界面提供了一个活动的查询框，查询编辑，单词轮询和查询缩小和扩展。 用户界面为用户界面的视觉元素，集成自定义标签，多个独立搜索参数以及在通用文件对话框中过滤和集成自定义标记提供手风琴行为。

公开(公告)号：US08626136B2

公开(公告)日：2014-01-07

申请号：US11427755

申请日：2006-06-29

申请人： Raymond E. Ozzie ,  Eric J. Horvitz ,  William H. Gates, III ,  Joshua T. Goodman ,  Susan T. Dumais ,  Gary W. Flake ,  Trenholme J. Griffin ,  Xuedong D. Huang ,  Oliver Hurst-Hiller ,  Christopher A Meek

发明人： Raymond E. Ozzie ,  Eric J. Horvitz ,  William H. Gates, III ,  Joshua T. Goodman ,  Susan T. Dumais ,  Gary W. Flake ,  Trenholme J. Griffin ,  Xuedong D. Huang ,  Oliver Hurst-Hiller ,  Christopher A Meek

IPC分类号： H04M3/42 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W74/00 ,  G06F15/16 ,  G06F3/033

CPC分类号： G06F17/30867 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/18

摘要： Content management architecture for a portable wireless device. Caching and fetching techniques are provided to improve content handling for portable devices such as cellular telephones and portable computers. A search component automatically performs searches as a background process, and potentially desired content is received and cached by a content storing component to be available in the future when and if needed, mitigating latency associated with slow download speeds, refresh rates, and other system and/or network impediments. Content from background search results can be trickled into the device as part of the background process so as not to burden system resources for other processes. As part of memory management, aged and/or low priority or low interest content can be selectively removed or archived to increase available cache or memory space, as well as to maintain relevant content within the device. A presentation component facilitates presentation of the pre-stored content.

摘要翻译： 便携式无线设备的内容管理架构。 提供缓存和提取技术以改进便携式设备（例如蜂窝电话和便携式计算机）的内容处理。 搜索组件自动执行搜索作为后台进程，并且可能期望的内容被内容存储组件接收和缓存，以便将来在需要时可用，减轻与慢下载速度，刷新率和其他系统相关联的延迟，以及 /或网络障碍。 来自后台搜索结果的内容可以作为后台进程的一部分进入设备，以免对其他进程造成系统资源的负担。 作为内存管理的一部分，老化和/或低优先级或低兴趣内容可以被选择性地删除或归档以增加可用的高速缓存或存储器空间，以及维护设备内的相关内容。 演示组件便于显示预存的内容。

公开(公告)号：US07822762B2

公开(公告)日：2010-10-26

申请号：US11427311

申请日：2006-06-28

申请人： Christopher D. Payne ,  Eric J. Horvitz ,  Alexander G. Gounares ,  Susan T. Dumais ,  Kyle G. Peltonen ,  Gary W. Flake ,  Xuedong D. Huang ,  William H. Gates, III ,  John C. Platt ,  Oliver Hurst-Hiller ,  Joshua T. Goodman ,  Christopher A. Meek ,  Ramez Naam ,  Raymond E Ozzie ,  Eric D. Brill

发明人： Christopher D. Payne ,  Eric J. Horvitz ,  Alexander G. Gounares ,  Susan T. Dumais ,  Kyle G. Peltonen ,  Gary W. Flake ,  Xuedong D. Huang ,  William H. Gates, III ,  John C. Platt ,  Oliver Hurst-Hiller ,  Joshua T. Goodman ,  Christopher A. Meek ,  Ramez Naam ,  Raymond E Ozzie ,  Eric D. Brill

