Patents by Inventor Chad Carson
Chad Carson 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: 10169419Abstract: The described implementations relate to communication platforms that are provided over computer networks. One implementation provides a system that can include a storage component configured to store a plurality of communications having a common connector. The system can also include a score computation component that is configured to compute scores reflecting semantic relationships between individual communications from the plurality of communications. The system can also include a summary generation component that is configured to select one or more of the individual communications, based on the scores, and generate a summary of the common connector. The summary can represent the selected individual communications. The system can also include at least one processor configured to execute one or more of the components.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2016Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Omar Alonso, Karen Shiells, Ho John Lee, Chad Carson
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Publication number: 20160203187Abstract: The described implementations relate to communication platforms that are provided over computer networks. One implementation provides a system that can include a storage component configured to store a plurality of communications having a common connector. The system can also include a score computation component that is configured to compute scores reflecting semantic relationships between individual communications from the plurality of communications. The system can also include a summary generation component that is configured to select one or more of the individual communications, based on the scores, and generate a summary of the common connector. The summary can represent the selected individual communications. The system can also include at least one processor configured to execute one or more of the components.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Omar ALONSO, Karen SHIELLS, Ho John LEE, Chad CARSON
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Publication number: 20160162441Abstract: Techniques are provided for generating descriptions of matching resources in a manner that takes into account the kind, quality, and relevance of the available sources of information about the matching resources. For example, after the search engine identifies matching resources based on the query terms, the search engine determines the kinds of available sources of information about each matching resource. For each matching resource, based on the kinds of available sources of information about the matching resource, one of a plurality of processes is selected to generate a description for the matching resource. Using the content-sensitive description generation techniques described herein, a single result set may include abstracts that were generated using several different processes, where the difference in process corresponds to a difference in the kind, quality, and relevance of the available sources of information about each matching resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: CHAD CARSON, MOHAN V. NIBHANUPUDI, ROBERT MEYERS, DMITRI PAVLOVSKI, DOUGLAS M. COOK
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Patent number: 9324112Abstract: The author ranking technique described herein is a technique to rank authors in social media systems along various dimensions, using a variety of statistical methods for utilizing those dimensions. More particularly, the technique ranks authors in social media systems through a combination of statistical techniques that leverage usage metrics, and social and topical graph characteristics. In various exemplary embodiments, the technique can rank author authority by the following: 1) temporal analysis of link sharing in which authority is computed based on a user's propensity to provide early links to web pages that subsequently become popular; 2) topical authority based on the author's links and content updates in specific topic areas; and 3) popularity and influence based on nodal properties of authors.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2010Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Peter Richard Bailey, Chad Carson, Scott Joseph Counts, Nikhil Bharat Dandekar, Ho John Lee, Shubha Umesh Nabar, Aditya Pal, Michael Ching, Paul Alexander Dow, Shuang Guo, Hyun-Ju Seo
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Patent number: 9286619Abstract: The described implementations relate to communication platforms that are provided over computer networks. One implementation provides a system that can include a storage component configured to store a plurality of communications having a common connector. The system can also include a score computation component that is configured to compute scores reflecting semantic relationships between individual communications from the plurality of communications. The system can also include a summary generation component that is configured to select one or more of the individual communications, based on the scores, and generate a summary of the common connector. The summary can represent the selected individual communications. The system can also include at least one processor configured to execute one or more of the components.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2010Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Omar Alonso, Karen Shiells, Ho John Lee, Chad Carson
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Patent number: 9280603Abstract: Techniques are provided for generating descriptions of matching resources in a manner that takes into account the kind, quality, and relevance of the available sources of information about the matching resources. For example, after the search engine identifies matching resources based on the query terms, the search engine determines the kinds of available sources of information about each matching resource. For each matching resource, based on the kinds of available sources of information about the matching resource, one of a plurality of processes is selected to generate a description for the matching resource. Using the content-sensitive description generation techniques described herein, a single result set may include abstracts that were generated using several different processes, where the difference in process corresponds to a difference in the kind, quality, and relevance of the available sources of information about each matching resource.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Chad Carson, Mohan V. Nibhanupudi, Robert Meyers, Dmitri Pavlovski, Douglas M. Cook
