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Hugh Evan Williams
Also filed as: WILLIAMS HUGH · WILLIAMS HUGH E · WILLIAMS HUGH EVAN
39 granted patents·12 pending applications·324 citations·filing 2005–2020
97Inventor score
Files withMICROSOFT CORP14EBAY INC12MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC3PAYPAL INC3CRASWELL NICHOLAS ERIC2
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51 records- 0196US7664739B2Object search ui and dragging object resultsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 16, 2010·64 cites·18 claims
- 0291US8402031B2Determining entity popularity using search queriesGOVANI TABREEZ·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 19, 2013·34 cites·20 claims
- 0391US7774339B2Using search trails to provide enhanced search interactionMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 10, 2010·31 cites·16 claims
- 0489US10630805B2Single action upload of images from a mobile deviceEBAY INC·Filed 2018·Granted Apr 21, 2020·4 cites·20 claims
- 0589US10104197B2Single click upload of images from a mobile deviceEBAY INC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 16, 2018·5 cites·18 claims
- 0688US9538149B2On-line community network of setsEBAY INC·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 3, 2017·7 cites·16 claims
- 0788US7827191B2Discovering web-based multimedia using search toolbar dataMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 2, 2010·19 cites·16 claims
- 0886US9552601B2Presenting information for containers in search resultsEBAY INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 24, 2017·5 cites·14 claims
- 0986US7822774B2Using link structure for suggesting related queriesMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 26, 2010·13 cites·9 claims
- 1085US9792375B2Composite search resultsPAYPAL INC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 17, 2017·4 cites·16 claims
- 1183US8803882B2Identifying on a graphical depiction candidate points and top-moving queriesLAM ANDY·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 12, 2014·16 cites·13 claims
- 1283US8255873B2Handling external content in web applicationsLAZIER ARI·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 28, 2012·18 cites·18 claims
- 1382US9852458B2Building containers of uncategorized itemsEBAY INC·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 26, 2017·3 cites·20 claims
- 1481US8150841B2Detecting spiking queriesMEYERS CHRISTOPHER AVERY·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 3, 2012·10 cites·20 claims
- 1580US10872364B2Building containers of uncategorized itemsEBAY INC·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 22, 2020·1 cites·20 claims
- 1680US10496350B2Handling external content in web applicationsLAZIER ARI·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 3, 2019·8 cites·14 claims
- 1780US8909652B2Determining entity popularity using search queriesMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 9, 2014·5 cites·13 claims
- 1879US9582823B2Metadata refinement using behavioral patternsEBAY INC·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 28, 2017·2 cites·16 claims
- 1979US8583670B2Query suggestions for no result web searchesCAMERON MICHAEL·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 12, 2013·18 cites·9 claims
- 2078US9384286B2Composite search resultsPAYPAL INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 5, 2016·4 cites·13 claims
- 2176US8239372B2Using link structure for suggesting related queriesCRASWELL NICHOLAS ERIC·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 7, 2012·4 cites·17 claims
- 2275US10115136B2Building containers of uncategorized items at multiple locationsGHATARE SANJAY PUNDLKRAO·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 30, 2018·2 cites·20 claims
- 2375US8005857B2Object search UI and dragging object resultsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 23, 2011·6 cites·18 claims
- 2474US8244750B2Related search queries for a webpage and their applicationsGADE KRISHNA CHAITANYA·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 14, 2012·10 cites·7 claims
- 2572US11734736B2Building containers of uncategorized itemsEBAY INC·Filed 2020·Granted Aug 22, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 2672US8503523B2Forming a representation of a video item and use thereofWILLIAMS HUGH E·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 6, 2013·13 cites·20 claims
- 2771US9881067B2Metadata refinement using behavioral patternsEBAY INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 30, 2018·1 cites·20 claims
- 2869US8280918B2Using link structure for suggesting related queriesCRASWELL NICHOLAS ERIC·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 2, 2012·2 cites·20 claims
- 2968US8510262B2Promoting websites based on locationAGGARWAL AMIT·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 13, 2013·4 cites·12 claims
- 3064US2017132298A1Presenting information for containers in search resultsEBAY INC·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
- 3163US8239399B2Providing tools for navigational search query resultsGOVANI TABREEZ·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 7, 2012·4 cites·20 claims
- 3260US8959104B2Presenting query suggestions based upon content itemsLAZIER ARIEL J·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 17, 2015·3 cites·19 claims
- 3360US8543592B2Related URLs for task-oriented query resultsAGRAWAL NITIN·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 24, 2013·1 cites·14 claims
- 3460US8103967B2Generating and organizing references to online contentLAZIER ARIEL J·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 24, 2012·3 cites·17 claims
- 3558US10754903B2Composite search resultsPAYPAL INC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 25, 2020·0 cites·17 claims
- 3658US10331691B2Metadata refinement using behavioral patternsEBAY INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 25, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 3756US2014358714A1Button enhancement for proxy biddingEBAY INC·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 3854US10853374B2Using user feedback to rank search resultsMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Dec 1, 2020·0 cites·20 claims
- 3954US9275158B2Related URLs for task-oriented query resultsMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 1, 2016·0 cites·19 claims
- 4053US9569540B2Related URLs for task-oriented query resultsMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 14, 2017·0 cites·20 claims
- 4151US2013297584A1Promoting websites based on locationMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 4250US2009157612A1User-created search results in an incentive schemeMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 4350US2009150784A1User interface for previewing video itemsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 4446US2010146012A1Previewing search results for suggested refinement terms and vertical searchesMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 4546US2009299964A1Presenting search queries related to navigational search queriesMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 4644US2007266001A1Presentation of duplicate and near duplicate search resultsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 4744US2008208831A1Controlling search indexingMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 4844US2009198676A1Indexing Documents for Information RetrievalMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 4942US8572112B2Syndicating search queries using web advertisingWILLIAMS HUGH EVAN·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 29, 2013·0 cites·14 claims
- 5035US2012173553A1Systems and methods for attribute-based search filteringJOHANSSON JOHAN·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
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