PAUL ALISTAIR MARITZ
Pilots at Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA

8126888, Feb 28, 2012

Dec 12, 2007

12/001994

Jonathan L. Herlocker - Seattle WA, US
Thomas G. Dietterich - Corvallis OR, US
John B. Forbes - Seattle WA, US
Paul Maritz - Mercer Island WA, US

DECHO, Corporation - Seattle WA

G06F 17/30

707732, 707705, 707723, 707736, 707749

Methods for using task-related information to enhance digital searching are provided. A task-oriented user activity system maintains task-related information about resources accessed by a user and current user task. This task-related information is used to enhance search results by filtering and ranking results to increase relevance with respect to a user's current task. The task-related information can also be used to include task-related metadata in search engine index, e. g. , by storing the metadata in the index or by storing it in resources which are subsequently indexed. Task-related information can also be used to enhance search results by enhancing search queries to include task-related search criteria.

2009015, Jun 18, 2009

Dec 12, 2007

12/001987

Jonathan L. Herlocker - Seattle WA, US
Thomas G. Dietterich - Corvallis OR, US
John B. Forbes - Seattle WA, US
Paul Maritz - Mercer Island WA, US

G06F 17/30

707 3, 707E17108

Methods for using task-related information to enhance digital searching are provided. A task-oriented user activity system maintains task-related information about resources accessed by a user and current user task. This task-related information is used to enhance search queries to include task-related search criteria that improve relevance of search results. The task-related information can also be used to include task-related metadata in search engine index, e.g., by storing the metadata in the index or by storing it in resources which are subsequently indexed. Task-related information can also be used to enhance search results by filtering and ranking results to increase relevance with respect to a user's current task.

2008017, Jul 24, 2008

Jan 22, 2007

11/656894

John B. Forbes - Seattle WA, US
Paul Maritz - Mercer Island WA, US
Jonathan L. Herlocker - Seattle WA, US

G06F 17/30, G06F 9/46

707 5, 718101

A method for automatically presenting digital content to a user of a computer computes task-related metadata from data which may include i) a most recent event record, ii) a most recent specification received from the user of a task being performed by the user, iii) an automatic prediction of the current task being executed by the user, iii) past event records and associated task identifiers stored in a database and/or iv) content in resources associated with a given task. The task-related metadata is communicated to a digital content service provider. Digital content relevant to the user based on the task-related metadata is then selected, sent to the computer, and presented to the user. Rules and filters control the metadata going out and the content coming in, allowing automatic adaptation based on the current task, characteristics of the content, and other factors.

8117198, Feb 14, 2012

Dec 12, 2007

12/001988

Jonathan L. Herlocker - Seattle WA, US
Thomas G. Dietterich - Corvallis OR, US
John B. Forbes - Seattle WA, US
Paul Maritz - Mercer Island WA, US

Decho Corporation - Seattle WA

G06F 17/30

707732, 707707, 707720, 707766

Methods for using task-related information to enhance digital searching are provided. A task-oriented user activity system maintains task-related information about resources accessed by a user and current user task. This task-related information is used to include task-related metadata in search engine index, e. g. , by storing the metadata in the index or by storing it in resources which are subsequently indexed. Task-related information can also be used to enhance search results by filtering and ranking results to increase relevance with respect to a user's current task and/or to enhance search queries to include task-related search criteria.