Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Bardzell

Jeffrey Bardzell 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).

  • Systems and methods for providing search assistance technologies based on user self-efficacy and search frustration
    Patent number: 8903845
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for providing search assistance technologies based on a user's search self-efficacy and search frustration. The method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises receiving a search query from a user. The method then calculates the user's search self-efficacy and calculates the user's frustration with the current information task. The method then identifies a plurality of search assistance technologies based on the user's search self-efficacy and frustration. Finally, the method provides a search engine results page comprising a plurality of search results and the identified plurality of search assistance technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Feild, Omer Emre Velipasaoglu, Benoit Dumoulin, Elizabeth F. Churchill, Rosemary Jones, Jeffrey Bardzell
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SEARCH ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGIES BASED ON USER SELF-EFFICACY AND SEARCH FRUSTRATION
    Publication number: 20120166467
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for providing search assistance technologies based on a user's search self-efficacy and search frustration. The method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises receiving a search query from a user. The method then calculates the user's search self-efficacy and calculates the user's frustration with the current information task. The method then identifies a plurality of search assistance technologies based on the user's search self-efficacy and frustration. Finally, the method provides a search engine results page comprising a plurality of search results and the identified plurality of search assistance technologies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Henry Feild, Omer Emre Velipasaoglu, Benoit Dumoulin, Elizabeth F. Churchill, Rosemary Jones, Jeffrey Bardzell