Patents by Inventor Harvey Jones

Harvey 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: 9697256
    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: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Junli Xian, Harvey Jones, Samarth Keshava
  • Patent number: 9158849
    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: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Junli Xian, Harvey Jones, Samarth Keshava
  • Patent number: 9081832
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing leaf pages as sublinks for a webpage in response to a search query. A search query may be received from a user and search results obtained based on the search query. A plurality of leaf pages associated with a webpage of the search results may be identified. The webpage may be provided as a main search result to the search query and sublinks to the leaf pages may be provided as sublinks of the main search result. At least one category of the leaf pages may be identified and the sublinks to the leaf pages may be sorted according to a sorting scheme of the category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Raj Krishnan, Daniel Rocha, Harvey Jones, Hannah Allison Johnston, Jeremy Silber, Russ Yanofsky
  • Publication number: 20060273491
    Abstract: There are provided apparatuses and related methods for preforming sheets to form preforms for forming ducts. The preforms can be formed of a thermoplastic material, such as flat sheets of reinforced thermoplastic, which can be lightweight, strong, and perform well in flammability, smoke, and toxicity tests. The apparatus includes a heater for heating the sheet to a processing temperature and a structure for configuring the sheet to a desired shape of the duct. For example, rollers, rods, tubes, or a funnel can be used to bend the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Bryan Bergsma, Joseph Canavan, Thomas Courrier, Walter Frantz, Harvey Jones, Denis Klein, Matthew Lum, Mark Younie
  • Patent number: 5092617
    Abstract: A truck cab accessory step includes a pneumatic cylinder mounted to a side wall of an associated truck cab, with a step orthogonally mounted to a lower end of a cylinder piston rod reciprocatably mounted within the cylinder. A manually manipulatable valve effects raising and lowering of the accessory step platform relative to the truck cab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Inventor: Harvey Jones, Jr.
  • Patent number: D361855
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Inventors: Harvey Jones, Lavette Stubblefield