Patents by Inventor Christopher Leggetter

Christopher Leggetter 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 generating functions to predict the clickability of advertisements
    Patent number: 7631008
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: 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
  • System and method for generating functions to predict the clickability of advertisements
    Publication number: 20070112840
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Chad Carson, Ashvin Kannan, Erick Cantu-Paz, Rukmini Iyer, Pero Subasic, Christopher LuVogt, Christopher Leggetter, Jan Pedersen, David Ku
  • Method and system for dynamically improving performance of speech recognition or other speech processing systems
    Patent number: 6728677
    Abstract: The present invention introduces a system and method for dynamically improving speech recognition in a speech recognition or other speech processing system. The method comprises dynamically adjusting the system, which comprises estimating the utilization of resources in the system; and improving the performance of the system according to the availability of resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Nuance Communications
    Inventors: Ashvin Kannan, Hy Murveit, Christopher Leggetter, Michael Schuster