Patents by Inventor Harvey C. Jones

Harvey C. Jones 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: 10572489
    Abstract: A server device is configured to identify sub-pages corresponding to a particular webpage, where the particular webpage and the identified sub-pages may be associated with a same website; determine titles for the identified sub-pages; process the identified sub-pages to select a set of sub-pages, of the identified sub-pages, to use to generate a snippet for the particular webpage, where each webpage, in the set of sub-pages, may satisfy particular criteria, and a quantity of the set of sub-pages may be based on a length of a concatenation of the titles for the set of sub-pages; generate the snippet, for the particular webpage, using the titles for the set of sub-pages; and store the generated snippet in association with the particular webpage, where the generated snippet may be presented in a search result document when the particular webpage is identified as being relevant to a search query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Junli Xian, Harvey C. Jones, Samarth Keshava
  • Publication number: 20170270169
    Abstract: A server device is configured to identify sub-pages corresponding to a particular webpage, where the particular webpage and the identified sub-pages may be associated with a same website; determine titles for the identified sub-pages; process the identified sub-pages to select a set of sub-pages, of the identified sub-pages, to use to generate a snippet for the particular webpage, where each webpage, in the set of sub-pages, may satisfy particular criteria, and a quantity of the set of sub-pages may be based on a length of a concatenation of the titles for the set of sub-pages; generate the snippet, for the particular webpage, using the titles for the set of sub-pages; and store the generated snippet in association with the particular webpage, where the generated snippet may be presented in a search result document when the particular webpage is identified as being relevant to a search query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Junli Xian, Harvey C. Jones, Samarth Keshava
  • Patent number: 9348846
    Abstract: A method and system for providing user-navigable search results returns a resource representation for a resource, such as a web site or other Internet accessible object. The resource representation may be navigable by a user in a manner mirroring navigation of the resource. The resource representation may include a plurality of indicators representing menu links selected from resource links associated with the resource. Selection of an indicator may cause content associated with the indicator, such as resource links and related snippets, to be displayed. A hierarchical arrangement of elements in the resource representation may correspond to a hierarchical arrangement of navigable content in the resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Raj Krishnan, Ryan Kelly, Daniel Rocha, Harvey C. Jones, Jeremy Silber, Hannah Allison Johnston, Russell Yanofsky, Yegnaswamy Ramakrishnan Sermadevi, Alexander Fischer
  • Publication number: 20150169145
    Abstract: A method and system for providing user-navigable search results returns a resource representation for a resource, such as a web site or other Internet accessible object. The resource representation may be navigable by a user in a manner mirroring navigation of the resource. The resource representation may include a plurality of indicators representing menu links selected from resource links associated with the resource. Selection of an indicator may cause content associated with the indicator, such as resource links and related snippets, to be displayed. A hierarchical arrangement of elements in the resource representation may correspond to a hierarchical arrangement of navigable content in the resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Raj Krishnan, Ryan Kelly, Daniel Rocha, Harvey C. Jones, Jeremy Silber, Hannah Allison Johnston, Russell Yanofsky, Yegnaswamy Ramakrishnan Sermadevi, Alexander Fischer