Patents by Inventor Kamal P. Nigam

Kamal P. Nigam 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: 20200296115
    Abstract: Intrusion features of a landing page associated with sponsored content are identified. A feature score for the landing page based on the identified intrusion features is generated, and if the feature score for the landing page exceeds a feature threshold, the landing page is classified as a candidate landing page. A sponsor account associated with the candidate landing page can be suspended, or sponsored content associated with the candidate landing page can be suspended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Niels Provos, Yunkai Zhou, Clayton W. Bavor, Jr., Eric L. Davis, Mark Palatucci, Kamal P. Nigam, Christopher K. Monson, Panayiotis Mavrommatis, Rachel Nakauchi
  • Patent number: 10673892
    Abstract: Intrusion features of a landing page associated with sponsored content are identified. A feature score for the landing page based on the identified intrusion features is generated, and if the feature score for the landing page exceeds a feature threshold, the landing page is classified as a candidate landing page. A sponsor account associated with the candidate landing page can be suspended, or sponsored content associated with the candidate landing page can be suspended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Niels Provos, Yunkai Zhou, Clayton W. Bavor, Jr., Eric L. Davis, Mark Palatucci, Kamal P. Nigam, Christopher K. Monson, Panayiotis Mavrommatis, Rachel Nakauchi
  • Publication number: 20170111375
    Abstract: Intrusion features of a landing page associated with sponsored content are identified. A feature score for the landing page based on the identified intrusion features is generated, and if the feature score for the landing page exceeds a feature threshold, the landing page is classified as a candidate landing page. A sponsor account associated with the candidate landing page can be suspended, or sponsored content associated with the candidate landing page can be suspended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Niels Provos, Yunkai Zhou, Clayton W. Bavor, JR., Eric L. Davis, Mark Palatucci, Kamal P. Nigam, Christopher K. Monson, Panayiotis Mavrommatis, Rachel Nakauchi
  • Patent number: 9563776
    Abstract: Intrusion features of a landing page associated with sponsored content are identified. A feature score for the landing page based on the identified intrusion features is generated, and if the feature score for the landing page exceeds a feature threshold, the landing page is classified as a candidate landing page. A sponsor account associated with the candidate landing page can be suspended, or sponsored content associated with the candidate landing page can be suspended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Niels Provos, Yunkai Zhou, Clayton W. Bavor, Jr., Eric L. Davis, Mark Palatucci, Kamal P. Nigam, Christopher K. Monson, Panayiotis Mavrommatis, Rachel Nakauchi
  • Patent number: 8645391
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for attribute-value extraction from structured documents. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining an initial attribute whitelist, extracting candidate attributes from a first collection of documents, and grouping the candidate attributes. The method further includes calculating a score for each unique attribute in the candidate attributes, generating an expanded attribute whitelist including the initial attributes and each unique attribute having a score that satisfies a threshold, and using the expanded attribute whitelist to identify valid attribute-value pairs. In another aspect, a method includes extracting candidate attribute-value pairs from a collection of documents and identifying one or more features for each candidate attribute-value pair. The method further includes filtering out non valid attribute-value pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Yuk Wah Wong, Dominic Widdows, Thomas David Lokovic, Kamal P. Nigam
  • Patent number: 8606635
    Abstract: System, methods and computer program products for identifying a featured product based on product information submitted by retailers and manufacturers are described. In some implementations, a retailer and a manufacturer can supply product information to an ad serving system. Based on the product information supplied by the retailer and the manufacturer, a product matching the product can be identified. The matching product can then be presented on a content of the retailer that links to a product page of the matching product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Carl J. Evankovich, Kawaljit Gandhi, Nitin Mangtani, Kamal P. Nigam, Abdulrahman Salem
  • Patent number: 8515896
    Abstract: Intrusion features of a landing page associated with sponsored content are identified. A feature score for the landing page based on the identified intrusion features is generated, and if the feature score for the landing page exceeds a feature threshold, the landing page is classified as a candidate landing page. A sponsor account associated with the candidate landing page can be suspended, or sponsored content associated with the candidate landing page can be suspended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Yunkai Zhou, Niels Provos, Clayton W. Bavor, Jr., Eric L. Davis, Jr., Mark Palatucci, Kamal P. Nigam, Christopher K. Monson, Panayiotis Mavrommatis, Rachel Nakauchi
