Patents by Inventor John Joseph Carrasco

John Joseph Carrasco 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: 20050015366
    Abstract: In one implementation a method for disambiguation of search phrases is provided, which may include identifying interpretation clusters using bidded search terms of content providers and influencing a position of a search result in a search results list based on the interpretation clusters. The search results list may be provided in response to a search query received by a searcher for review by the searcher. In one implementation a method is provided for interpretation clustering, which may include identifying terms and associated content providers and calculating a matrix from the identified terms and associated content providers. Similarity scores between content providers based on the matrix are calculated and interpretation clusters are assigned using the similarity scores. Bidded search terms and/or searcher clickthrough terms may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: John Joseph Carrasco, Daniel Fain, Gary Flake
  • Patent number: 6775831
    Abstract: A computer program and task request interface which enables large volumes of data to be processed efficiently and rapidly by multiple computers on a network. The data that requires processing can be in any format. The task request interface allows any arbitrary task to be performed on the input data. The number of computers which may participate in any given data processing task is essentially unlimited. The number of programs that can participate in the system is also essentially unlimited if the program uses run time evaluable code. Any computer operating system that runs a specified computer language interpreter can participate in the distributed processing of the input data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Overture Services, Inc.
    Inventors: John Joseph Carrasco, Stephan Doliov, Frank B. Ehrenfried