Erik W Selberg, 525730 38Th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105

7660791, Feb 9, 2010

Feb 28, 2005

11/066297

Erik W. Selberg - Seattle WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30
G06F 17/00

707 5, 707 10, 707100

A system and method are provided for determining document relevance determination to a selected category for a document contained within a linked network of documents. The network may be represented by a network map including nodes representing documents and edges representing links between the documents. The method may include identifying each node in the network map known to belong to the selected category, identifying each node known to be outside of the selected category, and identifying nodes having an unknown category. The method may also include assigning a category rank based on the node category identification, identifying each link from each node and each link to each node, and assigning link weights based on the identified links. The method may additionally include determining node relevance to the selected category based on the assigned category rank and the assigned link weights. An origination domain and a destination domain for each link may be determined such that link weights are assigned for both incoming and outgoing links for each node.

7748030, Jun 29, 2010

Jun 27, 2003

10/608278

Erik W. Selberg - Seattle WA, US
Qin Cai - Sammamish WA, US
David B. Hedbor - Plano TX, US
Chelsea C. Krueger - Bellevue WA, US

RealNetworks, Inc. - Seattle WA

G06F 17/30

726 7, 726 2, 705 59, 713165

Systems and methods for packaging, delivery, and use of digital content. In one embodiment, a license matrix is created and used for evaluating the license rights applicable to a requested use of a content item. The license matrix can comprise a plurality of licenses grouped in license chains, and each license can include a set of entitlement rules and a set of grants. A license chain can be associated with an identifier corresponding to a use of content. In another embodiment, it is provided a method of packaging unsecured content for secured delivery over a computer network. In yet another embodiment, a system and method are provided for applying digital management rules to a content item at the time a user requests a use of the content item. In some embodiments, systems and methods allow evaluation of a requested use against a group of licenses to determine the applicable license rights for the requested use.

7792813, Sep 7, 2010

Aug 31, 2007

11/848980

Erik Warren Selberg - Seattle WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 17/30

707706, 707708, 707721, 707723

Methods, systems, and computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform methods for identifying and presenting the “best” answer to a given search query as it relates to a particular user based upon that user's behavior are provided. Upon receipt of a search query and determination of the search result items satisfying the query, it is determined whether the user has executed the same or substantially similar search in the past and, if so, if there is a particular one of the search result items that s/he has a tendency to select when the search result items are presented. If a particular result is frequently selected, that result is prominently presented (e. g. , highlighted, display with a border, displayed in a different font than other results, or the like) among the search result items making it easier for the user to quickly identify the desired result.

7831425, Nov 9, 2010

Dec 15, 2005

11/300735

Alejandro Acero - Bellevue WA, US
Asela J. Gunawardana - Seattle WA, US
Ciprian I. Chelba - Seattle WA, US
Erik W. Selberg - Seattle WA, US
Frank Torsten B. Seide - Beijing, CN
Patrick Nguyen - Seattle WA, US
Roger Peng Yu - Beijing, CN

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G10L 15/04
G10L 15/00
G10L 15/28

704251, 704231, 704252, 704253, 704255

A computer-implemented method of indexing a speech lattice for search of audio corresponding to the speech lattice is provided. The method includes identifying at least two speech recognition hypotheses for a word which have time ranges satisfying a criteria. The method further includes merging the at least two speech recognition hypotheses to generate a merged speech recognition hypothesis for the word.

8463770, Jun 11, 2013

Jul 9, 2008

12/170195

Srikanth Thirumalai - Clyde Hill WA, US
Erik W. Selberg - Seattle WA, US

Amazon Technologies, Inc. - Reno NV

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

707722, 707692, 707749, 707797

Various embodiments of a system and method for conditioning search results are described. The system and method for conditioning search results may include a search result conditioning component. The search result conditioning component may be configured to determine a search result group including multiple search results each corresponding to an item offered for sale; such search results may be results of a search query. The search result conditioning component may be configure to modify the search result group by removing one or more search results from the search result group in response to determining that a measure of similarity between the one or more search results and other search results of the search result group is greater than a requisite measure of similarity (e. g. , a threshold). The search result conditioning component may be configured to output the modified search result group.

2005010, May 19, 2005

Apr 30, 2004

10/836646

Scott Jarol - Seattle WA, US
Erik Selberg - Seattle WA, US
Randy Meyerson - Seattle WA, US
Qin Cai - Sammamish WA, US
Chelsea Krueger - Bellevue WA, US
David Hedbor - Issaquah WA, US

G06F017/60

705059000

In accordance with at least one aspect of the present invention, a content provider functions as a content rights broker facilitating the acquisition of content item consumption rights from one or more licensing or rights provisioning authorities on behalf of consumers, based upon configurable business rules logic used by the content provider to derive appropriate sets of rights based upon a content item to be consumed.

2006017, Aug 3, 2006

Feb 3, 2005

11/048719

Eric Watson - Redmond WA, US
Erik Selberg - Seattle WA, US
Nicole Hamilton - Redmond WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 17/30

707003000

A method and system are provided for determining a query monetization value and optimizing results based on the determined monetization value. A system may be provided that includes implementing a search engine for producing search results in response to an input query transmitted to the search engine, wherein the input query including at least one keyword. The system may include monetization determination components for determining a monetization value of the input query. The monetization components may also determine a monetization value of result pages produced by the search engine. The system may further include result modification components for modifying search results produced by the search engine based on the determined monetization values.

6102969, Aug 15, 2000

May 12, 1999

9/310899

David Christianson - Seattle WA
Robert B. Doorenbos - Seattle WA
Oren Etzioni - Seattle WA
Chung Kwok - Seattle WA
Gregory Lauckhart - Seattle WA
Erik Selberg - Seattle WA
Daniel S. Weld - Seattle WA

Netbot, Inc. - Seattle WA

G06F 1730

717 8

This invention provides assistance to a user in accessing network attached information sources. In one aspect, the invention is a method for intelligently routing a user query to information sources relevant to that query, extracting relevant data fields from received responses, and intelligently presenting the extracted data in order of estimated relevance. The system of this invention implements one or more steps of the method in a centralized or distributed manner on one or more network attached computers. Further, this invention provides a novel language and implementation that facilitates easily written and maintained descriptions of information source query and response formats.