Patents by Inventor Lawrence Wen-Kai Shih
Lawrence Wen-Kai Shih 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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Publication number: 20140026037Abstract: Techniques are described for creating personalized networked documents. A user request to create a web page element associated with the user and an indication of a topic to which content of the web page element is to relate is received. Content to be added to the web page element is automatically identified based on popularity of content related to the topic according to other users who share a demographic characteristic with the user. The web page element having the identified content is created.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2008Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Rachel Garb, Lawrence Wen-Kai Shih, Ryohei Takahashi
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Patent number: 8484343Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for ranking resources. One or more signals reporting one or more actions by the plurality of users related to a respective resource are received, where a reported action is a presentation of the respective resource, an addition of the respective resource, or a deletion of the respective resource. The reported actions include one or more short deletions of the respective resource. A respective long-addition click-through rate (LACTR) is determined for the respective resource based on a number of reported presentations of the respective resource and a difference between a number of reported additions of the respective resource and a number of short deletions of the respective resource. The plurality of resources are ranked based on the respective LACTRs for the plurality of resources. The ranking of the plurality of resources are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2012Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Wen-Kai Shih, Adam Sah, Daniel S. Tarlow, Beverly Yang, Ryohei Takahashi, Christopher Rohrs
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Patent number: 8468197Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for ranking resources. One or more signals reporting one or more actions by the plurality of users related to a respective resource are received, where a reported action is a presentation of the respective resource, an addition of the respective resource, or a deletion of the respective resource. The reported actions include one or more short deletions of the respective resource. A respective long-addition click-through rate (LACTR) is determined for the respective resource based on a number of reported presentations of the respective resource and a difference between a number of reported additions of the respective resource and a number of short deletions of the respective resource. The plurality of resources are ranked based on the respective LACTRs for the plurality of resources. The ranking of the plurality of resources are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Wen-Kai Shih, Adam Sah, Daniel S. Tarlow, Beverly Yang, Ryohei Takahashi, Christopher H. Rohrs
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Patent number: 8312004Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for exchanging information in accordance with a protocol. In one aspect, signals reporting user actions related to resources and ranking data ranking the resources based on the signals are exchanged in accordance with a protocol. The protocol defines types of user actions that can be reported by the signals, a format for specifying values for one or more of a set of predefined parameters for qualifying the user actions, a format for specifying one or more subscriber-specific parameters relating to the resources or the user actions, and a format for identifying resources to which the user actions are related using a namespace defined by the subscriber.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2007Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Wen-Kai Shih, Adam Sah, Daniel S. Tarlow, Beverly Yang, Ryohei Takahashi, Christopher Rohrs
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Publication number: 20120254198Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for ranking resources. One or more signals reporting one or more actions by the plurality of users related to a respective resource are received, where a reported action is a presentation of the respective resource, an addition of the respective resource, or a deletion of the respective resource. The reported actions include one or more short deletions of the respective resource. A respective long-addition click-through rate (LACTR) is determined for the respective resource based on a number of reported presentations of the respective resource and a difference between a number of reported additions of the respective resource and a number of short deletions of the respective resource. The plurality of resources are ranked based on the respective LACTRs for the plurality of resources. The ranking of the plurality of resources are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Lawrence Wen-Kai Shih, Adam Sah, Daniel S. Tarlow, Beverly Yang, Ryohei Takahashi, Christopher Rohrs
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Patent number: 8271338Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, an approach is provided for estimating how a particular user would rate a particular item from a plurality of items. The approach is applicable to any type of items, including rental items such as movies, music and games, and the invention is not limited to any particular type of item. One or more items from the plurality of items that have ratings similar to the particular item are identified. One or more other users are identified that have given ratings to the one or more items that are substantially similar to ratings given by the particular user to the one or more items. An estimation is made of how the particular user would rate the particular item based upon ratings for the particular item given by the one or more other users.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2009Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Netflix, Inc.Inventors: Neil Duncan Hunt, Stanley Miguel Lanning, W. Reed Hastings, Shawn Michael Purcell, Lawrence Wen-Kai Shih, John Robert Ciancutti
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Patent number: 8180782Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for ranking resources. One or more signals reporting one or more actions by the plurality of users related to a respective resource are received, where a reported action is a presentation of the respective resource, an addition of the respective resource, or a deletion of the respective resource. The reported actions include one or more short deletions of the respective resource. A respective long-addition click-through rate (LACTR) is determined for the respective resource based on a number of reported presentations of the respective resource and a difference between a number of reported additions of the respective resource and a number of short deletions of the respective resource. The plurality of resources are ranked based on the respective LACTRs for the plurality of resources. The ranking of the plurality of resources are provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2011Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Wen-Kai Shih, Adam Sah, Daniel S. Tarlow, Beverly Yang, Ryohei Takahashi, Christopher H. Rohrs
