Patents by Inventor Terence Chang

Terence Chang 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).

  • Patent number: 10776376
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for displaying search results may include (1) receiving a search query to search a document database that stores a document family containing a parent document and a child document that depends from the parent document, (2) determining that both the parent document and the child document satisfy a degree of relevance to content of the search query, and (3) in response to determining that both the parent document and the child document satisfy the degree of relevance to content of the search query, automatically depicting both the parent document and the child document in a hierarchical structure that shows the relationship between the parent document and the child document within original search results that a user interface of a computing device presents in response to the search query. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Veritas Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Michael Coyle, Rujuta Ranade, Terence Chang
  • Patent number: 10061815
    Abstract: A disclosed computer-implemented method for displaying search results may include (1) receiving a query to search a document database that stores a document family containing a parent document and a child document embedded within the parent document, (2) in response to receiving the search query, identifying (a) an individual relevance score that quantifies the relevance of the parent document to the search query and (b) a family relevance score that quantifies the overall relevance of the entire document family to the search query, and (3) simultaneously depicting both the individual relevance score and the family relevance score in response to the search query. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Veritas Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Michael Coyle, Terence Chang, Anil Khadka, Nelson Wiggins