Patents by Inventor Bret S. Taylor

Bret S. Taylor 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).

  • Interface for a universal search
    Patent number: 11314822
    Abstract: A search engine may perform a search for a user search query over a number of possible search categories. For example, the search query may be performed for general web documents, images, and news documents. The search engine ranks categories based on the search query and/or the documents returned for each category and presents the search results to the user by category. Higher ranking categories may be presented more prominently than lower ranking categories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Bret S. Taylor, Marissa Ann Mayer, Orkut Buyukkokten
  • INTERFACE FOR A UNIVERSAL SEARCH
    Publication number: 20190347300
    Abstract: A search engine may perform a search for a user search query over a number of possible search categories. For example, the search query may be performed for general web documents, images, and news documents. The search engine ranks categories based on the search query and/or the documents returned for each category and presents the search results to the user by category. Higher ranking categories may be presented more prominently than lower ranking categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Bret S. Taylor, Marissa Ann Mayer, Orkut Buyukkokten
  • Interface for a universal search
    Patent number: 10409865
    Abstract: A search engine may perform a search for a user search query over a number of possible search categories. For example, the search query may be performed for general web documents, images, and news documents. The search engine ranks categories based on the search query and/or the documents returned for each category and presents the search results to the user by category. Higher ranking categories may be presented more prominently than lower ranking categories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Bret S. Taylor, Marissa Ann Mayer, Orkut Buyukkokten
  • INTERFACE FOR A UNIVERSAL SEARCH
    Publication number: 20160232239
    Abstract: A search engine may perform a search for a user search query over a number of possible search categories. For example, the search query may be performed for general web documents, images, and news documents. The search engine ranks categories based on the search query and/or the documents returned for each category and presents the search results to the user by category. Higher ranking categories may be presented more prominently than lower ranking categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Bret S. Taylor, Marissa Ann Mayer, Orkut Buyukkokten
  • Interface for a universal search
    Patent number: 9342563
    Abstract: A search engine may perform a search for a user search query over a number of possible search categories. For example, the search query may be performed for general web documents, images, and news documents. The search engine ranks categories based on the search query and/or the documents returned for each category and presents the search results to the user by category. Higher ranking categories may be presented more prominently than lower ranking categories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Bret S. Taylor, Marissa Ann Mayer, Orkut Buyukkokten