Patents by Inventor Kendra Jay Carattini

Kendra Jay Carattini 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).

  • Category generalization for search queries
    Patent number: 9501571
    Abstract: A system and computer-implemented method are provided for associating categories with business names for generalizing search queries, the method including identifying one or more businesses within a first geographic region, determining a business name and one or more categories for each of the one or more businesses, generating one or more name components for each of the one or more businesses from the name of the business, generating one or more name component groups from the name components of the one or more businesses, each name component group including one or more identical name components, determining for each name component group, if the one or more name components within the name component group are associated with businesses that share one or more common categories and associating the one or more common categories with the name component of the name component group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Winston Murphy, Michael Steven Perrow, Yifei Lu, Kendra Jay Carattini
  • Category generalization for search queries
    Patent number: 8983956
    Abstract: A system and computer-implemented method are provided for associating categories with business names for generalizing search queries, the method including identifying one or more businesses within a first geographic region, determining a business name and one or more categories for each of the one or more businesses, generating one or more name components for each of the one or more businesses from the name of the business, generating one or more name component groups from the name components of the one or more businesses, each name component group including one or more identical name components, determining for each name component group, if the one or more name components within the name component group are associated with businesses that share one or more common categories and associating the one or more common categories with the name component of the name component group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Winston Murphy, Michael Steven Perrow, Yifei Lu, Kendra Jay Carattini