Patents by Inventor Jocelyn C. Lin
Jocelyn C. Lin 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).
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Patent number: 11301501Abstract: A method of generating search suggestions includes receiving an indication of a current location of the user device. After a user accesses a search function on the user device and before the user submits a search request, the method includes determining search results associated with locations in proximity to the current location of the user device, using query log data indicating selections of past search results by users after presentation of the past search results in response to respective past queries. The method also includes determining relative positioning of the search results based on the number of users that selected each search result, determining categories associated with the search results, grouping the search results by the determined categories; and sending the grouped search results and the one or more categories associated with the search results to the user device for display according to the determined relative positioning.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Amanda M. Moore, Alireza Ali, Michal R. Grabowski, Jocelyn C. Lin, Evan H. Parker
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Patent number: 10949468Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for dynamically generating indicators of entity locations on an electronic map corresponding, for example, to a suggested search request. In one aspect, a method includes providing an electronic map of a geographic area for display on a user interface, receiving a character string entered into the user interface, the character string representing a partial search query, determining a suggested search request based on the character string, and identifying an entity responsive to the suggested search request and a geographic location for the identified entity. An indicator identifying the geographic location of the entity is provided for display on the electronic map.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Michelle I-Ching Lee, Jocelyn C. Lin, Keekim Heng
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Publication number: 20200372052Abstract: A method of generating search suggestions includes receiving an indication of a current location of the user device. After a user accesses a search function on the user device and before the user submits a search request, the method includes determining search results associated with locations in proximity to the current location of the user device, using query log data indicating selections of past search results by users after presentation of the past search results in response to respective past queries. The method also includes determining relative positioning of the search results based on the number of users that selected each search result, determining categories associated with the search results, grouping the search results by the determined categories; and sending the grouped search results and the one or more categories associated with the search results to the user device for display according to the determined relative positioning.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Amanda M. Moore, Alireza Ali, Michal R. Grabowski, Jocelyn C. Lin, Evan H. Parker
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Patent number: 10740369Abstract: A method of generating search suggestions includes receiving an indication of a current location of the user device. After a user accesses a search function on the user device and before the user submits a search request, the method includes determining search results associated with locations in proximity to the current location of the user device, using query log data indicating selections of past search results by users after presentation of the past search results in response to respective past queries. The method also includes determining relative positioning of the search results based on the number of users that selected each search result, determining categories associated with the search results, grouping the search results by the determined categories; and sending the grouped search results and the one or more categories associated with the search results to the user device for display according to the determined relative positioning.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2017Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Amanda M. Moore, Alireza Ali, Michal Grabowski, Jocelyn C. Lin, Evan Parker
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Publication number: 20170308539Abstract: A method of generating search suggestions includes receiving an indication of a current location of the user device. After a user accesses a search function on the user device and before the user submits a search request, the method includes determining search results associated with locations in proximity to the current location of the user device, using query log data indicating selections of past search results by users after presentation of the past search results in response to respective past queries. The method also includes determining relative positioning of the search results based on the number of users that selected each search result, determining categories associated with the search results, grouping the search results by the determined categories; and sending the grouped search results and the one or more categories associated with the search results to the user device for display according to the determined relative positioning.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Amanda Marie Leicht, Alirez Ali, Michal Grabowski, Jocelyn C. Lin, Evan Parker
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Publication number: 20170132238Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for dynamically generating indicators of entity locations on an electronic map corresponding, for example, to a suggested search request. In one aspect, a method includes providing an electronic map of a geographic area for display on a user interface, receiving a character string entered into the user interface, the character string representing a partial search query, determining a suggested search request based on the character string, and identifying an entity responsive to the suggested search request and a geographic location for the identified entity. An indicator identifying the geographic location of the entity is provided for display on the electronic map.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2017Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Michelle I-Ching Lee, Jocelyn C. Lin, Keekim Heng
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Patent number: 9569560Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for dynamically generating indicators of entity locations on an electronic map corresponding, for example, to a suggested search request. In one aspect, a method includes providing an electronic map of a geographic area for display on a user interface, receiving a character string entered into the user interface, the character string representing a partial search query, determining a suggested search request based on the character string, and identifying an entity responsive to the suggested search request and a geographic location for the identified entity. An indicator identifying the geographic location of the entity is provided for display on the electronic map.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Michelle I-Ching Lee, Jocelyn C. Lin, Keekim Heng
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Publication number: 20160019230Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for dynamically generating indicators of entity locations on an electronic map corresponding, for example, to a suggested search request. In one aspect, a method includes providing an electronic map of a geographic area for display on a user interface, receiving a character string entered into the user interface, the character string representing a partial search query, determining a suggested search request based on the character string, and identifying an entity responsive to the suggested search request and a geographic location for the identified entity. An indicator identifying the geographic location of the entity is provided for display on the electronic map.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Michelle I-Ching Lee, Jocelyn C. Lin, Keekim Heng