Patents by Inventor Dhruvkaran Mehta

Dhruvkaran Mehta 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).

  • Query ranking based on query clustering and categorization
    Patent number: 8775409
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for query ranking based on query clustering and categorization, are disclosed. In one aspect, search queries are selected and grouped into one or more clusters. A representative query is selected for each cluster. Each cluster is associated with a respective representative category. A rank is assigned to each cluster based on a cluster popularity score of the cluster and a category popularity score of the cluster's representative category. The selected representative queries are presented in order according to the ranks of their respective clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Dhruvkaran Mehta, Jignashu Parikh
  • Query ranking based on query clustering and categorization
    Patent number: 8145623
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for query ranking based on query clustering and categorization, are disclosed. In one aspect, search queries are selected and grouped into one or more clusters. A representative query is selected for each cluster. Each cluster is associated with a respective representative category. A rank is assigned to each cluster based on a cluster popularity score of the cluster and a category popularity score of the cluster's representative category. The selected representative queries are presented in order according to the ranks of their respective clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Dhruvkaran Mehta, Jignashu Parikh