Patents by Inventor Fang-Fei Kuo

Fang-Fei Kuo 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 TIME SENSITIVE AMBIGUOUS QUERIES
    Publication number: 20140250116
    Abstract: A system and method for generating search results includes: receiving a search query with a search term; parsing the search term; determining that at least a portion of the parsed search term is an ambiguous, time-sensitive query; retrieving an intended search term according to a current time of day from a data store when it is determined that at least a portion of the parsed search term is an ambiguous, time-sensitive query; and preparing a search results page such that search results more closely matching the derived intended search term are placed in a most prominent position on the search results page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: YAHOO! INC.
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsien Hsu, Fang-Fei Kuo