Patents by Inventor Colin R. Goodall

Colin R. Goodall 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: 9519712
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to evaluate a search engine using search results retrieved from a plurality of different search engines. For example, a controller can randomly distribute a set of pre-formulated queries to a plurality of computers to query the search engines at random times to obtain search results and combine the search results to evaluate the completeness of a query result provided by a particular search engine. The controller may simulate the random queries from users using a set of computers and may reduce the burden on the search engines by spreading out the query activities over a period of time, such as a month.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Colin R. Goodall, Sylvia Halasz, Wen-Ling Hsu, Guy Joseph Jacobson, Ritu Kumar, Bradley Keith Mohs, Ann E. Skudlark
  • Publication number: 20100174736
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to evaluate a search engine using search results retrieved from a plurality of different search engines. For example, a controller can randomly distribute a set of pre-formulated queries to a plurality of computers to query the search engines at random times to obtain search results and combine the search results to evaluate the completeness of a query result provided by a particular search engine. The controller may simulate the random queries from users using a set of computers and may reduce the burden on the search engines by spreading out the query activities over a period of time, such as a month.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicants: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T INTERACTIVE
    Inventors: Colin R. GOODALL, Sylvia HALASZ, Wen-Ling HSU, Guy Joseph JACOBSON, Ritu KUMAR, Bradley Keith MOHS, Ann E. SKUDLARK
  • Publication number: 20100057560
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for predicting customer response to content and selecting content for delivery to particular customers in accordance with the predictions. As information is delivered to and received from a plurality of customers over multiple communication channels, data streams representing communications between providers and customers are analyzed and selected data extracted therefrom. Linkages are created between data collected from the different channels and data are anonymized. The data are analyzed to create a customer response predictor for each customer that models customer behavior and predicts customer response to advertisements. As content, such as advertisements, are to be delivered to a destination, information from a predictor created using data collected from a customer associated with the destination is used to select appropriate content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: AT&T Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Ann Skudlark, Pradeep Bansal, Carroll W. Creswell, Colin R. Goodall, Guy J. Jacobson, Andrea Skarra, Christopher Volinsky, James W. Watson