Patents by Inventor Kelly L. Duggar

Kelly L. Duggar 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).

  • Techniques for translating content
    Patent number: 9448997
    Abstract: Techniques, including systems and methods, for providing translated content are described and suggested herein. In an embodiment, translations for instances of content are received and reviewers provide votes regarding the translations' quality. Votes received for translations are utilized in order to determine scores for the translations. Reviewers and translators may be scored as well. Scores for translations are used in various processes for providing appropriate content to users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Roy N. Harkness, Bryan K. Beatty, Michael G. Curtis, Alexander Slutsker, Kelly L. Duggar
  • DETERMINING SEARCH RELEVANCE FROM USER FEEDBACK
    Publication number: 20150127491
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for using relevance indications provided by a user in performing a search. Search results corresponding to a search query are provided to a user of a client computing device. The user provides a relevance indication corresponding to relevance of at least one of the search results. A subsequent search is performed which takes the relevance indication into account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Kelly L. Duggar, Llewellyn J. Mason, Olga I. Kuznetsova, Peter V. Commons
  • Determining search relevance from user feedback
    Patent number: 8903817
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for using relevance indications provided by a user in performing a search. Search results corresponding to a search query are provided to a user of a client computing device. The user provides a relevance indication corresponding to relevance of at least one of the search results. A subsequent search is performed which takes the relevance indication into account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly L. Duggar, Llewellyn J. Mason, Olga I. Kuznetsova, Peter V. Commons
  • Techniques for translating content
    Patent number: 8756050
    Abstract: Techniques, including systems and methods, for providing translated content are described and suggested herein. In an embodiment, translations for instances of content are received and reviewers provide votes regarding the translations' quality. Votes received for translations are utilized in order to determine scores for the translations. Reviewers and translators may be scored as well. Scores for translations are used in various processes for providing appropriate content to users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Roy N. Harkness, Bryan K. Beatty, Michael G. Curtis, Alexander Slutsker, Kelly L. Duggar