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Publication number: 20140280229Abstract: Techniques are provided for generating descriptions of matching resources in a manner that takes into account the kind, quality, and relevance of the available sources of information about the matching resources. For example, after the search engine identifies matching resources based on the query terms, the search engine determines the kinds of available sources of information about each matching resource. For each matching resource, based on the kinds of available sources of information about the matching resource, one of a plurality of processes is selected to generate a description for the matching resource. Using the content-sensitive description generation techniques described herein, a single result set may include abstracts that were generated using several different processes, where the difference in process corresponds to a difference in the kind, quality, and relevance of the available sources of information about each matching resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: CHAD CARSON, MOHAN V. NIBHANUPUDI, ROBERT MEYERS, DMITRI PAVLOVSKI, DOUGLAS M. COOK
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Patent number: 8745044Abstract: Techniques are provided for generating descriptions of matching resources in a manner that takes into account the kind, quality, and relevance of the available sources of information about the matching resources. For example, after the search engine identifies matching resources based on the query terms, the search engine determines the kinds of available sources of information about each matching resource. For each matching resource, based on the kinds of available sources of information about the matching resource, one of a plurality of processes is selected to generate a description for the matching resource. Using the content-sensitive description generation techniques described herein, a single result set may include abstracts that were generated using several different processes, where the difference in process corresponds to a difference in the kind, quality, and relevance of the available sources of information about each matching resource.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2008Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Chad Carson, Mohan V. Nibhanupudi, Robert Meyers, Dmitri Pavlovski, Douglas Cook
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Publication number: 20120166931Abstract: The described implementations relate to communication platforms that are provided over computer networks. One implementation provides a system that can include a storage component configured to store a plurality of communications having a common connector. The system can also include a score computation component that is configured to compute scores reflecting semantic relationships between individual communications from the plurality of communications. The system can also include a summary generation component that is configured to select one or more of the individual communications, based on the scores, and generate a summary of the common connector. The summary can represent the selected individual communications. The system can also include at least one processor configured to execute one or more of the components.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Omar Alonso, Karen Shiells, Ho John Lee, Chad Carson
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Publication number: 20120117059Abstract: The author ranking technique described herein is a technique to rank authors in social media systems along various dimensions, using a variety of statistical methods for utilizing those dimensions. More particularly, the technique ranks authors in social media systems through a combination of statistical techniques that leverage usage metrics, and social and topical graph characteristics. In various exemplary embodiments, the technique can rank author authority by the following: 1) temporal analysis of link sharing in which authority is computed based on a user's propensity to provide early links to web pages that subsequently become popular; 2) topical authority based on the author's links and content updates in specific topic areas; and 3) popularity and influence based on nodal properties of authors.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Peter Richard Bailey, Chad Carson, Scott Joseph Counts, Nikhil Bharat Dandekar, Ho John Lee, Shubha Umesh Nabar, Aditya Pal, Michael Ching, Paul Alexander Dow, Shuang Guo, Hyun-Ju Seo
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Patent number: 7840438Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for determining the performance of a plurality of versions of a given advertisement. The method of the present invention comprises retrieving a first version of an advertisement and associated click through data, and retrieving a second version of the advertisement and associated click through data. A clickability score is calculated for the first version of the advertisement using the click through data associated with the first version, and a clickability score is calculated for the second version of the advertisement using the click through data associated with the second version. A difference in clickability scores is determined between the first and second advertisement. The clickability score associated with the first version of the advertisement is modified based upon the difference in clickability scores.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2005Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Chad Carson, David Cho-Lun Ku, Jan Pedersen
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Patent number: 7739708Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for ranking one or more advertisements. The method of the present invention comprises retrieving a result set comprising one or more advertisements responsive to a request. A clickability score is calculated for the one or more advertisements comprising the result set. An expected revenue value is calculated for the one or more advertisements using the clickability scores of the one or more advertisements as well as an indication of revenue associated with the one or more advertisements. The one or more advertisements are ordered according to the expected revenue of the one or more advertisements.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2005Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Chad Carson, David Cho-Lun Ku, Jan Pedersen
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Patent number: 7672927Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a list of candidate alternative spellings is provided. Among a plurality of files, a first file, which contains a link that indicates a user-entered spelling, is found. The link links to a second file. A second spelling, which is spelled similarly to, but not exactly the same as, the first spelling, is located within the second file. The second spelling is added to a list of candidate alternative spellings of the first spelling. The second spelling does not need to be contained in any result field (e.g., title, abstract, or URL) that is associated with the second file.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2004Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Arkady Borkovsky, Chad Carson, Marco Zagha
