Patents by Inventor Frances B. Haugen

Frances B. Haugen 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).

  • Patent number: 8892591
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for presenting search results. One of the methods includes receiving a first content request, the first content request comprises one or more search terms received within a social networking application. The method includes determining a first level of popularity of the first content request, the first level of popularity based on the frequency with which the first content request has been previously submitted. The method includes comparing the first level of popularity to a second level of popularity, the second level of popularity based on the frequency with which a second query has been previously submitted. The method includes determining that the second level of popularity exceeds the first level of popularity. The method includes determining search results responsive to the second content request. The method includes providing at least one of the search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Frances B. Haugen, Daniel M. Crichton
  • Patent number: 8825644
    Abstract: A method performed by one or more processing devices includes obtaining search results responsive to a search query submitted by a user; determining a maturity score for the user, where the maturity score represents a measure of development of a particular user attribute; determining, based on the maturity score, utility scores for the search results, where a utility score represents a measure of utility of a particular type of content to a particular type of user as defined by the measure of development of the particular user attribute; and adjusting rankings of the search results based on the utility scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel M. Crichton, Frances B. Haugen
  • Publication number: 20140129625
    Abstract: Methods, and systems, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable storage mediums, including a method for adjusting content delivery based on user submissions. The method includes analyzing user submissions comprising photographs, the analyzing comprising: for each of the user submissions: identifying a time the user submission occurred; identifying objects represented in the photograph; determining a subject matter of the user submission based at least in part on the objects; determining a geographic location associated with the subject matter of the user submission; determining clusters of the user submissions, each user submission in a particular cluster being similar to each other user submission in the particular cluster based on the times the user submissions occurred, the subject matters of the user submissions, and the geographic locations associated with the user submissions; and adjusting content delivery to members of a network based on the determination of one or more of the clusters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Frances B. Haugen, Gregory M. Marra
  • Publication number: 20140129544
    Abstract: A method performed by one or more processing devices includes receiving a request for social media content that is relevant to one or more search terms; identifying, based on a social graph of a user, social media content with connections in the social graph to the user, wherein the social media content is associated with metadata; identifying metadata that is associated with the identified social media content and that has at least a threshold amount of relevance to the one or more search terms; generating a summarization of contents of the metadata identified and contents of the social media content identified; and transmitting, to the device used by the user who sent the request, the summarization for presentation to the user, in response to the request for social media content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Frances B. Haugen, Gregory M. Marra
  • Publication number: 20130232134
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting book search results. A query is received requesting a search of text of a book resource. A presentation of search results that satisfy the query is generated, wherein each of the search results identifies a portion of the book resource, the presentation comprising one or more section headings each corresponding to a respective section of the book resource in which a portion identified by at least one search result occurs, and, search results associated with the corresponding section, each search result associated with a location within the corresponding section, each search result including a snippet of text from the book resource that includes one or more terms of the query, and wherein each search result includes a link to an image of a scanned page of the book in which the snippet of text occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Inventors: Frances B. Haugen, Matthew K. Gray
  • Publication number: 20130124504
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a query for content within a user interface of a social networking service, obtaining search results based on the query, the search results including a set of items distributed by users of the social networking service, transmitting instructions to display the search results in a search stream provided in the user interface, the set of items being included in the search stream, receiving first user input, the first user input defining an item data set associated with an item to be provided in the search results, and transmitting instructions to display revised search results including the item in one or more search streams, the one or more search streams including the search stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Frances B. Haugen, Daniel M. Crichton, Joseph M. Rozier, Gregory M. Marra
  • Patent number: 8229925
    Abstract: Techniques for determining search query information for an advertising campaign and communicating the search query information to a sponsor of the advertising campaign are described. The techniques include receiving, from a sponsor of the advertisement, a request for search query information relating to the advertisement having been presented by a search service, identifying previously executed search queries submitted by users of the search service, wherein search results of the identified search queries have been presented with the advertisement to one or more users of the search service, compiling search query information, the search query information including ad performance data associated with the advertisement for the identified search queries, and providing the sponsor with the compiled search query information. A user interface may be generated to receive user input of selection criteria and provide an interface to search query information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Frances B. Haugen, Abhishek Bapna, Weipeng Yan, Osman Ahmed Osman
  • Publication number: 20110087694
    Abstract: Techniques for determining search query information for an advertising campaign and communicating the search query information to a sponsor of the advertising campaign are described. The techniques include receiving, from a sponsor of the advertisement, a request for search query information relating to the advertisement having been presented by a search service, identifying previously executed search queries submitted by users of the search service, wherein search results of the identified search queries have been presented with the advertisement to one or more users of the search service, compiling search query information, the search query information including ad performance data associated with the advertisement for the identified search queries, and providing the sponsor with the compiled search query information. A user interface may be generated to receive user input of selection criteria and provide an interface to search query information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Frances B. Haugen, Abhishek Bapna, Weipeng Yan, Osman Ahmed Osman
  • Patent number: 7860859
    Abstract: Techniques for determining search query information for an advertising campaign and communicating the search query information to a sponsor of the advertising campaign are described. The techniques include receiving, from a sponsor of the advertisement, a request for search query information relating to the advertisement having been presented by a search service, identifying previously executed search queries submitted by users of the search service, wherein search results of the identified search queries have been presented with the advertisement to one or more users of the search service, compiling search query information, the search query information including ad performance data associated with the advertisement for the identified search queries, and providing the sponsor with the compiled search query information. A user interface may be generated to receive user input of selection criteria and provide an interface to search query information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Frances B. Haugen, Abhishek Bapna, Weipeng Yan, Osman Ahmed Osman
  • Publication number: 20080301093
    Abstract: Techniques for determining search query information for an advertising campaign and communicating the search query information to a sponsor of the advertising campaign are described. The techniques include receiving, from a sponsor the advertisement, a request for search query information relating to the advertisement having been presented by a search service, identifying previously executed search queries submitted by users of the search service, wherein search results of the identified search queries have been presented with the advertisement to one or more users of the search service. compiling search query information, the search query information including ad performance data associated with the advertisement for the identified search queries, and providing the sponsor with the compiled search query information. A user interface may be generated to receive user input of selection criteria and provide an interface to search query information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Frances B. Haugen, Abhishek Bapna, Weipeng Yan, Osman Ahmed Osman