Patents by Inventor Barbara Chang

Barbara 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).

  • System and method for keyword extraction
    Patent number: 10621240
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for keyword extraction are disclosed. The system in an example embodiment includes a keyword extraction component to extract relevant keywords from content of a web page, to identify items relevant to the extracted keywords, and to rank the relevant items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Alec Reitter, Barbara Chang, Ken Sun, Raghav Gupta, Alvaro Bolivar, Alan Lewis
  • System and method for application programming interfaces for keyword extraction and contextual advertisement generation
    Patent number: 8200662
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for keyword extraction and contextual advertisement generation are disclosed. The system in an example embodiment includes a keyword extraction service to receive from a consumer application a request for activation of a keyword extraction service via an application programming interface, the request including an identity of a content source, the request further including an identification of a particular extraction process to be used by the keyword extraction service on the identified content source; determine if the keyword extraction service has already processed the identified content source and retained extracted keywords in a data store; extract keywords from the identified content source using the particular extraction process identified in the request; and make the extracted keywords accessible to the consumer application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Alec Reitter, Barbara Chang, Ken Sun, Raghav Gupta, Alvaro Bolivar, Alan Lewis
  • System and method for keyword extraction
    Publication number: 20070288514
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for keyword extraction are disclosed. The system in an example embodiment includes a keyword extraction component to extract relevant keywords from content of a web page, to identify items relevant to the extracted keywords, and to rank the relevant items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Alec Reitter, Barbara Chang, Ken Sun, Raghav Gupta, Alvaro Bolivar, Alan Lewis