Patents by Inventor John Robert Grace, JR.

John Robert Grace, JR. 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).

  • Optimizing search result snippet selection
    Patent number: 10261954
    Abstract: Techniques for optimizing search result snippet selection. In one aspect, the techniques include receiving a query and identifying a set of documents matching the query. A set of one or more snippet field types for a snippet representing a corresponding document of the set of documents is selected based at least in part on a snippet selection model. The snippet selection model is adjusted to reinforce or discourage selection of the set of one or more snippet field types for future queries based on the user click.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: John Robert Grace, Jr., Neil Sethi, Tsung-Hsiang Chang
  • OPTIMIZING SEARCH RESULT SNIPPET SELECTION
    Publication number: 20180189292
    Abstract: Techniques for optimizing search result snippet selection. In one aspect, the techniques include receiving a query and identifying a set of documents matching the query. A set of one or more snippet field types for a snippet representing a corresponding document of the set of documents is selected based at least in part on a snippet selection model. The snippet selection model is adjusted to reinforce or discourage selection of the set of one or more snippet field types for future queries based on the user click.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: John Robert Grace, JR., Neil Sethi, Tsung-Hsiang Chang