Inventor · Redmond, WA, US

William D. Ramsey

43Patents
14h-index
57Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 3, 1989 → Feb 25, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7584093B2 Method and system for generating spelling suggestions Physics 335 Active
US5628351A Method for automated refuelling Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 59 Expired
US10162817B2 Computer messaging bot creation Electricity 58 Active
US5609190A Automated refueling system Performing Operations; Transporting 43 Expired
US10013980B2 Combined menu-based and natural-language-based communication with chatbots Electricity 38 Active
US5634503A Automated refuelling system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US7606700B2 Adaptive task framework Physics 26 Expired
US8041709B2 Domain collapsing of search results Physics 26 Active
US7822699B2 Adaptive semantic reasoning engine Physics 22 Active
US5644119A Customer interface for driver Physics 22 Expired
US8027832B2 Efficient language identification Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Active
US7933914B2 Automatic task creation and execution using browser helper objects Physics 20 Active
US7627466B2 Natural language interface for driving adaptive scenarios Physics 15 Active
US7593845B2 Method and apparatus for identifying semantic structures from text Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US7861222B2 Discoscript: a simplified distributed computing scripting language Physics 13 Active
US7831585B2 Employment of task framework for advertising Physics 12 Expired
US7996783B2 Widget searching utilizing task framework Physics 10 Active
US7617093B2 Authoring speech grammars Physics 9 Active
US7328199B2 Componentized slot-filling architecture Physics 8 Expired
US8706725B2 Ranking contextual signals for search personalization Physics 7 Active
US5045649A Self-adjusting slide assembly for weight on gear switch Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Expired
US7840585B2 DISCOSQL: distributed processing of structured queries Physics 4 Active
US7620634B2 Ranking functions using an incrementally-updatable, modified naïve bayesian query classifier Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US7454344B2 Language model architecture Physics 3 Active
US7831911B2 Spell checking system including a phonetic speller Physics 3 Active

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