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Patent number: 7631008Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for predicting a frequency with which an advertisement displayed in response to a query will be selected. The method of the present invention comprises receiving analytics data associated with a display of one or more advertisements in response to one or more queries. One or more features associated with the one or more advertisements displayed in response to the one or more queries are identified. One or more functions are generated for predicting a frequency with which a given advertisement displayed in response to a query will be selected using the analytics data and features associated with the one or more advertisements displayed in response to the one or more queries.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2006Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Chad Carson, Ashvin Kannan, Erick Cantu-Paz, Rukmini Iyer, Pero Subasic, Christopher C. LuVogt, Christopher Leggetter, Jan Pedersen, David Cho-Lun Ku
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Patent number: 7606794Abstract: Techniques are provided for generating search results that include, instead of or in addition to the traditional abstract links, other links to content that the user of a search engine may consider helpful. These other links are referred to herein as “non-traditional abstract links”. In general, the search engine generates non-traditional abstract links that attempt to anticipate the “next move” by the search engine user. By selecting a non-traditional abstract link from the abstract of a matching resource, the user is able to navigate from the search result listing directly to locations other than the top of a matching resource.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2005Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Chad Carson, Douglas M. Cook, Kalpana Ravinarayanan
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Publication number: 20080306819Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for ranking and providing advertisements in a position auction. The method of the present invention comprises receiving a search query and selecting at least one keyword based upon the search query. A list containing at least one keyword based upon the search query is returned and a list comprising at least one bid corresponding to the returned list of keywords is retrieved. A priority score corresponding to each bid is computed and used to rank the list of bids. Advertisements are then provided corresponding to a plurality of the highest ranking bids.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2007Publication date: December 11, 2008Applicant: YAHOO! INC.Inventors: Pavel Berkhin, Chad Carson, Ashvin Kannan, Darshan Kantak, Sebastian Lahaie, Christopher LuVogt, Jan Pedersen, David M. Pennock, Tong Zhang
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Publication number: 20080270394Abstract: Techniques are provided for generating descriptions of matching resources in a manner that takes into account the kind, quality, and relevance of the available sources of information about the matching resources. For example, after the search engine identifies matching resources based on the query terms, the search engine determines the kinds of available sources of information about each matching resource. For each matching resource, based on the kinds of available sources of information about the matching resource, one of a plurality of processes is selected to generate a description for the matching resource. Using the content-sensitive description generation techniques described herein, a single result set may include abstracts that were generated using several different processes, where the difference in process corresponds to a difference in the kind, quality, and relevance of the available sources of information about each matching resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventors: Chad Carson, Mohan V. Nibhanupudi, Robert Meyers, Dmitri Pavlovski, Douglas Cook
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Patent number: 7440941Abstract: A method and apparatus for suggesting an alternative spelling for a search query is provided. A request to search for files that match the search query is received. The alternative spelling is selected based on a set of factors. According to one aspect, the set of factors includes how frequently the alternative spelling occurs in a plurality of files. According to one aspect, the set of factors includes how frequently the alternative spelling occurs in one or more previously received requests to search for files.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2003Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Arkady Borkovsky, Chad Carson, Marco Zagha
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Patent number: 7406458Abstract: Techniques are provided for generating descriptions of matching resources in a manner that takes into account the kind, quality, and relevance of the available sources of information about the matching resources. For example, after the search engine identifies matching resources based on the query terms, the search engine determines the kinds of available sources of information about each matching resource. For each matching resource, based on the kinds of available sources of information about the matching resource, one of a plurality of processes is selected to generate a description for the matching resource. Using the content-sensitive description generation techniques described herein, a single result set may include abstracts that were generated using several different processes, where the difference in process corresponds to a difference in the kind, quality, and relevance of the available sources of information about each matching resource.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2003Date of Patent: July 29, 2008Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Chad Carson, Mohan V. Nibhanupudi, Robert Meyers, Dmitri Pavlovski, Douglas Cook
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Publication number: 20070112840Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for predicting a frequency with which an advertisement displayed in response to a query will be selected. The method of the present invention comprises receiving analytics data associated with a display of one or more advertisements in response to one or more queries. One or more features associated with the one or more advertisements displayed in response to the one or more queries are identified. One or more functions are generated for predicting a frequency with which a given advertisement displayed in response to a query will be selected using the analytics data and features associated with the one or more advertisements displayed in response to the one or more queries.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2006Publication date: May 17, 2007Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Chad Carson, Ashvin Kannan, Erick Cantu-Paz, Rukmini Iyer, Pero Subasic, Christopher LuVogt, Christopher Leggetter, Jan Pedersen, David Ku