Patents by Inventor Su-Lin Wu
Su-Lin Wu 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: 11036744Abstract: News search and browse experience is personalized based on user preferences. User attributes like a geographic location are obtained and news sources preferred by other users with attributes similar to those of a requesting user are identified. News sources that are popular across different user groups are eliminated and relevant news items from the remaining news sources are retrieved and presented to the requesting user.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: VERIZON MEDIA INC.Inventors: Srinivas Vadrevu, Su-Lin Wu, Ben Shahshahani
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Patent number: 10417334Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for providing a microdocument framework. The method and system includes receiving a plurality microdocuments and detecting content data for each of the plurality of microdocuments. The method and system further includes indexing at least a portion of the plurality of microdocuments based on the detected content and performing a searching operation using the content data associated with the microdocument data to determine a microdocument set. Thereupon, the method and system performs at least processing one operation on the microdocument set.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2010Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Oath, Inc.Inventors: Su-Lin Wu, Wei-Cheng Lai, Timothy P. Daly, Jr., William Robert Pentney
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Patent number: 10089636Abstract: Real-time consumer feedback collection includes: receiving a unique product code from a device associated with a consumer of a product, the unique product code, when decoded, revealing an address of an on-line survey site; providing an interface within the on-line survey site for providing feedback about the product; receiving the feedback; storing the feedback; and supplying the feedback to the producer of the product.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2012Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: EXCALIBUR IP, LLCInventors: Choon Hui Teo, Su-Lin Wu
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Publication number: 20180196815Abstract: News search and browse experience is personalized based on user preferences. User attributes like a geographic location are obtained and news sources preferred by other users with attributes similar to those of a requesting user are identified. News sources that are popular across different user groups are eliminated and relevant news items from the remaining news sources are retrieved and presented to the requesting user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: Srinivas VADREVU, Su-Lin WU, Ben SHAHSHAHANI
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Patent number: 9916364Abstract: News search and browse experience is personalized based on user preferences. User attributes like a geographic location are obtained and news sources preferred by other users with attributes similar to those of a requesting user are identified. News sources that are popular across different user groups are eliminated and relevant news items from the remaining news sources are retrieved and presented to the requesting user.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2014Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: YAHOO HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Srinivas Vadrevu, Su-Lin Wu, Ben Shahshahani
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Publication number: 20180040008Abstract: A method for generating a digital magazine is provided, including: providing a content pool, the content pool defined by a plurality of non-advertising content pieces stored to a content storage device; providing, over the Internet, a curator interface to a curator client device for rendering thereon, the curator interface including a search tool to access the content pool, the search tool providing filtering of the non-advertising content pieces based on media type, metadata, or conditions associated with the non-advertising content pieces; processing input received over the Internet from the curator client device via the curator interface, to define a fixed selection of non-advertising content pieces of the content pool to be included in the digital magazine; responsive to receiving requests over the Internet from a plurality of presentation devices for the digital magazine, transmitting the digital magazine over the Internet to the presentation devices for rendering thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Su-Lin Wu, Chris Leggetter
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Publication number: 20150199434Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for providing targeted applications within a search engine results page. The method and system includes receiving a search query from a user and interpreting the search query. The method and system then first maps the interpreted query to one or more action templates, wherein mapping the interpreted query to one or more action templates comprises selecting one or more actions associated with the interpreted query. The method and system then maps the selected one or more actions associated with the interpreted query to a plurality of applications and selecting one or more applications associated with the one or more actions. Finally, the method and system displays the one or more applications within a search results page.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2015Publication date: July 16, 2015Inventors: Su-Lin Wu, Andrei Broder, Evgeniy Gabrilovich, Ronny Lempel, Edward Bortnikov, Peter Mika, Debora Donato, Wei-Cheng Lai, Christopher LuVogt
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Patent number: 9015140Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for providing targeted applications within a search engine results page. The method and system includes receiving a search query from a user and interpreting the search query. The method and system then first maps the interpreted query to one or more action templates, wherein mapping the interpreted query to one or more action templates comprises selecting one or more actions associated with the interpreted query. The method and system then maps the selected one or more actions associated with the interpreted query to a plurality of applications and selecting one or more applications associated with the one or more actions. Finally, the method and system displays the one or more applications within a search results page.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2010Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Su-Lin Wu, Andrei Broder, Evgeniy Gabrilovich, Ronny Lempel, Edward Bortnikov, Peter Mika, Debora Donato, Wei-Cheng Lai, Christopher LuVogt
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Patent number: 9009152Abstract: According to some example embodiments, a method includes based, at least in part, on one or more signals representative of user-defined content, assessing the user-defined content and storing one or more signals representative of a result of the assessment of the user-defined content. The method further includes selecting one or more widgets for presentation in combination with other content associated with the user-defined content, the selecting being based at least in part on the assessment of the user-defined content.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2010Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Wei-Cheng Lai, Su-Lin Wu
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Publication number: 20140379746Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a method and system for providing a recommendation set. The method and system includes determining various topic clusters from single topic clusters. The method and system further includes identifying various topic clusters for an identified single topic cluster and providing recommendations from the various topic clusters via web updates.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: Liang-Yu (Tom) Chi, Su-Lin Wu
