Patents by Inventor Junli Xian

Junli Xian 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: 10846293
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing a statement that references a particular attribute of a particular topic, in response to providing the statement, obtaining one or more query patterns that each include one or more query terms that are used in queries submitted to a search system in obtaining a value for the particular attribute of the particular topic, generalizing one or more of the query patterns, and associating the one or more generalized query patterns with one or more other topics that include the particular attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Junli Xian, Engin Cinar Sahin, John Blitzer, Emma S. Persky
  • Patent number: 10572489
    Abstract: A server device is configured to identify sub-pages corresponding to a particular webpage, where the particular webpage and the identified sub-pages may be associated with a same website; determine titles for the identified sub-pages; process the identified sub-pages to select a set of sub-pages, of the identified sub-pages, to use to generate a snippet for the particular webpage, where each webpage, in the set of sub-pages, may satisfy particular criteria, and a quantity of the set of sub-pages may be based on a length of a concatenation of the titles for the set of sub-pages; generate the snippet, for the particular webpage, using the titles for the set of sub-pages; and store the generated snippet in association with the particular webpage, where the generated snippet may be presented in a search result document when the particular webpage is identified as being relevant to a search query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Junli Xian, Harvey C. Jones, Samarth Keshava
  • Patent number: 9898512
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing a statement that references a particular attribute of a particular topic, in response to providing the statement, obtaining one or more query patterns that each include one or more query terms that are used in queries submitted to a search system in obtaining a value for the particular attribute of the particular topic, generalizing one or more of the query patterns, and associating the one or more generalized query patterns with one or more other topics that include the particular attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Junli Xian, Engin Cinar Sahin, John Blitzer, Emma S. Persky
  • Publication number: 20170270169
    Abstract: A server device is configured to identify sub-pages corresponding to a particular webpage, where the particular webpage and the identified sub-pages may be associated with a same website; determine titles for the identified sub-pages; process the identified sub-pages to select a set of sub-pages, of the identified sub-pages, to use to generate a snippet for the particular webpage, where each webpage, in the set of sub-pages, may satisfy particular criteria, and a quantity of the set of sub-pages may be based on a length of a concatenation of the titles for the set of sub-pages; generate the snippet, for the particular webpage, using the titles for the set of sub-pages; and store the generated snippet in association with the particular webpage, where the generated snippet may be presented in a search result document when the particular webpage is identified as being relevant to a search query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Junli Xian, Harvey C. Jones, Samarth Keshava
  • Patent number: 9697256
    Abstract: A server device is configured to identify sub-pages corresponding to a particular webpage, where the particular webpage and the identified sub-pages may be associated with a same website; determine titles for the identified sub-pages; process the identified sub-pages to select a set of sub-pages, of the identified sub-pages, to use to generate a snippet for the particular webpage, where each webpage, in the set of sub-pages, may satisfy particular criteria, and a quantity of the set of sub-pages may be based on a length of a concatenation of the titles for the set of sub-pages; generate the snippet, for the particular webpage, using the titles for the set of sub-pages; and store the generated snippet in association with the particular webpage, where the generated snippet may be presented in a search result document when the particular webpage is identified as being relevant to a search query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Junli Xian, Harvey Jones, Samarth Keshava
  • Publication number: 20160034540
    Abstract: A server device is configured to identify sub-pages corresponding to a particular webpage, where the particular webpage and the identified sub-pages may be associated with a same website; determine titles for the identified sub-pages; process the identified sub-pages to select a set of sub-pages, of the identified sub-pages, to use to generate a snippet for the particular webpage, where each webpage, in the set of sub-pages, may satisfy particular criteria, and a quantity of the set of sub-pages may be based on a length of a concatenation of the titles for the set of sub-pages; generate the snippet, for the particular webpage, using the titles for the set of sub-pages; and store the generated snippet in association with the particular webpage, where the generated snippet may be presented in a search result document when the particular webpage is identified as being relevant to a search query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Junli XIAN, Harvey JONES, Samarth KESHAVA
  • Patent number: 9158849
    Abstract: A server device is configured to identify sub-pages corresponding to a particular webpage, where the particular webpage and the identified sub-pages may be associated with a same website; determine titles for the identified sub-pages; process the identified sub-pages to select a set of sub-pages, of the identified sub-pages, to use to generate a snippet for the particular webpage, where each webpage, in the set of sub-pages, may satisfy particular criteria, and a quantity of the set of sub-pages may be based on a length of a concatenation of the titles for the set of sub-pages; generate the snippet, for the particular webpage, using the titles for the set of sub-pages; and store the generated snippet in association with the particular webpage, where the generated snippet may be presented in a search result document when the particular webpage is identified as being relevant to a search query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Junli Xian, Harvey Jones, Samarth Keshava
  • Patent number: 9081831
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and methods for presenting document-specific snippets for documents in site-specific search results. One example method according to the present disclosure includes determining a set of documents that are responsive to a search query, the set of documents including (i) a first document and (ii) a second document that is referenced by the first document, identifying a set of representative keywords associated with the second document, identifying a snippet that (i) is associated with the second document, and (ii) includes one or more terms from the set of representative keywords, and providing a search results page that identifies the first document, the second document, and the snippet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Kerry L. Hannan, Junli Xian, Christopher H. Rohrs
  • Publication number: 20150169702
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and methods for presenting document-specific snippets for documents in site-specific search results. One example method according to the present disclosure includes determining a set of documents that are responsive to a search query, the set of documents including (i) a first document and (ii) a second document that is referenced by the first document, identifying a set of representative keywords associated with the second document, identifying a snippet that (i) is associated with the second document, and (ii) includes one or more terms from the set of representative keywords, and providing a search results page that identifies the first document, the second document, and the snippet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Kerry L. Hannan, Junli Xian, Christopher H. Rohrs
  • Patent number: 9037568
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing a statement that references a particular attribute of a particular topic, in response to providing the statement, obtaining one or more query patterns that each include one or more query terms that are used in queries submitted to a search system in obtaining a value for the particular attribute of the particular topic, generalizing one or more of the query patterns, and associating the one or more generalized query patterns with one or more other topics that include the particular attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Junli Xian, Engin Cinar Sahin, John Blitzer, Emma S. Persky