Patents by Inventor Benedict Gomes
Benedict Gomes 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).
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Patent number: 9195706Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus are described herein that include obtaining metadata within a document, where the metadata comprises a sequence of terms. Tags are assigned to terms in the sequence of terms based at least in part on grammatical relationships between the terms, thereby forming a corresponding sequence of tags. A determination is made that the sequence of terms is grammatically correct based at least in part on tags within the corresponding sequence of tags. In response to the determination, the sequence of terms is stored as a query suggestion.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2013Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Lev Finkelstein, Benedict Gomes, Gunes Erkan, Eddo Kim
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Patent number: 9183311Abstract: A system and method for providing preferred language and/or country ordering of search results is described. A search query describing potentially retrievable information provided in a plurality of search result languages and/or countries is received. A search is executed by evaluating the search query against information characteristics maintained in a searchable data repository. At least one preferred language and/or country applicable to search results generated is dynamically determined responsive to the executed search. At least some of the search results are ordered in consideration of the at least one preferred language and/or country.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Vineet Gupta, Benedict Gomes, John Lamping, Mizuki McGrath, Amitabh K Singhal, Simon Tong
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Patent number: 9177030Abstract: A method includes generating search results in response to a user query, where at least one of the search results includes a group of links. The group of links may represent links to web pages within a same web site and may be identified based on at least one factor associated with the links. The method may also include providing the search results to the user.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2013Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Luis Castro, Walt Lin, Benedict Gomes
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Publication number: 20150242536Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer software for generating a search query involve displaying a search query entry page that includes multiple fields for entry of search parameters. User input defining at least a portion of a search query for at least one of the fields is received. A formatted search query having a format associated with a predetermined search engine is dynamically generated based on the received user input, and the formatted search query is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2007Publication date: August 27, 2015Inventors: Sergey Surkov, Alexis J. Battle, Raymond J. Pittman, Benedict A. Gomes, Peter Jin Hong, Daniel M. Russell, Nathaniel J. Gaylinn
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Patent number: 9069841Abstract: An information retrieval system includes a query revision architecture that integrates multiple different query revisers, each implementing one or more query revision strategies. A revision server receives a user's query, and interfaces with the various query revisers, each of which generates one or more potential revised queries. The revision server evaluates the potential revised queries, and selects one or more of them to provide to the user. A session-based reviser suggests one or more revised queries, given a first query, by calculating an expected utility for the revised query. The expected utility is calculated as the product of a frequency of occurrence of the query pair and an increase in quality of the revised query over the first query.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2008Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: David R. Bailey, Alexis J. Battle, Benedict A. Gomes, P. Pandurang Nayak
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Publication number: 20150169501Abstract: A system may aggregate highlighting information associated with a document that includes a number of elements. The highlighting information may identify one or more of the elements that have been highlighted by a group of users. The system may determine weight values for the one or more elements, generate information associated with the document based on the weight values, and provide the information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Michal Cierniak, Michael Stoppelman, Benedict A. Gomes, Corin Anderson
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Patent number: 8996514Abstract: A computer-implemented method of determining the relevance, to a user, of documents accessible over a computer network involves analyzing information relating to a first document, identifying a second document corresponding to the first document using a computer, obtaining information that indicates the relevance of a second document, determining the relevance of the first document using the information indicating relevance of the second document. The first document may be a mobile document, while the second may be a non-mobile document.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2005Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Benedict A. Gomes, Masanori Harada
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Patent number: 8856163Abstract: A system and method for providing a user interface with search query broadening is described. A query defining a search executable on potentially retrievable information is accepted. The query is parsed. A broadened query is provided. At least one of the broadened query and results of a search executed on the broadened query is presented.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2003Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Sergey Brin, Benedict Gomes, Simon Tong
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Patent number: 8812478Abstract: Techniques for crawling hyperlinked documents are provided. Hyperlinked documents to be crawled are grouped by host and the host to be crawled next is selected according to a stall time of the host. The stall time can indicate the earliest time that the host should be crawled and the stall times can be a predetermined amount of time, vary by host and be adjusted according to actual retrieval times from the host.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2012Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey A. Dean, Craig Silverstein, Benedict Gomes, Sanjay Ghemawat
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Patent number: 8799273Abstract: A computer-implemented method can include receiving, in a system that maintains web notebooks for a plurality of user accounts, a request for a web document from a client computing device; determining whether a portion of the requested web document is included in a web notebook associated with one of the plurality of user accounts; and when it is determined that the portion is included in a web notebook associated with one of the plurality of user accounts, providing for display by the client computing device a highlighted version of the web document having a visual indicator that highlights the portion. Determining whether a portion of the requested web document is included in a web notebook associated with one of the plurality of user accounts can include determining whether the portion is included in at least a threshold number of web notebooks associated with distinct user accounts.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2008Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Bay-Wei Chang, Kushal Dave, Paul Fontes, Benedict A. Gomes
