Patents by Inventor Eugene Heinz Stipp

Eugene Heinz Stipp 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).

  • Geographical location extraction
    Patent number: 7849071
    Abstract: A geographical location extraction method and tool to infer a likely geographical location from one or more search terms entered as a query by a user on a search engine or the like. The method includes receiving in a computer memory a search term entered by a user and controlling a processor for utilising processes of word analysis, to determine which parts of a search query comprise location names and provide an indicator of the extent to which a given search term or part thereof should be treated as a geographical location, and inferring from the word analysis a likely geographical location. The likely geographical location so inferred may then be stored in computer memory for further processing or display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Soren Riise, Devesh Patel, Eugene Heinz Stipp
  • Geographical location extraction
    Patent number: 7257570
    Abstract: A geographical location extraction method and tool to infer a likely geographical location from one or more search terms entered as a query by a user on a search engine or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Soren Riise, Devesh Patel, Eugene Heinz Stipp