Patents by Inventor D. Peter Mattis

D. Peter Mattis 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).

  • Providing snippets relevant to a search query in a conversation-based email system
    Patent number: 8601062
    Abstract: A system and method for searching messages is disclosed that includes searching a message repository to identify one or more messages relevant to a search query, Each identified message belongs to a respective conversation, where each conversation includes one or more messages which share a common set of characteristics that meet predefined criteria. For at least one of the identified messages, the conversation to which it is associated is identified as well as a message content portion from identified message. The content portion includes content relevant to at least one search term of the search query. The conversation is produced as the search result, including the content portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Paul T. Buchheit, Bay-Wei W. Chang, D. Peter Mattis, Brian D. Rakowski, Terry A. Winograd