Patents by Inventor Erwin Tam

Erwin Tam 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).

  • Selectively adding social dimension to web searches
    Patent number: 8880520
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards managing a display of search results by employing a query-classification for a search query to selectively display trust search results that are displayed distinct from non-trust search results. A search query is classified into a query-class. A search is then performed over non-trust sources, and selectively over trust data sources to obtain non-trust and trust search results, respectively. The trust search results are rank ordered based on various categories of search criteria, including, for example, explicit and implicit relationships. Based on the query-class, a different number of trust search results may be displayed. Further, a position for which the trust search results may be displayed may be based on the query-class. Moreover, the non-trust search results displayed distinct or separate from the trust search results to readily distinguish a type of source of the search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Gulik, Arun Shankar Iyer, Prasenjit Sarkar, Vinay Kakade, Erwin Tam
  • SELECTIVELY ADDING SOCIAL DIMENSION TO WEB SEARCHES
    Publication number: 20110264648
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards managing a display of search results by employing a query-classification for a search query to selectively display trust search results that are displayed distinct from non-trust search results. A search query is classified into a query-class. A search is then performed over non-trust sources, and selectively over trust data sources to obtain non-trust and trust search results, respectively. The trust search results are rank ordered based on various categories of search criteria, including, for example, explicit and implicit relationships. Based on the query-class, a different number of trust search results may be displayed. Further, a position for which the trust search results may be displayed may be based on the query-class. Moreover, the non-trust search results displayed distinct or separate from the trust search results to readily distinguish a type of source of the search results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Gulik, Arun Shankar Iyer, Prasenjit Sarkar, Vinay Kakade, Erwin Tam