Patents by Inventor Grant Kushida

Grant Kushida 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).

  • System and Method for Determining Semantically Related Terms
    Publication number: 20090198684
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for determining semantically related terms. Generally, one or more seed terms are received from a user. A system searches a first index comprising a plurality of terms and one or more webpages associated with each term of the plurality of terms to determine a plurality of webpages associated with the seed terms. The system then searches a second index comprising a plurality of webpages and one or more terms associated with each webpage of the plurality of webpages to determine a plurality of potential terms associated with the plurality of webpages associated with the seed terms. At least one term of the plurality of potential terms is suggested to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Collins, Graham Harris, Jesse Harris, Grant Kushida, Lance Riedel, Mohammad Sabah, Shaji Sebastian, Jeff Yuan, Yiping Zhou
  • System and method for determining semantically related terms
    Patent number: 7548929
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for determining semantically related terms. Generally, one or more seed terms are received from a user. A system searches a first index comprising a plurality of terms and one or more webpages associated with each term of the plurality of terms to determine a plurality of webpages associated with the seed terms. The system then searches a second index comprising a plurality of webpages and one or more terms associated with each webpage of the plurality of webpages to determine a plurality of potential terms associated with the plurality of webpages associated with the seed terms. At least one term of the plurality of potential terms is suggested to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Collins, Graham Harris, Jesse Harris, Grant Kushida, Lance Riedel, Mohammad Sabah, Shaji Sebastian, Jeff Yuan, Yiping Zhou
  • System and method for determining semantically related terms
    Publication number: 20070027864
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for determining semantically related terms. Generally, one or more seed terms are received from a user. A system searches a first index comprising a plurality of terms and one or more webpages associated with each term of the plurality of terms to determine a plurality of webpages associated with the seed terms. The system then searches a second index comprising a plurality of webpages and one or more terms associated with each webpage of the plurality of webpages to determine a plurality of potential terms associated with the plurality of webpages associated with the seed terms. At least one term of the plurality of potential terms is suggested to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Robert Collins, Graham Harris, Jesse Harris, Grant Kushida, Lance Riedel, Mohammad Sabah, Shaji Sebastian, Jeff Yuan, Yiping Zhou