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HORVITZ ERIC

US111 patents

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HORVITZ ERIC

MICROSOFT CORP

Methods for display, notification, and interaction with prioritized messages

Speed-dependent automatic zooming interface

Integration of a computer-based message priority system with mobile electronic devices

Methods for routing items for communications based on a measure of criticality

Computational architecture for managing the transmittal and rendering of information, alerts, and notifications

Systems and methods for directing automated services for messaging and scheduling

Signalling and controlling the status of an automatic speech recognition system for use in handsfree conversational dialogue

Method and apparatus for display of information prefetching and cache status having variable visual indication based on a period of time since prefetching

Technique which utilizes a probabilistic classifier to detect &#34;junk&#34; e-mail by automatically updating a training and re-training the classifier based on the updated training set

Method and apparatus for utility-directed prefetching of web pages into local cache using continual computation and user models

Technique for prefetching a web page of potential future interest in lieu of continuing a current information download

Collaborative filtering utilizing a belief network

System and methods for constructing personalized context-sensitive portal pages or views by analyzing patterns of users&#39; information access activities

System and methods for constructing personalized context-sensitive portal pages or views by analyzing patterns of users&#39; information access activities

Method for automatically assigning priorities to documents and messages

LCD with power saving features

System and method for identifying and establishing preferred modalities or channels for communications based on participants&#39; preferences and contexts

Transmitting information given constrained resources

Decision-theoretic approach to harnessing text classification for guiding automated action

Computer-based representations and reasoning methods for engaging users in goal-oriented conversations

Intelligent user assistance facility

Intelligent user assistance facility for a software program

Decision-theoretic regulation for allocating computational resources among components of multimedia content to improve fidelity

Intelligent user assistance facility for a software program

Methods and apparatus for classifying text and for building a text classifier

Intelligent user assistance facility

Apparatus and methods for optimally using available computer resources for task execution during idle-time based on probabilistic assessment of future task instances

Goal-driven information interpretation and extraction system

Apparatus and methods for optimally using available computer resources for task execution during idle-time for future task instances exhibiting incremental value with computation

On-line help method and system utilizing free text query

Multi-level decision-analytic approach to failure and repair in human-computer interactions

Methods and apparatus for retrieving and/or processing retrieved information as a function of a user&#39;s estimated knowledge

Integration of a computer-based message priority system with mobile electronic devices

Methods and apparatus for implementing transmissive display devices

System and method for creating a new data structure in memory populated with data from an existing data structure

System and methods for constructing personalized context-sensitive portal pages or views by analyzing patterns of users&#39; information access activities

Methods for routing items for communications based on a measure of criticality

Methods for routing items for communications based on a measure of criticality

Controlling the listening horizon of an automatic speech recognition system for use in handsfree conversational dialogue

Computational architecture for managing the transmittal and rendering of information, alerts, and notifications

Modulating the behavior of an animated character to reflect beliefs inferred about a user&#39;s desire for automated services

Learning by observing a user&#39;s activity for enhancing the provision of automated services

Waiting prior to engaging in action for enhancement of automated service

Apparatus and methods for optimally allocating currently available computer resources to future task instances versus continued execution of current task instances

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC

Client computing device health-related suggestions

Recommendations for health benefit resources

Computing system for identifying health risk regions

HORVITZ ERIC

Routing, alerting, and transportation guidance based on preferences and learned or inferred risks and desirabilities

Integrating specialized knowledge sources into a general search service

BOHUS DAN

Computational models for supporting situated interactions in multi-user scenarios

Technique which utilizes a probabilistic classifier to detect "junk" e-mail by automatically updating a training and re-training the classifier based on the updated training set

System and methods for constructing personalized context-sensitive portal pages or views by analyzing patterns of users' information access activities

System and methods for constructing personalized context-sensitive portal pages or views by analyzing patterns of users' information access activities

System and method for identifying and establishing preferred modalities or channels for communications based on participants' preferences and contexts

Methods and apparatus for retrieving and/or processing retrieved information as a function of a user's estimated knowledge

System and methods for constructing personalized context-sensitive portal pages or views by analyzing patterns of users' information access activities

Modulating the behavior of an animated character to reflect beliefs inferred about a user's desire for automated services

Learning by observing a user's activity for enhancing the provision of automated services