Patents by Inventor Sham Kakade

Sham Kakade 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).

  • Personalized web search ranking
    Patent number: 8032535
    Abstract: A system and method for personalized search ranking may use a user's feedback to immediately reorder search results for this particular user so as to improve click-through rate. Upon receiving a query including one or more words, a search engine may identify a list of search results and display the search results on a search result page. A machine-learning module may collect information about a user's browsing activities on the result page, update estimates of relevance of the search results, and reorder the search result list to personalize it for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander L. Strehl, Sharad Goel, John Langford, Sham Kakade
  • PERSONALIZED WEB SEARCH RANKING
    Publication number: 20100268710
    Abstract: A system and method for personalized search ranking may use a user's feedback to immediately reorder search results for this particular user so as to improve click-through rate. Upon receiving a query including one or more words, a search engine may identify a list of search results and display the search results on a search result page. A machine-learning module may collect information about a user's browsing activities on the result page, update estimates of relevance of the search results, and reorder the search result list to personalize it for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander L. Strehl, Sharad Goel, John Langford, Sham Kakade