  • Publication number: 20120311707
    Abstract: Intrusion features of a landing page associated with sponsored content are identified. A feature score for the landing page based on the identified intrusion features is generated, and if the feature score for the landing page exceeds a feature threshold, the landing page is classified as a candidate landing page. A sponsor account associated with the candidate landing page can be suspended, or sponsored content associated with the candidate landing page can be suspended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Niels Provos, Yunkai Zhou, Clayton W. Bavor, JR., Eric L. Davis, Mark Palatucci, Kamal P. Nigam, Christopher K. Monson, Panayiotis Mavrommatis, Rachel Nakauchi
  • Publication number: 20120095828
    Abstract: System, methods and computer program products for identifying a featured product based on product information submitted by retailers and manufacturers are described. In some implementations, a retailer and a manufacturer can supply product information to an ad serving system. Based on the product information supplied by the retailer and the manufacturer, a product matching the product can be identified. The matching product can then be presented on a content of the retailer that links to a product page of the matching product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Carl J. Evankovich, Kawaljit Gandhi, Nitin Mangtani, Kamal P. Nigam, Abdulrahman Salem
  • Publication number: 20120005753
    Abstract: Intrusion features of a landing page associated with sponsored content are identified. A feature score for the landing page based on the identified intrusion features is generated, and if the feature score for the landing page exceeds a feature threshold, the landing page is classified as a candidate landing page. A sponsor account associated with the candidate landing page can be suspended, or sponsored content associated with the candidate landing page can be suspended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Niels Provos, Yunkai Zhou, Clayton W. Bavor, JR., Eric L. Davis, Mark Palatucci, Kamal P. Nigam, Christopher K. Monson, Panayiotis Mavrommatis, Rachel Nakauchi
  • Patent number: 8041669
    Abstract: The present application presents methods for performing topical sentiment analysis on electronically stored communications employing fusion of polarity and topicality. The present application also provides methods for utilizing shallow NLP techniques to determine the polarity of an expression. The present application also provides a method for tuning a domain-specific polarity lexicon for use in the polarity determination. The present application also provides methods for computing a numeric metric of the aggregate opinion about some topic expressed in a set of expressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Buzzmetrics, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kamal P. Nigam, Matthew F. Hurst
  • Patent number: 8019700
    Abstract: Intrusion features of a landing page associated with sponsored content are identified. A feature score for the landing page based on the identified intrusion features is generated, and if the feature score for the landing page exceeds a feature threshold, the landing page is classified as a candidate landing page. A sponsor account associated with the candidate landing page can be suspended, or sponsored content associated with the candidate landing page can be suspended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Niels Provos, Yunkai Zhou, Clayton W. Bavor, Jr., Eric L. Davis, Mark Palatucci, Kamal P. Nigam, Christopher K. Monson, Panayiotis Mavrommatis, Rachel Nakauchi
  • Patent number: 7991710
    Abstract: Landing pages associated with advertisements are partitioned into training landing pages and testing landing pages. Iterative training and testing of a classification mode on intrusion features of the partitioned landing pages is conducted until the occurrence of a cessation event. Feature weights are derived from the iterative training and testing, and are associated with the intrusion features. The associated feature weights and intrusion features can be used to classify other landing pages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Palatucci, Panayiotis Mavrommatis, Niels Provos, Christopher K. Monson, Yunkai Zhou, Kamal P. Nigam, Clayton W. Bavor, Jr., Eric L. Davis, Rachel Nakauchi
  • Publication number: 20110093417
