Patents by Inventor Greg Coladonato

Greg Coladonato 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: 8768920
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for posting questions from search queries. In some implementations, a method includes identifying a plurality of different questions previously searched. The previously-searched questions each include a word indicating a question. The previously-searched questions are filtered to remove one or more specified words included with the question word. At least a subset of the plurality of previously-searched questions that can be used to generate a canonical form after removing the one or more specified words are determined. The subset of previously-searched questions are ranked based, at least in part, on a frequency of submission of each previously-submitted search query in the subset. A particular one of the previously-submitted search queries in the subset is identified as representative of the subset of previously-submitted search queries based on the ranking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Coladonato, Huacheng Ke
  • Patent number: 8392246
    Abstract: A review for a content publisher is received, the content publisher publishing content to which advertisements are targeted over a distribution network. An aggregated approval score for the content publisher is generated based on the received review and other reviews for the content publisher. The aggregated approval score is provide to an advertiser. An indication to accept or reject the targeting of the advertisements to the publisher content is received, the indication being received after providing the aggregated approval score to the advertiser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Coladonato, Juliana Jaeger, Karen Padham Taylor, Elad Gil
  • Patent number: 8392241
    Abstract: A review for an advertisement is received, the advertisement to be provided to recipients over a distribution network with content provided by content publishers. An aggregated approval score for the advertisement is generated based on the received review and other reviews for the advertisement. The aggregated approval score is provide to a content publisher. An indication to accept or reject the advertisement for presentation with content provided to recipients by the content publisher is received from the content publisher. The indication is received after providing the aggregated approval score to the content publisher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Coladonato, Juliana Jaeger, Karen Padham Taylor
  • Patent number: 8135712
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for posting questions from search queries. In some implementations, a method includes identifying a plurality of different questions previously searched. The previously-searched questions each include a word indicating a question. The previously-searched questions are filtered to remove one or more specified words included with the question word. At least a subset of the plurality of previously-searched questions that can be used to generate a canonical form after removing the one or more specified words are determined. The subset of previously-searched questions are ranked based, at least in part, on a frequency of submission of each previously-submitted search query in the subset. A particular one of the previously-submitted search queries in the subset is identified as representative of the subset of previously-submitted search queries based on the ranking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Coladonato, Huacheng Ke
  • Publication number: 20100145762
    Abstract: A review for an advertisement is received, the advertisement to be provided to recipients over a distribution network with content provided by content publishers. An aggregated approval score for the advertisement is generated based on the received review and other reviews for the advertisement. The aggregated approval score is provide to a content publisher. An indication to accept or reject the advertisement for presentation with content provided to recipients by the content publisher is received from the content publisher. The indication is received after providing the aggregated approval score to the content publisher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Coladonato, Juliana Jaeger, Karen Padham Taylor
  • Publication number: 20090327234
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for updating answers with references in forums. In some implementations, a method includes presenting a media item including a question, a box for updating the media item with an answer, and a search field for entering a search query. In response to at least a search request entered in the search field, the search request is automatically executed with a remote search engine. A search result with an associated graphical element configured to update an answer to the question with a reference to the search result is presented. The answer including the search-result reference is automatically updated in response to at least a user selecting the associated graphical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Greg Coladonato, Jim Deng, Fan Jiang, Yizi Wu
  • Publication number: 20090327235
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for presenting references with answers in forums. In some implementations, a method for executing an embedded search query includes presenting a media item including a question, an answer, and a reference for the answer. The reference embeds in the answer a search result and a previously-executed search query used to identify the search result, and a graphical element configured to execute the search query. The presented search query is automatically executed in response to at least a user selecting the graphical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Greg Coladonato, Jim Deng, Fan Jiang, Yizi Wu
  • Publication number: 20090063229
    Abstract: A review for a content publisher is received, the content publisher publishing content to which advertisements are targeted over a distribution network. An aggregated approval score for the content publisher is generated based on the received review and other reviews for the content publisher. The aggregated approval score is provide to an advertiser. An indication to accept or reject the targeting of the advertisements to the publisher content is received, the indication being received after providing the aggregated approval score to the advertiser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Greg Coladonato, Juliana Jaeger, Karen Padham Taylor, Elad Gil