IPC分类号： G06F7/001

CPC分类号： G06F17/30967 ,  G06F17/30964

摘要： A system that employs an explicitly and/or implicitly trained model in order to return entity-specific computer-based search results is provided. The innovation can provide for a customized search model that focuses search in connection with achieving information that is meaningful with respect to goals of an entity. The model can be used to modify a search query in accordance with a goal of the entity or to generate the search query thereby returning meaningful and/or targeted results to the user. The system can automatically gather entity-related data thereafter determining or inferring a goal as well as training the model. Moreover, the system can selectively configure (e.g., order, rank, filter) and render results to a user based upon the model.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种采用明确和/或隐含训练的模型以返回基于实体的基于计算机的搜索结果的系统。 该创新可以提供定制的搜索模型，其将搜索重点与获得关于实体目标有意义的信息相关联。 该模型可以用于根据实体的目标修改搜索查询，或者生成搜索查询，从而向用户返回有意义和/或有针对性的结果。 系统可以自动收集与实体有关的数据，然后确定或推断目标以及训练模型。 此外，系统可以基于模型选择性地配置（例如，排序，排序，过滤）并将结果呈现给用户。

公开(公告)号：US07761464B2

公开(公告)日：2010-07-20

申请号：US11425074

申请日：2006-06-19

申请人： Filip Radlinski ,  Susan T. Dumais ,  Eric J. Horvitz

发明人： Filip Radlinski ,  Susan T. Dumais ,  Eric J. Horvitz

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30867

摘要： The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that facilitate diversifying search results to improve searching and/or personalized searching. An interface component can receive a query. Additionally, a result diversification component can modify diversity of a set of search results obtained by a search engine in response to a query based at least in part upon one or more dimensions of diversity. The dimensions of diversity can include document topic, document type, document genre, domain of document, document age, location associated with the document, commercial characteristics of the document, user intent, and the like.

摘要翻译： 所要求保护的主题提供促进多样化搜索结果以改进搜索和/或个性化搜索的系统和/或方法。 一个接口组件可以接收一个查询。 另外，结果多样化组件可以至少部分地基于分集的一个或多个维度来修改由搜索引擎获得的一组搜索结果的多样性，以响应于查询。 多样性的维度可以包括文档主题，文档类型，文档类型，文档领域，文档年龄，与文档相关联的位置，文档的商业特征，用户意图等。

公开(公告)号：US20090327270A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-31

申请号：US12163561

申请日：2008-06-27

申请人： Jamie B. Teevan ,  Susan T. Dumais ,  Daniel J. Liebling ,  Eric J. Horvitz

发明人： Jamie B. Teevan ,  Susan T. Dumais ,  Daniel J. Liebling ,  Eric J. Horvitz

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F16/337 ,  G06F16/9535

摘要： Searches can be enhanced by custom-tailoring results based on a consideration of the variability of the goals of a search given a query. In an example embodiment, a system to enhance searching includes a search interface, a search-goal variability determiner, and a search experience enhancer. The search interface accepts a query from a user as input for a search. The variability determiner determines the variability in user interest (e.g., goals) for the query. The measure of variability in user interest may reflect the degree of variation in the goals of different users or groups of users for the query. The search experience enhancer enhances a search experience for the user responsive to the variability in user interest (e.g., in terms of search goals).

摘要翻译： 可以通过根据考虑到给定查询的搜索目标的可变性进行定制结果来增强搜索。 在示例实施例中，用于增强搜索的系统包括搜索界面，搜索目标变异性确定器和搜索体验增强器。 搜索界面接受来自用户的查询作为搜索的输入。 可变性确定器确定用户对查询的兴趣变化（例如，目标）。 用户兴趣的可变性度量可能反映了查询的不同用户或用户组的目标的变化程度。 搜索体验增强器响应于用户兴趣的变化（例如，在搜索目标方面）增强了用户的搜索体验。

公开(公告)号：US20080313119A1

公开(公告)日：2008-12-18

申请号：US11763719

申请日：2007-06-15

申请人： Jurij Leskovec ,  Susan T. Dumais ,  Eric J. Horvitz

发明人： Jurij Leskovec ,  Susan T. Dumais ,  Eric J. Horvitz

IPC分类号： G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30864 ,  G06F17/30722

摘要： A system and method that facilitates and effectuates making an inference related to objects of interest within a context. A web projection component can generate sub graphs by projecting objects o interest onto a web graph representing a superset or partially overlapping set of objects to the objects of interest. An inference component can provide inferences relating to the quality of the objects of interest, adjustments to the context, and patterns recognized from graphical properties of the sub graphs.

