Patents by Inventor Adrian D. Corduneanu

Adrian D. Corduneanu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8938463
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to ranking search results of a search query. In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a computer-implemented method that includes: receiving multiple features, including a first feature indicative of presentation bias that affects document result selection for search results presented in a user interface of a document search service; obtaining, based on the multiple features, information regarding document result selections for searches performed using the document search service; generating a prior model using the information, the prior model representing a background probability of document result selection given values of the multiple features; and outputting the prior model to a ranking engine for ranking of search results to reduce influence of the presentation bias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Hyung-Jin Kim, Adrian D. Corduneanu