Patents by Inventor Amit J. Basu

Amit J. Basu 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).

  • Method for improving quality of search results by avoiding indexing sections of pages
    Patent number: 7698329
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for improving search results is provided. The method works by delineating sections of a document that are not relevant to the main content. The document content is subjected to ranking analysis in entirety. In response to a query results are recalled omitting terms included in the no-recall sections. Terms in the no-recall sections are not used in titles and abstracts of the results. The results are ordered at least in part by the rankings attributed to the identified no-recall sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Priyank S. Garg, Amit J. Basu, Timothy M. Converse
  • Method for improving quality of search results by avoiding indexing sections of pages
    Publication number: 20080168053
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for improving search results is provided. The method works by delineating sections of a document that are not relevant to the main content. The document content is subjected to ranking analysis in entirety. In response to a query results are recalled omitting terms included in the no-recall sections. Terms in the no-recall sections are not used in titles and abstracts of the results. The results are ordered at least in part by the rankings attributed to the identified no-recall sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Priyank S. Garg, Amit J. Basu, Timothy M. Converse