摘要翻译： 促进和实现与上下文中的感兴趣对象相关的推理的系统和方法。 网络投影组件可以通过将感兴趣的对象投射到表示超大体或部分重叠的对象集合到所关注的对象的网络图上来生成子图。 推理组件可以提供与感兴趣对象的质量，上下文的调整以及从子图的图形属性识别的模式的推论。

公开(公告)号：US08725567B2

公开(公告)日：2014-05-13

申请号：US11427761

申请日：2006-06-29

申请人： Xuedong D. Huang ,  William H. Gates, III ,  Eric J. Horvitz ,  Joshua T. Goodman ,  Bradly A. Brunell ,  Susan T. Dumais ,  Gary W. Flake ,  Trenholme J. Griffin ,  Oliver Hurst-Hiller

发明人： Xuedong D. Huang ,  William H. Gates, III ,  Eric J. Horvitz ,  Joshua T. Goodman ,  Bradly A. Brunell ,  Susan T. Dumais ,  Gary W. Flake ,  Trenholme J. Griffin ,  Oliver Hurst-Hiller

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0269 ,  G06Q30/0271

摘要： Architecture for presenting advertisements in realtime in retail establishments. A sensor component includes sensors for collecting information about a customer or group of customers as they move through the store. The sensors can include capability for image processing, audio processing, light sensing, velocity sensing, direction sensing, proximity sensing, face recognition, pose recognition, transaction recognition, and biometric sensing, for example. A customer component analyzes the information and generates a profile about the customer. Advertisements are selected for presentation that target the customers as they walk in proximity of a presentation system of the store. An advertisement component facilitates dynamic presentation of a targeted advertisement to the individual as a function of the profile. The customer component can infer information during analysis using machine learning and reasoning.

摘要翻译： 在零售店内实时呈现广告的建筑。 传感器组件包括传感器，用于在客户或客户群经过商店移动时收集有关客户或客户群的信息。 例如，传感器可以包括用于图像处理，音频处理，光感测，速度感测，方向感测，接近感测，面部识别，姿态识别，事务识别和生物测量感测的能力。 客户组件分析信息并生成有关客户的配置文件。 广告被选择用于呈现，当客户在商店的呈现系统附近走动时将其定位成客户。 广告组件有助于作为简档的函数向个人动态地呈现目标广告。 客户组件可以使用机器学习和推理来分析分析期间的信息。

公开(公告)号：US20130091128A1

公开(公告)日：2013-04-11

申请号：US13270690

申请日：2011-10-11

申请人： Kira Radinsky ,  Susan T. Dumais ,  Krysta M. Svore ,  Jaime Brooks Teevan ,  Eric J. Horvitz

发明人： Kira Radinsky ,  Susan T. Dumais ,  Krysta M. Svore ,  Jaime Brooks Teevan ,  Eric J. Horvitz

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/3053 ,  G06F17/30129 ,  G06F17/30864 ,  G06F17/30887 ,  G06N5/045 ,  G06N99/005

摘要： Techniques provide time-aware ranking, such as ranking of information, files or URL (uniform resource locator) links. For example, time-aware modeling assists in determining user intent of a query to a search engine. In response to the query, results are ranked in a time-aware manner to better match the user intent. The ranking may model query, URL and query-URL pair behavior over time to create time-aware query, URL and query-URL pair models, respectively. Such models may predict behavior of a query-URL pair, such as frequency and timing of clicks to the URL of the pair when the query of the pair is posed to the search engine. Results of a query may be ranked by predicted query-URL behavior. Once ranked, the results may be sent to the user in response to the query.

摘要翻译： 技术提供时间感知排名，例如信息排名，文件或URL（统一资源定位符）链接。 例如，时间感知建模有助于确定对搜索引擎的查询的用户意图。 响应于查询，结果以时间感知的方式排列，以更好地匹配用户意图。 排名可能会对查询，URL和查询 - URL对行为进行模拟，以分别创建时间感知查询，URL和查询 - URL对模型。 这样的模型可以预测查询 - URL对的行为，例如当该对的查询提供给搜索引擎时，对对方的URL的点击的频率和时间。 查询结果可能会按预测的查询网址行为进行排名。 一旦排序，结果可能会发送给用户以响应查询。