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Susan T. Dumais
Also filed as: DUMAIS SUSAN · DUMAIS SUSAN T · DUMAIS SUSAN THERESA
66 granted patents·34 pending applications·5,421 citations·filing 1988–2025
99Inventor score
Files withMICROSOFT CORP53MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC13DUMAIS SUSAN T6TEEVAN JAIME3WHITE RYEN W3
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100 records- 0199US6161130ATechnique 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 setMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Dec 12, 2000·1.3k cites·65 claims
- 0298US6192360B1Methods and apparatus for classifying text and for building a text classifierMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 20, 2001·600 cites·44 claims
- 0397US7703040B2Local search engine user interfaceMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 20, 2010·105 cites·17 claims
- 0497US7693817B2Sensing, storing, indexing, and retrieving data leveraging measures of user activity, attention, and interestMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 6, 2010·70 cites·17 claims
- 0597US7293019B2Principles and methods for personalizing newsfeeds via an analysis of information novelty and dynamicsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 6, 2007·182 cites·39 claims
- 0697US7225187B2Systems and methods for performing background queries from content and activityMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted May 29, 2007·167 cites·35 claims
- 0797US7162473B2Method and system for usage analyzer that determines user accessed sources, indexes data subsets, and associated metadata, processing implicit queries based on potential interest to usersMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 9, 2007·395 cites·26 claims
- 0896US6188405B1Methods, apparatus and data structures for providing a user interface, which exploits spatial memory, to objectsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 13, 2001·395 cites·63 claims
- 0995US7970721B2Learning and reasoning from web projectionsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 28, 2011·52 cites·19 claims
- 1095US6243093B1Methods, apparatus and data structures for providing a user interface, which exploits spatial memory in three-dimensions, to objects and which visually groups matching objectsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Jun 5, 2001·297 cites·13 claims
- 1194US7984169B2Anonymous and secure network-based interactionMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 19, 2011·33 cites·12 claims
- 1294US7089226B1System, representation, and method providing multilevel information retrieval with clarification dialogMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 8, 2006·122 cites·38 claims
- 1394US4839853AComputer information retrieval using latent semantic structureBELL COMMUNICATIONS RES·Filed 1988·Granted Jun 13, 1989·826 cites·11 claims
- 1493US8122021B2Domain expertise determinationWHITE RYEN W·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 21, 2012·25 cites·20 claims
- 1593US7454393B2Cost-benefit approach to automatically composing answers to questions by extracting information from large unstructured corporaMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 18, 2008·67 cites·47 claims
- 1693US7107254B1Probablistic models and methods for combining multiple content classifiersMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 12, 2006·97 cites·30 claims
- 1792US7761464B2Diversifying search results for improved search and personalizationMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 20, 2010·36 cites·17 claims
- 1891US8626136B2Architecture for user- and context-specific prefetching and caching of information on portable devicesOZZIE RAYMOND E·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 7, 2014·22 cites·20 claims
- 1991US8239227B2Executive reportingMEGIDDO ERAN·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 7, 2012·35 cites·19 claims
- 2091US7552862B2User-controlled profile sharingMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 30, 2009·27 cites·19 claims
- 2191US7516113B2Cost-benefit approach to automatically composing answers to questions by extracting information from large unstructured corporaMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 7, 2009·19 cites·20 claims
- 2289US8725567B2Targeted advertising in brick-and-mortar establishmentsHUANG XUEDONG D·Filed 2006·Granted May 13, 2014·37 cites·18 claims
- 2389US7822762B2Entity-specific search modelMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 26, 2010·23 cites·16 claims
- 2489US7716054B2Activity-ware for non-textual objectsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2007·Granted May 11, 2010·22 cites·17 claims
- 2588US8719249B2Query classificationBENNETT PAUL N·Filed 2009·Granted May 6, 2014·23 cites·20 claims
- 2688US7363282B2Search system using user behavior dataMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 22, 2008·61 cites·15 claims
- 2788US7051014B2Utilizing information redundancy to improve text searchesMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2003·Granted May 23, 2006·60 cites·61 claims
- 2887US8402024B2Domain expertise determinationWHITE RYEN W·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 19, 2013·7 cites·19 claims
- 2987US7739215B2Cost-benefit approach to automatically composing answers to questions by extracting information from large unstructured corporaMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 15, 2010·21 cites·20 claims
- 3087US7152057B2Utilizing information redundancy to improve text searchesMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 19, 2006·24 cites·18 claims
- 3186US9330191B2Identifying changes for online documentsTEEVAN JAIME·Filed 2009·Granted May 3, 2016·17 cites·20 claims
- 3286US7997485B2Content presentation based on user preferencesMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 16, 2011·13 cites·19 claims
- 3385US9424354B2Providing crowdsourced answers to information needs presented by search engine and social networking application usersMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 23, 2016·8 cites·20 claims
- 3485US8700544B2Functionality for personalizing search resultsSONTAG DAVID A·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 15, 2014·14 cites·20 claims
- 3585US8458349B2Anonymous and secure network-based interactionBRUNELL BRADLY A·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 4, 2013·11 cites·20 claims
- 3684US10290125B2Constructing a graph that facilitates provision of exploratory suggestionsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2014·Granted May 14, 2019·7 cites·20 claims
- 3784US9020936B2Using categorical metadata to rank search resultsSVORE KRYSTA MARIE·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 28, 2015·14 cites·20 claims
- 3884US8260789B2System and method for authority value obtained by defining ranking functions related to weight and confidence valueDUMAIS SUSAN T·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 4, 2012·10 cites·20 claims
- 3982US11636394B2Differentiable user-item co-clusteringMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Apr 25, 2023·2 cites·20 claims
- 4082US11386105B2Automatic identification and contextual reformulation of implicit device-related queriesMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 12, 2022·3 cites·14 claims
- 4182US9069872B2Relating web page change with revisitation patternsADAR EYTAN·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 30, 2015·6 cites·20 claims
- 4282US8930357B2Domain expertise determinationMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 6, 2015·4 cites·19 claims
- 4381US8317097B2Content presentation based on user preferencesFLAKE GARY W·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 27, 2012·5 cites·18 claims
- 4480US9268864B2Domain expertise determinationMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 23, 2016·3 cites·20 claims
- 4579US9361387B2Context-based servicesDUMAIS SUSAN T·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 7, 2016·7 cites·20 claims
- 4679US7590619B2Search system using user behavior dataMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 15, 2009·40 cites·14 claims
- 4778US10037367B2Modeling actions, consequences and goal achievement from social media and other digital tracesMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 31, 2018·2 cites·10 claims
- 4877US10067920B2Identifying changes for online documentsMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Sep 4, 2018·2 cites·20 claims
- 4977US7873620B2Desktop search from mobile deviceMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 18, 2011·8 cites·19 claims
- 5076US9244931B2Time-aware ranking adapted to a search engine applicationRADINSKY KIRA·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 26, 2016·4 cites·20 claims
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