Patents by Inventor Lakshmi N. Chakrapani

Lakshmi N. Chakrapani 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).

  • Identifying navigational resources for informational queries
    Patent number: 9390183
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for creating a mapping between topics and navigational resources are disclosed. The mapping is created based on hybrid queries having both characteristics of informational queries and navigational queries. The mapping between topics and resources can be used in scoring search results for ranking, for example. Other mappings created based on other types of hybrid queries and their applications are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Lakshmi N. Chakrapani, April R. Lehman, Neil C. Fernandes
  • Identifying navigational resources for informational queries
    Patent number: 9244972
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for creating a mapping between topics and navigational resources are disclosed. The mapping is created based on hybrid queries having both characteristics of informational queries and navigational queries. The mapping between topics and resources can be used in scoring search results for ranking, for example. Other mappings created based on other types of hybrid queries and their applications are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Lakshmi N. Chakrapani, April R. Lehman, Neil C. Fernandes