Patents by Inventor Dana Zhang

Dana Zhang 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).

  • Content item selection
    Patent number: 9098590
    Abstract: A content item, e.g., an icon or advertisement content, is selected for placement in a display environment (e.g., on a map or adjacent to a map) in response to a request for the display environment based on a probability that the content item is relevant to a user that is requesting the display environment. The selection is facilitated by content targeting data (e.g., feature selection and query submission) that can be received from user devices while the map space is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Perrow, James Robert MacGill, Dana Zhang, Nicholas Verne, David Symonds
  • CONTENT ITEM SELECTION
    Publication number: 20120246177
    Abstract: A content item, e.g., an icon or advertisement content, is selected for placement in a display environment (e.g., on a map or adjacent to a map) in response to a request for the display environment based on a probability that the content item is relevant to a user that is requesting the display environment. The selection is facilitated by content targeting data (e.g., feature selection and query submission) that can be received from user devices while the map space is presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Michael Perrow, James Robert Macgill, Dana Zhang, Nicholas Verne, David Symonds
  • Content item selection
    Patent number: 8201089
    Abstract: A content item, e.g., an icon or advertisement content, is selected for placement in a display environment (e.g., on a map or adjacent to a map) in response to a request for the display environment based on a probability that the content item is relevant to a user that is requesting the display environment. The selection is facilitated by content targeting data (e.g., feature selection and query submission) that can be received from user devices while the map space is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Perrow, James Robert Macgill, Dana Zhang, Nicholas Verne, David Symonds
  • CONTENT ITEM SELECTION
    Publication number: 20100010958
    Abstract: A content item, e.g., an icon or advertisement content, is selected for placement in a display environment (e.g., on a map or adjacent to a map) in response to a request for the display environment based on a probability that the content item is relevant to a user that is requesting the display environment. The selection is facilitated by content targeting data (e.g., feature selection and query submission) that can be received from user devices while the map space is presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Mike Perrow, James Robert Macgill, Dana Zhang, Nicholas Verne, David Symonds