Patents by Inventor Jinjun Xu

Jinjun Xu 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).

  • Patent number: 9727892
    Abstract: A method, system, and program product, for determining related search terms for a domain, comprising: receiving a request for related search terms for a domain, obtaining click data on the domain for initial related search terms determined for the domain, obtaining revenue generation data for each of a plurality of the initial related search terms; determining a first set of the initial related search terms with a highest revenue or ad clicks generation; generating a second set of new related search terms, comprising: obtaining keywords that are semantically relevant, obtaining how many advertisements are targeted to the respective keyword, and obtaining for each of multiple of the respective keywords an amount that advertisers have paid over a period of time for use of the respective keyword.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Kai Chen, William David Reardon, Jinjun Xu
  • Patent number: 9521189
    Abstract: Link units include a keyword or words that, when selected, cause a client device to display a landing page having one or more content items related to the selected link unit. The use of contextual data in addition to the keyword or words of the selected link unit may further assist in selecting relevant content items to populate the landing page. The contextual data may include the unselected keyword link units and/or other keywords in a group from which the selected keyword link unit was selected. The contextual data may include assigning weights to the selected keyword link unit, the unselected keyword link units, and/or the other keywords in the group from which the selected keyword link unit was selected. The group may be identified using a unique token associated with the group and the selected keyword link unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Jinjun Xu
  • Patent number: 9304738
    Abstract: Systems and methods for evaluating information via a computer network using weighted terms are provided. A data processing system can detect an indication of user interest in subject matter of an information resource, and can identify a plurality of keywords associated with the subject matter. The data processing system can determine a weight for each of the plurality of keywords for the information resource. The data processing system can receive a request for content to provide for display with the information resource, and can evaluate the weight of each of the plurality of keywords associated with the information resource to determine one or more keywords to use for content selection. The data processing system can select content to provide for display with the information resource based at least in part on the selected keyword(s) or the weight associated with the selected keyword(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Goolge Inc.
    Inventors: Jinjun Xu, Kai Chen, William David Reardon
  • Publication number: 20150058358
    Abstract: Link units include a keyword or words that, when selected, cause a client device to display a landing page having one or more content items related to the selected link unit. The use of contextual data in addition to the keyword or words of the selected link unit may further assist in selecting relevant content items to populate the landing page. The contextual data may include the unselected keyword link units and/or other keywords in a group from which the selected keyword link unit was selected. The contextual data may include assigning weights to the selected keyword link unit, the unselected keyword link units, and/or the other keywords in the group from which the selected keyword link unit was selected. The group may be identified using a unique token associated with the group and the selected keyword link unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Jinjun Xu