Computational systems and methods for identifying a communications partner

US9159055B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Elwha LLC · US

Inventors

• Marc E. Davis · San Francisco, US
• Matthew G. Dyor · Bellevue, US
• William Gates · Redmond, US
• Xuedong Huang · Bellevue, US
• Roderick A. Hyde · Redmond, US
• Edward K.Y. Jung · Bellevue, US
• Jordin T. Kare · Seattle, US
• Royce A. Levien · Lexington, US
• Richard T. Lord · Gig Harbor, US
• Robert W. Lord · Seattle, US
• Qi Lu · Bellevue, US
• Mark A. Malamud · Seattle, US
• Nathan P. Myhrvold · Bellevue, US
• Satya Nadella · Clyde Hill, US
• Daniel Reed · Redmond, US
• Harry Shum · Bellevue, US
• Clarence T. Tegreene · Bellevue, US
• Lowell L. Wood, JR. · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 27, 2011
• Grant date: Oct 13, 2015
• Expiry date: Jan 31, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/01
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out accepting at least one social network message from at least one member of a network; disambiguating the at least one search term including associating the at least one search term with at least one of network-participation identifier data or device-identifier data; and presenting the sender profile in association with the at least one.