Patents by Inventor Ido Dan

Ido Dan 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).

  • User interface for conducting a search directed by a hierarchy-free set of topics
    Patent number: 7502783
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, and a software product for directing a search aided by a set of topics, the topics not necessarily having a hierarchy. Each topic is attached to at least one information item of a plurality of information items, such as a Web page identified by a URL. The method includes identifying one or more information items of the plurality of information items, and determining one or more suggested topics from the set of topics according to the attachments of the suggested topics to the identified information items, and providing search results to the user including at least some of the identified information items and at least one of the suggested topics. Selecting one of the suggested topics generates a new set of suggested topics, such that a hierarchy of topics is formed on the fly for a particular search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Inventors: Eran Palmon, Frank Smadja, Ofer Ben-Shachar, Ido Dan, Guy Tavor
  • User interface for conducting a search directed by a hierarchy-free set of topics
    Publication number: 20060059143
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, and a software product for directing a search aided by a set of topics, the topics not necessarily having a hierarchy. Each topic is attached to at least one information item of a plurality of information items, such as a Web page identified by a URL. The method includes identifying one or more information items of the plurality of information items, and determining one or more suggested topics from the set of topics according to the attachments of the suggested topics to the identified information items, and providing search results to the user including at least some of the identified information items and at least one of the suggested topics. Selecting one of the suggested topics generates a new set of suggested topics, such that a hierarchy of topics is formed on the fly for a particular search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Eran Palmon, Frank Smadja, Ofer Ben-Shachar, Ido Dan, Guy Tavor