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Michael J. Hopcroft
Also filed as: HOPCROFT MICHAEL · HOPCROFT MICHAEL J · HOPCROFT MICHAEL JOSEPH
36 granted patents·4 pending applications·1,257 citations·filing 1991–2022
98Inventor score
Files withMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC15MICROSOFT CORP9RISVIK KNUT MAGNE7XEROX CORP6SILICON GRAPHICS INC2
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40 records- 0197US6874143B1Architectures for and methods of providing network-based software extensionsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 29, 2005·209 cites·37 claims
- 0292US7346848B1Single window navigation methods and systemsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 18, 2008·77 cites·80 claims
- 0392US5321770AMethod for determining boundaries of words in textXEROX CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Jun 14, 1994·178 cites·15 claims
- 0491US9424351B2Hybrid-distribution model for search engine indexesRISVIK KNUT MAGNE·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 23, 2016·15 cites·20 claims
- 0590US10467215B2Matching documents using a bit vector search indexMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Nov 5, 2019·7 cites·20 claims
- 0689US10229143B2Storage and retrieval of data from a bit vector search indexMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 12, 2019·8 cites·20 claims
- 0789US8713024B2Efficient forward ranking in a search engineRISVIK KNUT MAGNE·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 29, 2014·14 cites·14 claims
- 0889US7818677B2Single window navigation methods and systemsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 19, 2010·51 cites·13 claims
- 0988US10242071B2Preliminary ranker for scoring matching documentsMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 26, 2019·6 cites·20 claims
- 1088US7392522B2Architectures for and methods of providing network-based software extensionsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 24, 2008·48 cites·17 claims
- 1188US6249604B1Method for determining boundaries of words in textXEROX CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Jun 19, 2001·132 cites·15 claims
- 1286US6154215AMethod and apparatus for maintaining multiple representations of a same scene in computer generated graphicsSILICON GRAPHICS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 28, 2000·95 cites·35 claims
- 1385US7624356B1Task-sensitive methods and systems for displaying command setsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 24, 2009·33 cites·43 claims
- 1485US7512896B2Task-sensitive methods and systems for displaying command setsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 31, 2009·32 cites·4 claims
- 1583US10437892B2Efficient forward ranking in a search engineMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 8, 2019·5 cites·20 claims
- 1683US8620907B2Matching funnel for large document indexRISVIK KNUT MAGNE·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 31, 2013·8 cites·20 claims
- 1783US7610562B2Task-sensitive methods and systems for displaying command setsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 27, 2009·28 cites·14 claims
- 1882US7712048B2Task-sensitive methods and systems for displaying command setsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted May 4, 2010·25 cites·12 claims
- 1980US11392568B2Reducing matching documents for a search queryMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 19, 2022·3 cites·20 claims
- 2077US10565198B2Bit vector search index using shardsMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 18, 2020·2 cites·12 claims
- 2175US8478704B2Decomposable ranking for efficient precomputing that selects preliminary ranking features comprising static ranking features and dynamic atom-isolated componentsRISVIK KNUT MAGNE·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 2, 2013·3 cites·9 claims
- 2274US5687253AMethod for comparing word shapesXEROX CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Nov 11, 1997·66 cites·46 claims
- 2371US5557689AOptical word recognition by examination of word shapeXEROX CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 17, 1996·89 cites·13 claims
- 2468US6359629B1Backface primitives cullingSILICON GRAPHICS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 19, 2002·55 cites·48 claims
- 2567US11748324B2Reducing matching documents for a search queryMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Sep 5, 2023·0 cites·17 claims
- 2667US11281639B2Match fix-up to remove matching documentsMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 22, 2022·1 cites·18 claims
- 2767US5640466AMethod of deriving wordshapes for subsequent comparisonXEROX CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Jun 17, 1997·49 cites·41 claims
- 2866US10733164B2Updating a bit vector search indexMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 4, 2020·1 cites·20 claims
- 2966US8626781B2Priority hash indexRISVIK KNUT MAGNE·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 7, 2014·2 cites·10 claims
- 3065US11803596B2Efficient forward ranking in a search engineMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Oct 31, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 3165US9195745B2Dynamic query master agent for query executionRISVIK KNUT MAGNE·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 24, 2015·2 cites·20 claims
- 3263US9529908B2Tiering of posting lists in search engine indexRISVIK KNUT MAGNE·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 27, 2016·1 cites·21 claims
- 3360US11030201B2Preliminary ranker for scoring matching documentsMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 8, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 3460US9507610B2Task-sensitive methods and systems for displaying command setsROCKEY ERIC S·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 29, 2016·1 cites·20 claims
- 3558US2017075704A1Task-Sensitive Methods and Systems for Displaying Command SetsMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
- 3654US8805755B2Decomposable ranking for efficient precomputingMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 12, 2014·0 cites·20 claims
- 3751US2017083553A1Tiering of posting lists in search engine indexMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
- 3840US2016378804A1Bit vector row trimming and augmentation for matching documentsMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
- 3939US6373997B1Coarse and fine skew measurementXEROX CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Apr 16, 2002·11 cites·19 claims
- 4039US2016378803A1Bit vector search indexMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
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