Donald Clive Bradford

US Patent:

20090271374, Oct 29, 2009

Filed:

Apr 29, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/111309

Inventors:

David S. Korn - Sunnyvale CA, US
Donald E. Bradford - Acampo CA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707 3, 707E17108

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention enhance the search experience of a user by looking at the search history of one or more buddies to provide search enhancements to the user. Examples of search enhancements include an annotation or graphic adjacent to a search result indicating the search result has been visited by one of the user's buddies. In another embodiment, the relevance score assigned to a search result is increased if the search result has been visited by a buddy. In another aspect, alternative queries from the buddies' search history may be suggested to the user during the search session.

US Patent:

44477287, May 8, 1984

Filed:

Feb 5, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/346288

Inventors:

George C. Stafford - San Jose CA
Donald C. Bradford - San Jose CA

Assignee:

Finnigan Corporation - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

H01J 2702

US Classification:

250423R

Abstract:

An ionizer for ionizing a sample by bombardment with energetic particles. The ionizer incudes an ion chamber and an adjacent gas discharge region formed with an electrode cooperating wih the ion chamber. Said region serving to discharge a gas to form neutral and charged gas particles. The cooperation of the electrode and chamber accelerates the charged particles and causes charged and uncharged particles to flow into the ion chamber to strike and ionize a sample in the ion chamber.