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Publication number: 20140181135Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing search query suggestions. In one aspect, a search service provides query suggestions responsive to a query suggestion request from a client device, and determines if a prediction criterion is met. The prediction criterion is independent of a user selection of a query suggestion provided in response to one or more query suggestion requests. In response to determining that the prediction criterion is met, the search system provides search results to the client device. The search results are responsive to one of the query suggestions provided in response to the query suggestion request or one or more previous query suggestion requests.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Othar Hansson, David Black, Jon M. Wiley, Manas Tungare, Ziga Mahkovec, Benjamin J. McMahan, Benedict A. Gomes, Jonathan J. Effrat, Johanna R. Wright, Marcin K. Wichary
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Patent number: 8706750Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing search query suggestions. In one aspect, a search service provides query suggestions responsive to a query suggestion request from a client device, and determines if a prediction criterion is met. The prediction criterion is independent of a user selection of a query suggestion provided in response to one or more query suggestion requests. In response to determining that the prediction criterion is met, the search system provides search results to the client device. The search results are responsive to one of the query suggestions provided in response to the query suggestion request or one or more previous query suggestion requests.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Othar Hansson, David Black, Jon M. Wiley, Manas Tungare, Ziga Mahkovec, Benjamin J. McMahan, Benedict A. Gomes, Jonathan J. Effrat, Johanna R. Wright, Marcin K. Wichary
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Patent number: 8700653Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing search query suggestions. In one aspect, interface instructions on a client device cause the client device to generate a search interface that includes a query input field and provide query characters input in the query input field to a search service as a first query suggestion request. The client device receives, in response the query suggestion request, first query suggestions and renders the first query suggestions according to and order. In response to the client device receiving first search results responsive to one of the first query suggestions and being received independent of user selection of a first query suggestion and independent of sending a completed query to the search service, the client device generates an indication in the interface that indicates the first query suggestion for which the search results are responsive.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2011Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Othar Hansson, David Black, Jon M. Wiley, Manas Tungare, Ziga Mahkovec, Benjamin J. McMahan, Benedict A. Gomes, Jonathan J. Effrat, Johanna R. Wright, Marcin K. Wichary
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Patent number: 8676797Abstract: A method of adding web-based content to a web notebook can include producing multiple search results responsive to a search request; generating in the multiple search results multiple corresponding icons, each of which, when invoked, causes content associated with a corresponding search result in the multiple search results to be placed in a web notebook associated with a user account; and forming a correlation between one of the multiple search results and the web notebook.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2007Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Christopher Rohrs, Michael Frumkin, Avni Shah, Benedict A. Gomes, Bay-Wei Chang, P. Pandurang Nayak
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Patent number: 8615508Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for linking to an intra-document portion of a target document includes receiving an address for a target document identified by a search engine in response to a query, the target document including query-relevant text that identifies an intra-document portion of the target document, the intra-document portion including the query relevant text. An artificial anchor is generated, the artificial anchor corresponding to the intra-document portion. The artificial anchor is appended the address.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2009Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: David P. Marmaros, Benedict A. Gomes, Krishna Bharat
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Patent number: 8606745Abstract: A system provides images or questions to multiple game participants and receives labels or answers in response thereto. The system uses the labels or answers for various data gathering purposes.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Taher Haveliwala, Benedict Gomes, Amitabh K Singhal
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Patent number: 8595619Abstract: A system may aggregate highlighting information associated with a document that includes a number of elements. The highlighting information may identify one or more of the elements that have been highlighted by a group of users. The system may determine weight values for the one or more elements, generate information associated with the document based on the weight values, and provide the information.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2007Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Michal Cierniak, Michael Stoppelman, Benedict Gomes, Corin Anderson
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Patent number: 8595270Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for linking to an intra-document portion of a target document includes receiving an address for a target document identified by a search engine in response to a query, the target document including query-relevant text at an intra-document portion of the target document. An artificial anchor that corresponds to the intra-document portion is generated and appended the address.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2011Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: David P. Marmaros, Benedict A. Gomes, Krishna Bharat
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Patent number: 8495483Abstract: Web quotes are gathered from web pages that link to a web page of interest. The web quote may include text from the paragraphs that contain the hypertext links to the page of interest as well as text from other portions of the linked web page, such as text from a nearby header. The obtained web quotes may be ranked based on quality or relevance and may then be incorporated into a search engine's document index or into summary information returned to users in response to a search query.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2003Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey A. Dean, Martin Farach-Colton, Sanjay Ghemawat, Benedict Gomes, Georges R. Hank
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Publication number: 20130159338Abstract: A system and method for providing a user interface with search query broadening is described. A query defining a search executable on potentially retrievable information is accepted. The query is parsed. A broadened query is provided. At least one of the broadened query and results of a search executed on the broadened query is presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Sergey BRIN, Benedict GOMES, Simon TONG