Patents by Inventor Andrew Moedinger

Andrew Moedinger 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).

  • Prompt for query clarification
    Patent number: 9152721
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for query clarification. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in computer-implemented methods that include the actions of receiving in a search interface a user input associated with a search query; determining whether the associated search query is a trigger query, the trigger query being a query identified for clarification; when the search query is a trigger query, prompting the user for additional information to form a clarified search query, the clarified search query including the additional information, the prompting occurring prior to submission of the search query to a search system; and submitting the clarified search query to the search system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Hisakazu Igarashi, Charles G. Bird, Andrew Moedinger
  • Prompt for query clarification
    Patent number: 8898129
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for query clarification. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in computer-implemented methods that include the actions of receiving in a search interface a user input associated with a search query; determining whether the associated search query is a trigger query, the trigger query being a query identified for clarification; when the search query is a trigger query, prompting the user for additional information to form a clarified search query, the clarified search query including the additional information, the prompting occurring prior to submission of the search query to a search system; and submitting the clarified search query to the search system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Hisakazu Igarashi, Charles G. Bird, Andrew Moedinger
  • Prompt for query clarification
    Patent number: 8484190
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for query clarification. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in computer-implemented methods that include the actions of receiving in a search interface a user input associated with a search query; determining whether the associated search query is a trigger query, the trigger query being a query identified for clarification; when the search query is a trigger query, prompting the user for additional information to form a clarified search query, the clarified search query including the additional information, the prompting occurring prior to submission of the search query to a search system; and submitting the clarified search query to the search system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Hisakazu Igarashi, Charles G. Bird, Andrew Moedinger
  • Display panel or portion thereof with a graphical user interface
    Patent number: D874519
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SOLIDUS VENTURES GMBH
    Inventors: Eliot Samuels, Daniel Frauchiger, Andrew Moedinger, Samuel Gaw
  • Display panel or portion thereof with a graphical user interface
    Patent number: D1013728
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SOLIDUS VENTURES GMBH
    Inventors: Eliot Samuels, Daniel Frauchiger, Andrew Moedinger, Samuel Gaw