Patents by Inventor Hal Schectman

Hal Schectman 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 METHODS TO CONFIGURE A PROFILE TO RANK SEARCH RESULTS
    Publication number: 20140032517
    Abstract: A method and system to configure a profile to rank search results are provided. A profile that includes behavior information organized as a plurality of components is generated. Additional behavior information is received from a user. At least one component of the plurality of components is updated using the additional behavior information received from the user. A search query is received and search results are generated based on the search query. Search results are ranked based on the updated profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Henderson, Anand Lakshminath, Davide Libenzi, Jagadish Nallapaneni, Pradeep Sankaranthi, Hal Schectman, Guanglei Song, Prasad Sriram, Nicholas Whyte, Thomas Pan, Carson Hoffacker, Swati Agarwal, Amit Basu
  • Indication of exclusive items in a result set
    Patent number: 7747612
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for generating and displaying the difference between a primary result set and a secondary result set. According to the present invention, a method for displaying the difference between a primary result set and a secondary result set for a query comprises generating a primary result set and a secondary result set, the primary result set and secondary result set generated according to one or more respective disparate search algorithms. A difference result set is determined according to a difference between items in the primary result set and second result set, which is displayed to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Thun, Jackie Andrew Freeman, Tony Sang-min Lee, Gregory M. Makris, David Simpson, David M. Ciemiewicz, Hal Schectman, Apostolos Karmirantzos, James Michael Reinhold
  • Presentation of differences between multiple searches
    Patent number: 7747613
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for generating and displaying the difference between a primary result set and a secondary result set. According to the present invention, a method for displaying the difference between a primary result set and a secondary result set for a query comprises generating a primary result set and a secondary result set, the primary result set and secondary result set generated according to one or more respective disparate search algorithms. A difference result set is determined according to a difference between items in the primary result set and second result set, which is displayed to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Jackie Andrew Freeman, Tony Sang-min Lee, David M. Ciemiewicz, Hal Schectman, Apostolos Karmirantzos, James Michael Reinhold
  • Difference control for generating and displaying a difference result set from the result sets of a plurality of search engines
    Patent number: 7747614
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for generating and displaying the difference between a primary result set and a secondary result set. According to the present invention, a method for displaying the difference between a primary result set and a secondary result set for a query comprises generating a primary result set and a secondary result set, the primary result set and secondary result set generated according to one or more respective disparate search algorithms. A difference result set is determined according to a difference between items in the primary result set and second result set, which is displayed to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Jackie Andrew Freeman, Tony Sang-min Lee, David M. Ciemiewicz, Hal Schectman, Apostolos Karmirantzos, James Michael Reinhold, David Simpson, Gregory M. Makris
  • Indication of exclusive items in a result set
    Publication number: 20070100797
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for generating and displaying the difference between a primary result set and a secondary result set. According to the present invention, a method for displaying the difference between a primary result set and a secondary result set for a query comprises generating a primary result set and a secondary result set, the primary result set and secondary result set generated according to one or more respective disparate search algorithms. A difference result set is determined according to a difference between items in the primary result set and second result set, which is displayed to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Christopher Thun, Jackie Freeman, Tony Lee, Gregory Makris, David Simpson, David Ciemiewicz, Hal Schectman, Apostolos Karmirantzos, James Reinhold
  • Presentation of differences between multiple searches
    Publication number: 20070100821
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for generating and displaying the difference between a primary result set and a secondary result set. According to the present invention, a method for displaying the difference between a primary result set and a secondary result set for a query comprises generating a primary result set and a secondary result set, the primary result set and secondary result set generated according to one or more respective disparate search algorithms. A difference result set is determined according to a difference between items in the primary result set and second result set, which is displayed to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Jackie Freeman, Tony Lee, David Ciemiewicz, Hal Schectman, Apostolos Karmirantzos, James Reinhold
  • Difference control for generating and displaying a difference result set from the result sets of a plurality of search engines
    Publication number: 20070100822
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for generating and displaying the difference between a primary result set and a secondary result set. According to the present invention, a method for displaying the difference between a primary result set and a secondary result set for a query comprises generating a primary result set and a secondary result set, the primary result set and secondary result set generated according to one or more respective disparate search algorithms. A difference result set is determined according to a difference between items in the primary result set and second result set, which is displayed to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Jackie Freeman, Tony Lee, David Ciemiewicz, Hal Schectman, Apostolos Karmirantzos, James Reinhold, David Simpson, Gregory Makris