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Publication number: 20110270916Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for ranking resources. One or more signals reporting one or more actions by the plurality of users related to a respective resource are received, where a reported action is a presentation of the respective resource, an addition of the respective resource, or a deletion of the respective resource. The reported actions include one or more short deletions of the respective resource. A respective long-addition click-through rate (LACTR) is determined for the respective resource based on a number of reported presentations of the respective resource and a difference between a number of reported additions of the respective resource and a number of short deletions of the respective resource. The plurality of resources are ranked based on the respective LACTRs for the plurality of resources. The ranking of the plurality of resources are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Lawrence Wen-Kai Shih, Adam Sah, Daniel S. Tarlow, Beverly Yang, Ryohei Takahashi, Christopher Rohrs
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Publication number: 20110208756Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for ranking resources. One or more signals reporting one or more actions by the plurality of users related to a respective resource are received, where a reported action is a presentation of the respective resource, an addition of the respective resource, or a deletion of the respective resource. The reported actions include one or more short deletions of the respective resource. A respective long-addition click-through rate (LACTR) is determined for the respective resource based on a number of reported presentations of the respective resource and a difference between a number of reported additions of the respective resource and a number of short deletions of the respective resource. The plurality of resources are ranked based on the respective LACTRs for the plurality of resources. The ranking of the plurality of resources are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2011Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Lawrence Wen-Kai Shih, Adam Sah, Daniel S. Tarlow, Beverly Yang, Ryohei Takahashi, Christopher Rohrs
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Patent number: 7984049Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing ranking services. In one aspect, first signals are received from a first subscriber, and second signals are received from a second subscriber. The signals include information characterizing individual user actions relating to individual ones of first or second resources, respectively, values for one or more predefined parameters, and values for one or more first subscriber-specific parameters that are specific to the first or second subscriber, respectively. First ranking data is generated from the first signals, but not from values for any subscriber-specific parameter that is not a subscriber-specific parameter for the first subscriber. Second ranking data is generated from the second signals, but not from values for any subscriber-specific parameter that is not a subscriber-specific parameter for the second subscriber.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2007Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Wen-Kai Shih, Adam Sah, Daniel S. Tarlow, Beverly Yang, Ryohei Takahashi, Christopher Rohrs
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Patent number: 7953741Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for ranking resources. One or more signals reporting one or more actions by the plurality of users related to a respective resource are received, where a reported action is a presentation of the respective resource, an addition of the respective resource, or a deletion of the respective resource. The reported actions include one or more short deletions of the respective resource. A respective long-addition click-through rate (LACTR) is determined for the respective resource based on a number of reported presentations of the respective resource and a difference between a number of reported additions of the respective resource and a number of short deletions of the respective resource. The plurality of resources are ranked based on the respective LACTRs for the plurality of resources. The ranking of the plurality of resources are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2007Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Wen-Kai Shih, Adam Sah, Daniel S. Tarlow, Beverly Yang, Ryohei Takahashi, Christopher Rohrs
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Publication number: 20100010877Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, an approach is provided for estimating how a particular user would rate a particular item from a plurality of items. The approach is applicable to any type of items, including rental items such as movies, music and games, and the invention is not limited to any particular type of item. One or more items from the plurality of items that have ratings similar to the particular item are identified. One or more other users are identified that have given ratings to the one or more items that are substantially similar to ratings given by the particular user to the one or more items. An estimation is made of how the particular user would rate the particular item based upon ratings for the particular item given by the one or more other users.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Neil Duncan Hunt, Stanley Miguel Lanning, W. Reed Hastings, Shawn Michael Purcell, Lawrence Wen-Kai Shih, John Robert Ciancutti
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Patent number: 7617127Abstract: According to another embodiment of the invention, an approach is provided for estimating how a particular user would rate a particular item from a plurality of items. The approach is applicable to any type of items, including rental items such as movies, music and games, and the invention is not limited to any particular type of item. One or more items from the plurality of items that have ratings similar to the particular item are identified. Then, one or more other users are identified that have given ratings to the one or more items that are substantially similar to ratings given by the particular user to the one or more items. Finally, an estimation is made of how the particular user would rate the particular item based upon ratings for the particular item given by the one or more other users.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2004Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Netflix, Inc.Inventors: Neil Duncan Hunt, Stanley Miguel Lanning, W. Reed Hastings, Shawn Michael Purcell, Lawrence Wen-Kai Shih, John Robert Ciancutti