Patents by Inventor Maxim Lifantsev

Maxim Lifantsev 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).

  • Automatic metadata identification
    Patent number: 9558234
    Abstract: A system determines whether text of a document includes a document identifier and uses the document identifier to locate metadata in a database when the text of the document includes the document identifier. The system compares the metadata to the text of the document and associates the metadata with the text of the document when at least some of the metadata matches the text of the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Maxim Lifantsev
  • Presentation of search results based on document structure
    Patent number: 9031898
    Abstract: A system identifies a document relating to a search term, where the document includes a set of structural elements. The system determines a distribution of occurrences of the search term in the document, identifies one of the structural elements based on the distribution of occurrences of the search term in the document, and presents information associated with the identified structural element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Amitabh K. Singhal, Viresh Ratnakar, Maxim Lifantsev, Joseph Kieran O'Sullivan
  • Automatic metadata identification
    Patent number: 8495061
    Abstract: A system determines whether text of a document includes a document identifier and uses the document identifier to locate metadata in a database when the text of the document includes the document identifier. The system compares the metadata to the text of the document and associates the metadata with the text of the document when at least some of the metadata matches the text of the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Maxim Lifantsev
  • Presentation of search results based on document structure
    Publication number: 20060074907
    Abstract: A system identifies a document relating to a search term, where the document includes a set of structural elements. The system determines a distribution of occurrences of the search term in the document, identifies one of the structural elements based on the distribution of occurrences of the search term in the document, and presents information associated with the identified structural element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Amitabh Singhal, Viresh Ratnakar, Maxim Lifantsev, Joseph O'Sullivan