Patents by Inventor Gunes Erkan

Gunes Erkan 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: 9720913
    Abstract: A system obtains a document that is responsive to a user query. The system determines an interest of the user based on stored data associated with the user, and determines that a portion of the document relates to the interest of the user. The system generates a first snippet for the document based on the portion of the document that relates to the interest of the user, and provides the first snippet for the document as part of a result list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Liu, Gunes Erkan, Doug Sherrets, Max Ventilla, Frances Bordwell Haugen
  • Patent number: 9411827
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, apparatus, and methods are described that perform operations including receiving a search query that includes a name, receiving multiple resources that have been identified by a search engine as best satisfying the search query, wherein the identified multiple resources include a resource including a plurality of images. The operations include identifying an image of the plurality of images displaying a face of the person. The image is identified based on a description associated with the image. The description is based at least in part on one or more resources included in the search results. The operations further include providing the identified image with the search results. The search results are provided as a plurality of links. Each link identifies a corresponding resource of the identified plurality of resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: David Bau, Gunes Erkan, Osman Ahmed Osman, Scott A. Safier, Ching Yu Conrad Lo
  • Patent number: 9235626
    Abstract: A system obtains a document that is responsive to a user query. The system determines an interest of the user based on stored data associated with the user, and determines that a portion of the document relates to the interest of the user. The system generates a first snippet for the document based on the portion of the document that relates to the interest of the user, and provides the first snippet for the document as part of a result list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Liu, Gunes Erkan, Doug Sherrets, Max Ventilla, Frances Bordwell Haugen
  • Patent number: 9195706
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus are described herein that include obtaining metadata within a document, where the metadata comprises a sequence of terms. Tags are assigned to terms in the sequence of terms based at least in part on grammatical relationships between the terms, thereby forming a corresponding sequence of tags. A determination is made that the sequence of terms is grammatically correct based at least in part on tags within the corresponding sequence of tags. In response to the determination, the sequence of terms is stored as a query suggestion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Lev Finkelstein, Benedict Gomes, Gunes Erkan, Eddo Kim
  • Patent number: 9189554
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, apparatus, and methods are described that perform operations including receiving a search query that includes a name, receiving multiple resources that have been identified by a search engine as best satisfying the search query, wherein the identified multiple resources include a resource including a plurality of images. The operations include identifying an image of the plurality of images displaying a face of the person. The image is identified based on a description associated with the image. The description is based at least in part on one or more resources included in the search results. The operations further include providing the identified image with the search results. The search results are provided as a plurality of links. Each link identifies a corresponding resource of the identified plurality of resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: David Bau, Gunes Erkan, Osman Ahmed Osman, Scott A. Safier, Ching Yu Conrad Lo
  • Publication number: 20150161130
    Abstract: A system obtains a document that is responsive to a user query. The system determines an interest of the user based on stored data associated with the user, and determines that a portion of the document relates to the interest of the user. The system generates a first snippet for the document based on the portion of the document that relates to the interest of the user, and provides the first snippet for the document as part of a result list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Sean Liu, Gunes Erkan, Doug Sherrets, Max Ventilla, Frances Bordwell Haugen
  • Patent number: 9026526
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, apparatus, and methods are described that perform operations including receiving a search query that includes a name, receiving multiple resources that have been identified by a search engine as best satisfying the search query, wherein the identified multiple resources include a resource including a plurality of images. The operations include identifying an image of the plurality of images displaying a face of the person. The image is identified based on a description associated with the image. The description is based at least in part on one or more resources included in the search results. The operations further include providing the identified image with the search results. The search results are provided as a plurality of links. Each link identifies a corresponding resource of the identified plurality of resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: David Bau, Gunes Erkan, Osman Ahmed Osman, Scott A. Safier, Ching Yu Conrad Lo
  • Patent number: 8990224
    Abstract: A computer system is configured to determine portions of text extracted from a corresponding group of documents; process a particular portion of text by a set of filters, where the particular portion of text may correspond to a particular document, and where each of the filters may generate a respective score based on processing the particular portion of text; calculate a readability score based on the respective scores generated by the filters; determine that the readability score satisfies a threshold score; and generate or select a new portion of text, for the particular document, based on determining that the readability score satisfies the threshold score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Lauren Ouellette, Gunes Erkan, Brad Alex Seiler, Xichen Yu
  • Patent number: 8538943
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, apparatus, and methods are described that perform operations including receiving a search query that includes a name, receiving multiple resources that have been identified by a search engine as best satisfying the search query, wherein the identified multiple resources include a resource including a plurality of images. The operations include identifying an image of the plurality of images displaying a face of the person. The image is identified based on a description associated with the image. The description is based at least in part on one or more resources included in the search results. The operations further include providing the identified image with the search results. The search results are provided as a plurality of links. Each link identifies a corresponding resource of the identified plurality of resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: David Bau, Gunes Erkan, Osman Ahmed Osman, Scott A. Safier, Ching Yu Conrad Lo