Patents by Inventor Rasika S. Kumar

Rasika S. Kumar 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).

  • Merging search results
    Patent number: 8392394
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for merging search results. In one aspect, a method combines search results responsive to a query that are obtained from a local search engine and a universal search engine such that the combined search results are ordered and presented in a way that emphasizes certain business entities in the results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Rasika S. Kumar, James R. Muller, Jacqueline Frances Bavaro, Jack Menzel, Amit Singhal, Eugene Nudelman