Katherine G Jones

US Patent:

20100211863, Aug 19, 2010

Filed:

Feb 19, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/389303

Inventors:

Katherine Jones - Seattle WA, US
Christopher Parker - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/20

US Classification:

715224

Abstract:

Usage data representing users' actions with applications, client devices such as PCs, and peripheral devices like personal media players is collected from a variety of sources and utilized by an automated user profile population service to pre-populate user profile forms with suggestions for entries that can be presented to an application user when initially registering with the application or when a user profile gets updated. The user can review the suggested pre-populated entries in the user profile form and accept those that are appropriate and desired and reject those that are not.

US Patent:

20100217720, Aug 26, 2010

Filed:

Feb 20, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/390261

Inventors:

Katherine Jones - Seattle WA, US
Christopher Parker - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06Q 99/00

US Classification:

705319

Abstract:

Content may be effectively virally propagated using an arrangement that identifies prolific Internet users who are likely to share content more often and with more people. These users are termed “connectors” because they typically function as a common link between disparate groups and will thus be the center point of a large social graph. Connectors are valuable to identify because content that is received by them can be expected to propagate more quickly as compared with propagation by other users who are not connectors. Users of on-line applications (such as social networking applications) who have the greatest probability of being connectors are identified by the application of heuristics to data that pertains to the users.

US Patent:

20100235235, Sep 16, 2010

Filed:

Mar 10, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/400989

Inventors:

S. Farid Hosseini - Redmond WA, US
Christopher Parker - Seattle WA, US
Katherine Jones - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00
G06F 15/16
G06Q 99/00

US Classification:

705 1449, 709206, 705 11

Abstract:

During an instant message conversation, instant message users may be presented with advertisements, news headlines, hyperlinks to web pages, and other additional information. It may be advantageous to provide targeted information that may be relevant to the current conversation between the instant message users. As provided herein, an endorsable entity may be presented to an instant message user based upon parsing an instant message from an instant message conversation. An instant message may be parsed for a proper noun (e.g., a word or grouping of words within the instant message text). The proper noun (e.g., a retail product) may be compared to an index to determine a topic of interest (e.g., a manufacturer of the particular retail product). The topic of interest may be used to determined an endorsable entity (e.g., an advertisement of the manufacturer), which may be presented to instant message users engaged in the instant message conversation.