    Abstract: The present application presents methods for performing topical sentiment analysis on electronically stored communications employing fusion of polarity and topicality. The present application also provides methods for utilizing shallow NLP techniques to determine the polarity of an expression. The present application also provides a method for tuning a domain-specific polarity lexicon for use in the polarity determination. The present application also provides methods for computing a numeric metric of the aggregate opinion about some topic expressed in a set of expressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Kamal P. Nigam, Matthew F. Hurst
  • Patent number: 7877345
    Abstract: The present application presents methods for performing topical sentiment analysis on electronically stored communications employing fusion of polarity and topicality. The present application also provides methods for utilizing shallow NLP techniques to determine the polarity of an expression. The present application also provides a method for tuning a domain-specific polarity lexicon for use in the polarity determination. The present application also provides methods for computing a numeric metric of the aggregate opinion about some topic expressed in a set of expressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Buzzmetrics, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kamal P. Nigam, Matthew F. Hurst
  • Patent number: 7725414
    Abstract: A computer assisted/implemented method for developing a classifier for classifying communications includes roughly four stages, where these stages are designed to be iterative: (1) a stage defining where and how to harvest messages (i.e., from Internet message boards, ews groups and the like), which also defines an expected domain of application for the lassifier; (2) a guided question/answering stage for the computerized tool to elicit the user's criteria for determining whether a message is relevant or irrelevant; (3) a labeling stage where the user examines carefully-selected messages and provides feedback about whether or not it is relevant and sometimes also what elements of the criteria were used to make the decision; and (4) a performance evaluation stage where parameters of the classifier training are optimized, the best classifier is produced, and known performance bounds are calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Buzzmetrics, Ltd an Israel corporation
    Inventors: Kamal P. Nigam, Robert G. Stockton
  • Publication number: 20090164417
    Abstract: The present application presents methods for performing topical sentiment analysis on electronically stored communications employing fusion of polarity and topicality. The present application also provides methods for utilizing shallow NLP techniques to determine the polarity of an expression. The present application also provides a method for tuning a domain-specific polarity lexicon for use in the polarity determination. The present application also provides methods for computing a numeric metric of the aggregate opinion about some topic expressed in a set of expressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Kamal P. Nigam, Matthew F. Hurst
  • Patent number: 7523085
    Abstract: The present application presents methods for performing topical sentiment analysis on electronically stored communications employing fusion of polarity and topicality. The present application also provides methods for utilizing shallow NLP techniques to determine the polarity of an expression. The present application also provides a method for tuning a domain-specific polarity lexicon for use in the polarity determination. The present application also provides methods for computing a numeric metric of the aggregate opinion about some topic expressed in a set of expressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Buzzmetrics, Ltd an Israel Corporation
    Inventors: Kamal P. Nigam, Matthew F. Hurst
  • Publication number: 20090094175
    Abstract: Intrusion features of a landing page associated with sponsored content are identified. A feature score for the landing page based on the identified intrusion features is generated, and if the feature score for the landing page exceeds a feature threshold, the landing page is classified as a candidate landing page. A sponsor account associated with the candidate landing page can be suspended, or sponsored content associated with the candidate landing page can be suspended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Niels Provos, Yunkai Zhou, Clayton W. Bavor, JR., Eric L. Davis, Mark Palatucci, Kamal P. Nigam, Christopher K. Monson, Panayiotis Mavrommatis, Rachel Nakauchi
  • Publication number: 20090094697
    Abstract: Landing pages associated with advertisements are partitioned into training landing pages and testing landing pages. Iterative training and testing of a classification mode on intrusion features of the partitioned landing pages is conducted until the occurrence of a cessation event. Feature weights are derived from the iterative training and testing, and are associated with the intrusion features. The associated feature weights and intrusion features can be used to classify other landing pages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Niels Provos, Yunkai Zhou, Clayton W. Bavor, JR., Eric L. Davis, Mark Palatucci, Kamal P. Nigam, Christopher K. Monson, Panayiotis Mavrommatis, Rachel Nakauchi