Patents by Inventor Ivan Kelly

Ivan Kelly 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).

  • Search engine and method for performing a search for objects that correspond to a search request
    Patent number: 9805122
    Abstract: A search engine for finding objects that correspond to a search request, including an input module for receiving a keyword query from a user, and a search module being configured to map the keyword query to the identifiers of objects that semantically match the keyword or the plurality of keywords contained in the keyword query, and to generate a search result that contains a listing of matching object identifiers, is characterized in that the search module is further configured to generate the search result by considering network layer information about the user within the process of mapping the keyword query to identifiers of matching objects, wherein the network layer information include sophisticated information the search module receives from a dedicated entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignees: NEC EUROPE LTD., YAHOO HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Jan Seedorf, Saverio Niccolini, Martin Stiemerling, Flavio Junqueira, Marco Serafini, Ivan Kelly, Vincent Leroy, Berkant Barla Cambazoglu
  • SEARCH ENGINE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A SEARCH FOR OBJECTS THAT CORRESPOND TO A SEARCH REQUEST
    Publication number: 20140201184
    Abstract: A search engine for finding objects that correspond to a search request, including an input module for receiving a keyword query from a user, and a search module being configured to map the keyword query to the identifiers of objects that semantically match the keyword or the plurality of keywords contained in the keyword query, and to generate a search result that contains a listing of matching object identifiers, is characterized in that the search module is further configured to generate the search result by considering network layer information about the user within the process of mapping the keyword query to identifiers of matching objects, wherein the network layer information include sophisticated information the search module receives from a dedicated entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicants: YAHOO ! INC., NEC EUROPE LTD.
    Inventors: Jan Seedorf, Saverio Niccolini, Martin Stiemerling, Flavio Junqueira, Marco Serafini, Ivan Kelly, Vincent Leroy, Berkant Barla Cambazoglu