Patents by Inventor Jim Gan

Jim Gan 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: 20130282702
    Abstract: Method, system, and programs for intent-based search assistance are disclosed. Intent information associated with a query entered by a user is first collected. The intent information includes one or more intents. The collected intent information is then associated with annotation information to generate annotated intent information for the query. In response to the user entering the query, a query suggestion is determined from a plurality of query suggestions. Content is then provided to the user at real-time based on the determined query suggestion and the annotated intent information for the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: YAHOO! INC.
    Inventors: Shenhong Zhu, Jim Gan, Hang Su, Xiaobing Han, Ethan Batraski
  • Publication number: 20130282682
    Abstract: Method, system, and programs for intent-based search suggestion are disclosed. A query suggestion is determined from a plurality of query suggestions in response to a user entering a query. Annotated intent information associated with the determined query suggestion is then fetched. The annotated intent information includes one or more intents with annotation information. The determined query suggestion is presented with one or more labels to the user. Each label indicates one of the one or more intents. The one or more labels are ranked based on their corresponding intents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: YAHOO! INC.
    Inventors: Ethan Batraski, Shenhong Zhu, Hang Su, Jim Gan, Olivia Franklin
  • Publication number: 20050289138
    Abstract: A system and method for near real-time, high performance analysis, including indexing and searching, of large amount of structured and unstructured content represented in XML format using summary information along multiple groupings. This operational data store system and method provides a new data structure representation and query technique which allows information systems software applications and end users to access key performance indicators from arbitrary content without prior knowledge relating the data-type structure or having access to the original business content. The present invention utilizes Compound Aggregate Indexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: Alex Cheng, Jim Gan, Srinivas Pandrangi