William B Radcliffe

6901378, May 31, 2005

Mar 2, 2000

09/517134

Debra L. Linker - Sammamish WA, US
Stephen David Land - Seattle WA, US
Jeffrey Vincent Gelfuso - Sammamish WA, US
William T. Radcliffe - Redmond WA, US

Corbis Corporation - Seattle WA

G06F017/60

705 27

The invention provides a method, system and computer-readable medium for storing images with related information in a relational database and using the information to order available products for a selected image over a network. Tag and business information may be associated with an image in the database and a unique image identifier is generated for each image. Different types of searches of the relational database may be performed including product based and image based. Affirmative results from searches are returned as images and/or products that are displayed in pages. The returned images also include information indicating available products. The selection of a returned image causes a cut-down version of the image and all of the available products to be displayed in the same page. When an available product is selected, a server enables a transaction for a user to order the selected product. A Hyper Text Transport Protocol (HTTP) Cookie is employed to store a copy of a client identifier at a client.

7113921, Sep 26, 2006

Dec 8, 2004

11/008063

Debra L. Linker - Sammamish WA, US
Stephen D. Land - Seattle WA, US
Jeffrey Vincent Gelfuso - Sammamish WA, US
William T. Radcliffe - Redmond WA, US

Corbis Corporation - Seattle WA

G06F 17/30
G06Q 30/00

705 27

The invention provides a method, system and computer-readable medium for storing images with related information in a relational database and using the information to order available products for a selected image over a network. A unique identifier is generated for each image, allowing different types of searches of the relational database to be performed including product-based and image-based searches. A selection of a returned image causes a cut-down version of the image and all available products to be displayed on a page. If a product is selected, a server enables a transaction for a user to order the selected product. A HTTP Cookie may be employed to store a user identifier, allowing use of user profiles for customization of particular options and displayed products.

7797377, Sep 14, 2010

Sep 22, 2006

11/534605

Debra L. Linker - Sammamish WA, US
Stephen David Land - Seattle WA, US
Jeffrey Vincent Gelfuso - Sammamish WA, US
William T. Radcliffe - Redmond WA, US

Corbis Corporation - Seattle WA

G06F 15/16

709203, 709220, 709229, 705 26, 705 27

The invention provides a method, system and computer-readable medium for storing images with related information in a relational database and using the information to order available products for a selected image over a network. A unique identifier is generated for each image, allowing different types of searches of the relational database to be performed including product-based and image-based searches. A selection of a returned image causes a cut-down version of the image and all available products to be displayed on a page. If a product is selected, a server enables a transaction for a user to order the selected product. A HTTP Cookie may be employed to store a user identifier, allowing use of user profiles for customization of particular options and displayed products.

8255399, Aug 28, 2012

Apr 28, 2010

12/768731

Patrick Sokolan - Redmond WA, US
Dennis Doherty - Redmond WA, US
Claude Duguay - Kenmore WA, US
William Radcliffe - Redmond WA, US
Virgil Bourassa - Bellevue WA, US
John Sheppard - Monroe WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 7/00

707736, 707802

A document classifier may analyze documents for a search engine and tag the documents. A document classifier system may have several different classifiers, each with a separate algorithm for classification. Some of the data classifiers may learn or change the classification over time with a feedback loop. As those classifiers are modified, updated, replaced, or added, the documents that have already been classified by the classifier may be re-examined to update their classification. The document classifier system may maintain a database of documents with a timestamp that the document was classified that may be used to identify those documents whose classifications may be out of date.

8375021, Feb 12, 2013

Apr 26, 2010

12/766932

Patrick Sokolan - Redmond WA, US
Dennis Doherty - Redmond WA, US
Claude Duguay - Kenmore WA, US
William Radcliffe - Redmond WA, US
Virgil Bourassa - Bellevue WA, US
Tammy King - Sammamish WA, US
John Sheppard - Monroe WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 17/30

707711

A search engine database may a segmented structure that preserves individual document references and allows updating as well as scalability. A set of segment managers may receive new, updated, or deleted documents and update a set of term matrices from which a published search matrix may be generated. The database may have a very large term dictionary and may use a hash function to create term identifiers without having to look up terms in the dictionary. The database may be maintained by many systems operating in parallel for high scalability.

8612444, Dec 17, 2013

Jul 24, 2012

13/557054

Patrick Sokolan - Redmond WA, US
Dennis Doherty - Redmond WA, US
Claude Duguay - Kenmore WA, US
William Radcliffe - Redmond WA, US
Virgil Bourassa - Bellevue WA, US
John Sheppard - Monroe WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 7/00

707736, 707802

A document classifier may analyze documents for a search engine and tag the documents. A document classifier system may have several different classifiers, each with a separate algorithm for classification. Some of the data classifiers may learn or change the classification over time with a feedback loop. As those classifiers are modified, updated, replaced, or added, the documents that have already been classified by the classifier may be re-examined to update their classification. The document classifier system may maintain a database of documents with a timestamp that the document was classified that may be used to identify those documents whose classifications may be out of date.

20110264628, Oct 27, 2011

Apr 26, 2010

12/766937

PATRICK SOKOLAN - Redmond WA, US
Dennis Doherty - Redmond WA, US
Claude Duguay - Kenmore WA, US
William Radcliffe - Redmond WA, US
Virgil Bourassa - Bellevue WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 17/30
G06F 7/00

707634, 707769, 707754, 707695, 707E17008, 707E1701, 707E17115

A data collector may monitor a data source and identify updated data, which may be processed and prepared for inclusion into a search database. The data collector may have various handlers that may interact with a data source, which may be a database, web service, file system, collaboration system, or other source, and may store a identifying signature and content signature for each document or item. The signatures may be used to identify new, changed, or deleted items, and a payload may be created containing the updates.

20110265177, Oct 27, 2011

Apr 26, 2010

12/766936

Patrick SOKOLAN - Redmond WA, US
Dennis Doherty - Redmond WA, US
Claude Duguay - Kenmore WA, US
William Radcliffe - Redmond WA, US
Virgil Bourassa - Bellevue WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 17/30
G06F 21/00
H04L 9/32

726 19, 707769, 707E17014

A data presentation system for a search engine may use classified or tagged elements in a resulting document to create a search result document that has portions redacted, modified, or changed based on the tags or classifications of elements within the document. The document may be rebuilt from the search engine database at presentation time with one or more elements changed or modified. The permission settings for a user or other factors may be used to determine which elements within the document are permitted to be accessed.