Patents by Inventor Jesse Harris

Jesse Harris 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).

  • Publication number: 20090198684
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for determining semantically related terms. Generally, one or more seed terms are received from a user. A system searches a first index comprising a plurality of terms and one or more webpages associated with each term of the plurality of terms to determine a plurality of webpages associated with the seed terms. The system then searches a second index comprising a plurality of webpages and one or more terms associated with each webpage of the plurality of webpages to determine a plurality of potential terms associated with the plurality of webpages associated with the seed terms. At least one term of the plurality of potential terms is suggested to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Collins, Graham Harris, Jesse Harris, Grant Kushida, Lance Riedel, Mohammad Sabah, Shaji Sebastian, Jeff Yuan, Yiping Zhou
  • Patent number: 7548929
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for determining semantically related terms. Generally, one or more seed terms are received from a user. A system searches a first index comprising a plurality of terms and one or more webpages associated with each term of the plurality of terms to determine a plurality of webpages associated with the seed terms. The system then searches a second index comprising a plurality of webpages and one or more terms associated with each webpage of the plurality of webpages to determine a plurality of potential terms associated with the plurality of webpages associated with the seed terms. At least one term of the plurality of potential terms is suggested to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Collins, Graham Harris, Jesse Harris, Grant Kushida, Lance Riedel, Mohammad Sabah, Shaji Sebastian, Jeff Yuan, Yiping Zhou
  • Publication number: 20070027864
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for determining semantically related terms. Generally, one or more seed terms are received from a user. A system searches a first index comprising a plurality of terms and one or more webpages associated with each term of the plurality of terms to determine a plurality of webpages associated with the seed terms. The system then searches a second index comprising a plurality of webpages and one or more terms associated with each webpage of the plurality of webpages to determine a plurality of potential terms associated with the plurality of webpages associated with the seed terms. At least one term of the plurality of potential terms is suggested to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Robert Collins, Graham Harris, Jesse Harris, Grant Kushida, Lance Riedel, Mohammad Sabah, Shaji Sebastian, Jeff Yuan, Yiping Zhou
  • Patent number: 5462514
    Abstract: An apparatus for aiding erection in men comprising an open tubular vacuum cylinder sufficiently large to contain an erect male penis and an integrally mounted electrically powered vacuum generating unit which mounts to an end of said cylinder and supplies a limited vacuum at a relatively high leakage rate and a large, sensitive, vacuum controlling valve which may be used to accurately limit the vacuum produced by the vacuum generating unit to a point safe for a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Inventor: Jesse Harris
  • Patent number: 3970106
    Abstract: A collapsible ball check valve for use in high pressure pneumatic devices to prevent a backflow upon loss of the high pressure while, simultaneously, not requiring a pressure loss to operate the check valve. The pressure of the fluid causes the hollow ball to collapse inwardly, thereby allowing fluid to continue to flow through the flow passage around the collapsed ball valve and through the valve seat which is provided with a plurality of inwardly sloped passages to allow fluid flow therethrough upon collapse of the hollow ball. Upon losing pressure in the flow passage, the ball valve resumes its normal shape to press against a flanged opening in the flow passage thereby preventing a reverse flow of fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1976
    Assignee: Reed Tool Company
    Inventor: Jesse Harris