Patents by Inventor Jiangchang Mao

Jiangchang Mao 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 with augmented relevance ranking by community participation
    Patent number: 8521734
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for ranking a result set. The method according to one embodiment comprises selecting an item from the result set, selecting a user profile from one or more user profiles and selecting one or more items of personalized information from the selected user profile. A rank is calculated for the item on the basis of the selected one or more items of personalized information and the selected item in the result set is ranked in accordance with the calculated rank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Eckart Walther, Qi Lu, David Ku, Zhichen Xu, Chung-Man Tam, Pavel Berkin, Dan Rose, Jiangchang Mao
  • SEARCH ENGINE WITH AUGMENTED RELEVANCE RANKING BY COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
    Publication number: 20120233161
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for ranking a result set. The method according to one embodiment comprises selecting an item from the result set, selecting a user profile from one or more user profiles and selecting one or more items of personalized information from the selected user profile. A rank is calculated for the item on the basis of the selected one or more items of personalized information and the selected item in the result set is ranked in accordance with the calculated rank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: YAHOO! INC.
    Inventors: Zhichen Xu, Pavel Berkhin, Daniel E. Rose, Jiangchang Mao, David Ku, Qi Lu, Eckart Walther, Chung-Man Tam