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Publication number: 20140222800Abstract: News search and browse experience is personalized based on user preferences. User attributes like a geographic location are obtained and news sources preferred by other users with attributes similar to those of a requesting user are identified. News sources that are popular across different user groups are eliminated and relevant news items from the remaining news sources are retrieved and presented to the requesting user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: YAHOO! INC.Inventors: Srinivas Vadrevu, Su-Lin Wu, Ben Shahshahani
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Patent number: 8745081Abstract: News search and browse experience is personalized based on user preferences. User attributes like a geographic location are obtained and news sources preferred by other users with attributes similar to those of a requesting user are identified. News sources that are popular across different user groups are eliminated and relevant news items from the remaining news sources are retrieved and presented to the requesting user.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Srinivas Vadrevu, Su-Lin Wu, Ben Shahshahani
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Patent number: 8666990Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for weighting contemporaneous content includes, in response to a user content request, by determining a plurality of contemporaneous content items relating to the user content request, the contemporaneous content items including, ultra-fresh content items having been only recently generated. For each of the contemporaneous content items, one or more authors of the content items are identified, and an expertise level for the one or more authors and an expert weighting for each of the content items based on the expertise level for the corresponding one or more authors are determined. Weighting the contemporaneous content includes ranking the contemporaneous content items in response to the user content request based on the expert weighting and presenting at least a portion of the contemporaneous content items in response to the user content request.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventor: Su-Lin Wu
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Patent number: 8645358Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for customized search results in an advanced search results page including vertical searching pivot points for personalizing and refining searching operations. The method includes tracking user network activities and receiving a search query from the user, the search query including a plurality of search terms. The method and system includes identifying a plurality of preferred content sources based on the tracked network activities and retrieving content items in response to the search query. The method and system filters the content items based on the preferred content sources and therein generates a search result page displaying at least a portion of the filtered content items and at least one of the preferred content sources, wherein the display of the at least one preferred content source allows the user to pivot the search results portion based solely on the preferred content source.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2010Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Su-Lin Wu, Liang-Yu (Tom) Chi, Vik Singh
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Patent number: 8612891Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for receiving a user privacy preference that indicates an amount of activity information that the user is willing to share in response to a reward, a value of the reward related to a degree of the user privacy preference. The method and system includes setting a privacy setting for the user based on the received user privacy preference. The method and system further includes tracking web browsing activity of the user during one or more web-browsing sessions based on the privacy setting to generate user activity information. The method and system further includes sending the user activity information and providing a reward to the user based on the user activity information sent.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2010Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Vik Singh, Su-Lin Wu, Tom Chi
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Publication number: 20130325779Abstract: Content recommendations customized to a user's knowledge are provided. The user's knowledge is assessed from the user's activity history and the expertise of the user regarding each of the various topics relative to a cohort group is determined. Based on the user's score, the user can be classified into various competency levels ranging from a novice to an expert in each topic. Content items for improving the user's scores in the various topics can be forwarded based on the user's classification and activity history. If the user is recognized as an expert in a particular topic, questions from other users regarding the particular topic can be directed to the user for the responses.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Ben Shahshahani, Su-Lin Wu
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Patent number: 8543406Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for interacting with an IVR system. In one aspect, a computing device receives a user request to connect to an IVR system to perform an action. A request for information (e.g., a request to select from a plurality of menu options) is obtained from the IVR system. In response to the request, the computing device automatically supplies an answer to the request for information to the IVR system. In one embodiment, the answer is a dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) signal. The obtaining and supplying steps are repeated until the action has been performed.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2009Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Su-Lin Wu, Kostas Tsioutsiouliklis, Arkady Borkovsky
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Publication number: 20130246452Abstract: News search and browse experience is personalized based on user preferences. User attributes like a geographic location are obtained and news sources preferred by other users with attributes similar to those of a requesting user are identified. News sources that are popular across different user groups are eliminated and relevant news items from the remaining news sources are retrieved and presented to the requesting user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2012Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Srinivas Vadrevu, Su-Lin Wu, Ben Shahshahani
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Publication number: 20130191180Abstract: Real-time consumer feedback collection includes: receiving a unique product code from a device associated with a consumer of a product, the unique product code, when decoded, revealing an address of an on-line survey site; providing an interface within the on-line survey site for providing feedback about the product; receiving the feedback; storing the feedback; and supplying the feedback to the producer of the product.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2012Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Choon Hui Teo, Su-Lin Wu
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Publication number: 20130110618Abstract: A method for syndicating an electronic publication is provided. A content pool having a plurality of content pieces is defined, and a selection of content pieces of the content pool is received from a curator, the selection of content pieces defining a content package. Then, an electronic publication is defined to present the content package. The electronic publication is transmitted for viewing on a presentation device. Interactions with the electronic publication when presented on the presentation device are tracked. And a revenue amount is determined for the curator based on the tracked interactions with the electronic publication.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Su-Lin Wu, Chris Leggetter