Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Hamon Reid

Elizabeth Hamon Reid 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).

  • Identifying potentially suspicious business listings for moderation
    Patent number: 8601578
    Abstract: A business listing verification server is operative to verify whether a business listing complies with a selected business configuration rule. The business listing verification server may include a business listing database comprising a plurality of business listings and a business information source pipeline for processing the various business listings. The business listing verification server may further include a set of business listing configuration rules, wherein each business listing configuration rule may be established for a separate business. A business listing configuration rule may establish whether a business listing is a potentially suspicious business listing. In addition, the business listing verification server may also include a moderation priority queue, where business listings to be moderated are prioritized based on whether the business listings have been identified as potentially suspicious business listings according to one or more business listing configuration rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Diego Ariel Gertzenstein, Paul Eastlund, Elizabeth Hamon Reid
  • Category suggestions relating to a search
    Patent number: 8595250
    Abstract: A system determines categories for business listings identified in a list of search results and assigns scores to the categories. The system presents one or more high scoring ones of the categories as one or more category suggestions relating to the list of search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Egnor, Elizabeth Hamon Reid
  • Category suggestions relating to a search
    Patent number: 8027988
    Abstract: A system determines categories for business listings identified in a list of search results and assigns scores to the categories. The system presents one or more high scoring ones of the categories as one or more category suggestions relating to the list of search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Egnor, Elizabeth Hamon Reid
  • Category suggestions relating to a search
    Patent number: 7523099
    Abstract: A system determines categories for business listings identified in a list of search results and assigns scores to the categories. The system presents one or more high scoring ones of the categories as one or more category suggestions relating to the list of search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Egnor, Elizabeth Hamon Reid