Rules for Navigating to Next Content in a Browser

Patent №

US 8,977,967

Granted

2015-03-10

Filed 2012

Owner

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

AI components

5

ml · nlp · kr · planning · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

13558704

In one or more embodiments, a flip ahead input, such as a gesture, provides touch users with an ability to easily navigate various websites. The flip ahead input can be utilized to advance to the next portion of relevant content. In at least some embodiments, the flip ahead input resides in the form of a forward swipe. In one or more embodiments, the flip ahead input is configured to be utilized in association with an aggregated browsing history from multiple users. The aggregated browsing history is analyzed to generate rules that are then downloaded to a client device and used by a suitably-configured web browser to ascertain the next portion of content when a flip ahead input is received.

AI classification

Natural language1.00
Knowledge representation1.00
Planning1.00
Machine learning0.98
AI hardware0.92
Evolutionary computation0.01
Vision0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

assignment · 286520471

Assignors

KIM, JANE T., BRAVENEC, JOHN B., CHOR, ANTHONY T., MOK, YI LANG, FEYESSA, HABTAMU M., BOWERS, SARAH J., STEVENS, WARREN G., MAUCERI, ROBERT J., JR., PATTEN, MICHAEL J., BUTCHER, AARON M., RAJVANSHY, VIKAS, SANCHEZ LOPEZ, JAIME MARTIN, +4 more

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