Patents by Inventor Ethan R. DeYoung

Ethan R. DeYoung 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).

  • Systems and methods for optimizing search engine performance
    Patent number: 10127314
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for receiving from a user a seed string including one or more letters, generating search queries based on the seed string, and executing a search associated with each of the search queries where each search query includes at least one of an example, suggestion, and term. The systems and methods also include generating a set of search results associated with each of the search queries, determining a search query evaluation value for each of the search queries based at least in part on comparing the set of search results associated with each of the search queries with an expected set of search results, determining a relevancy value for each of the search queries, and configuring a search criteria of the search engine based on the determined relevancy values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Efstratios Davlos, Ethan R. Deyoung
  • Systems and Methods for Optimizing Search Engine Performance
    Publication number: 20130254177
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for receiving from a user a seed string including one or more letters, generating search queries based on the seed string, and executing a search associated with each of the search queries where each search query includes at least one of an example, suggestion, and term. The systems and methods also include generating a set of search results associated with each of the search queries, determining a search query evaluation value for each of the search queries based at least in part on comparing the set of search results associated with each of the search queries with an expected set of search results, determining a relevancy value for each of the search queries, and configuring a search criteria of the search engine based on the determined relevancy values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Efstratios Davlos, Ethan R. DeYoung