Inventor · Redmond, WA, US

Eric B. Watson

36Patents
15h-index
48Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 2, 1998 → Dec 29, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6978264B2 System and method for performing a search and a browse on a query Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 191 Expired
US7136845B2 System and method for query refinement to enable improved searching based on identifying and utilizing popular concepts related to users' queries Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 73 Expired
US7472113B1 Query preprocessing and pipelining Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 55 Expired
US7702681B2 Query-by-image search and retrieval system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Active
US7349901B2 Search engine spam detection using external data Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US7596615B2 Multi-server automated redundant service configuration Physics 37 Active
US7747611B1 Systems and methods for enhancing search query results Physics 37 Expired
US7873153B2 Priority task list Electricity 33 Active
US7761809B2 Targeted user interface fall-through Physics 33 Active
US7249319B1 Smartly formatted print in toolbar Physics 31 Expired
US7346613B2 System and method for a unified and blended search Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US7444327B2 System and method for automated optimization of search result relevance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US8719627B2 Cross-cloud computing for capacity management and disaster recovery Physics 25 Active
US7571349B2 Configuration replication for system recovery and migration Physics 20 Active
US7660792B2 System and method for spam identification Physics 16 Expired
US8341017B2 System and method for optimizing search result listings Physics 15 Active
US7756864B2 System and method for performing a search and a browse on a query Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US7899892B2 Management of extensibility servers and applications Electricity 11 Active
US7483885B2 System and method for query refinement to enable improved searching based on identifying and utilizing popular concepts related to users' queries Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US8738606B2 Query generation using environment configuration Physics 10 Active
US8239377B2 Systems and methods for enhancing search query results Physics 10 Active
US7853945B2 Integrated computer server imaging Physics 9 Active
US7694294B2 Task template update based on task usage pattern Physics 9 Active
US7937340B2 Automated satisfaction measurement for web search Physics 8 Expired
US7571161B2 System and method for auto-sensed search help Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.