Patents by Inventor Guotao Lu

Guotao Lu 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: 7783617
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of searching personals ads comprising: performing a criteria search to identify one or more personals ads; and performing an affinity search to identify personals ads having an affinity to at least one of the personals ads identified by the criteria search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Guotao Lu, Jagdish Chand, Bryan Call, Andy Scott, Roger Urrabazo
  • Publication number: 20040210565
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of searching personals ads comprising: performing a criteria search to identify one or more personals ads; and performing an affinity search to identify personals ads having an affinity to at least one of the personals ads identified by the criteria search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Guotao Lu, Jagdish Chand, Bryan Call, Andy Scott, Roger Urrabazo