Patents by Inventor Aurora Skarra-Gallagher

Aurora Skarra-Gallagher 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).

  • Entropy-based mixing and personalization
    Patent number: 9015170
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for selecting a diverse mix of content items that may be displayed to a user. Content items such as user-generated events are received from a variety of sources. One or more content items are added to a set of content items based on a diversity of characteristics. The diversity of characteristics for the one or more content items may be calculated by measuring a diversity of characteristics of the set as if the one or more content items were added to the set. Content items that produce a greater diversity are selected for addition to the set. The set is displayed to the user, who is provided with a more meaningful mix of content due to the greater diversity in content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Zhichen Xu, Aurora Skarra-Gallagher, Neal Sample, Yun Fu
  • ENTROPY-BASED MIXING AND PERSONALIZATION
    Publication number: 20140006422
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for selecting a diverse mix of content items that may be displayed to a user. Content items such as user-generated events are received from a variety of sources. One or more content items are added to a set of content items based on a diversity of characteristics. The diversity of characteristics for the one or more content items may be calculated by measuring a diversity of characteristics of the set as if the one or more content items were added to the set. Content items that produce a greater diversity are selected for addition to the set. The set is displayed to the user, who is provided with a more meaningful mix of content due to the greater diversity in content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: ZHICHEN XU, AURORA SKARRA-GALLAGHER, NEAL SAMPLE, YUN FU
  • Entropy-based mixing and personalization
    Patent number: 8533202
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for selecting a diverse mix of content items that may be displayed to a user. Content items such as user-generated events are received from a variety of sources. One or more content items are added to a set of content items based on a diversity of characteristics. The diversity of characteristics for the one or more content items may be calculated by measuring a diversity of characteristics of the set as if the one or more content items were added to the set. Content items that produce a greater diversity are selected for addition to the set. The set is displayed to the user, who is provided with a more meaningful mix of content due to the greater diversity in content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Zhichen Xu, Aurora Skarra-Gallagher, Neal Sample, Yun Fu
  • ENTROPY-BASED MIXING AND PERSONALIZATION
    Publication number: 20110010371
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for selecting a diverse mix of content items that may be displayed to a user. Content items such as user-generated events are received from a variety of sources. One or more content items are added to a set of content items based on a diversity of characteristics. The diversity of characteristics for the one or more content items may be calculated by measuring a diversity of characteristics of the set as if the one or more content items were added to the set. Content items that produce a greater diversity are selected for addition to the set. The set is displayed to the user, who is provided with a more meaningful mix of content due to the greater diversity in content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Zhichen Xu, Aurora Skarra-Gallagher, Neal Sample, Yun Fu