Patents by Inventor Jeff Dean

Jeff Dean 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for ranking documents
    Patent number: 8843479
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for scoring documents in response, in part, to parameters related to the document, source, and/or cluster score. Methods and apparatus are also described for scoring a cluster in response, in part, to parameters related to documents within the cluster and/or sources corresponding to the documents within the cluster. In one embodiment, the invention may detect at least one document within the cluster; analyze a parameter corresponding to the document; and compute a cluster score based, in part, on the parameter, wherein the cluster score corresponds with at least one document within the cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Krishna Bharat, Jeff Dean, Michael Curtiss, Amitabh Singhal, Michael Schmitt
  • Conveyor belt assembly
    Patent number: 8662292
    Abstract: A conveyor belt assembly with a housing profile that protects components positioned in an interior of the housing from spilt products and is easier to clean than previously known conveyor belt assemblies. The conveyor belt assembly of this invention includes a frame with a sloped surface positioned under the conveyor belt such that spilt product that falls through the conveyor belt lands on the sloped surface and gravity pulls the spilt product off the sloped surface to a side of the housing for easy clean up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Service Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Zachary Brackemyer, Jeff Dean, Danny Gonzalez, Gino Rigitano, Jerral Richardson
  • Automatically creating lists from existing lists
    Patent number: 8429164
    Abstract: A system automatically creates a list from items in existing lists. The system receives one or more example items corresponding to the list and assigns weights to the items in the existing lists based on the one or more example items. The system then forms the list based on the items and the weights assigned to the items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Tong, Jeff Dean
  • Automatically creating lists from existing lists
    Patent number: 8126893
    Abstract: A system automatically creates a list from items in existing lists. The system receives one or more example items corresponding to the list and assigns weights to the items in the existing lists based on the one or more example items. The system then forms the list based on the items and the weights assigned to the items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Tong, Jeff Dean
  • Methods and apparatus for ranking documents
    Patent number: 8090717
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for scoring documents in response, in part, to parameters related to the document, source, and/or cluster score. Methods and apparatus are also described for scoring a cluster in response, in part, to parameters related to documents within the cluster and/or sources corresponding to the documents within the cluster. In one embodiment, the invention may detect at least one document within the cluster; analyze a parameter corresponding to the document; and compute a cluster score based, in part, on the parameter, wherein the cluster score corresponds with at least one document within the cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Krishna Bharat, Jeff Dean, Michael Curtiss, Amitabh Singhal, Michael Schmitt
  • System and methods for automatically creating lists
    Patent number: 7350187
    Abstract: A system automatically creates a list from items in existing lists. The system receives one or more example items corresponding to the list and assigns weights to the items in the existing lists based on the one or more example items. The system then forms the list based on the items and the weights assigned to the items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Tong, Jeff Dean