Patents by Inventor Darren R. Noble

Darren R. Noble 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).

  • Patent number: 8914398
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for an automated keyword refinement tool for generating an output set of keywords. The keyword refinement tool may utilize or incorporate results from keyword suggestion tools and keyword ranking tools in order to determine a set of keywords that produce better search engine results that if the keyword suggestion tools or keyword ranking tools were utilized individually. The keyword refinement tool may use a variety of methods for determining input to keyword suggestions tools and keyword ranking tools and a variety of methods for combining the results from the keyword suggestion tools and keyword ranking tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel A. McCallum, Jason A. Carter, Darren R. Noble, Adam I. Stevenson, Roy Gray Merrill
  • Publication number: 20140143047
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for various embodiments of an automated campaign generation tool for creating content given one or more sources of data. The campaign generation tool may provide an interface to guide a user through a series of steps by which an automated content generation task is specified and created, such that when the automated content generation task is executed, one or more content objects may be generated in order to be provide to a search engine. By automating the content generation, a user may be able to manage a large and frequently updated source of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Jason A. Carter, Kent McLean, Darren R. Noble
  • Publication number: 20130311505
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for an automated keyword refinement tool for generating an output set of keywords. The keyword refinement tool may utilize or incorporate results from keyword suggestion tools and keyword ranking tools in order to determine a set of keywords that produce better search engine results that if the keyword suggestion tools or keyword ranking tools were utilized individually. The keyword refinement tool may use a variety of methods for determining input to keyword suggestions tools and keyword ranking tools and a variety of methods for combining the results from the keyword suggestion tools and keyword ranking tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel A. McCallum, Jason A. Carter, Darren R. Noble, Adam I. Stevenson, Roy Gray Merrill