Patents by Inventor Leslie K. Wang

Leslie K. Wang 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 shape-based search of content
    Patent number: 9607010
    Abstract: Techniques for facilitating a shape-based search of content items are disclosed. In some situations, the techniques include receiving a request for search of content that includes an image of an item and a glyph input by the user on the image that indicates a shape of the first item, extracting features associated with the item from an area of the image on which the glyph is input; identifying a shape category of the first item based at least in part on the indicated shape of the glyph; and conducting a search for items having features that match the extracted features of the first item, the search being conducted among a plurality of items associated with the identified shape category. The retrieved search results may be returned to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: A9.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen S. Tompkins, Leslie K. Wang, Arnab S. Dhua, Catherine L. Wah
  • Techniques for shape-based search of content
    Patent number: 8718369
    Abstract: Techniques for facilitating a shape-based search of content items are disclosed. In some situations, the techniques include receiving a request for search of content that includes an image of an item and a glyph input by the user on the image that indicates a shape of the first item, extracting features associated with the item from an area of the image on which the glyph is input; identifying a shape category of the first item based at least in part on the indicated shape of the glyph; and conducting a search for items having features that match the extracted features of the first item, the search being conducted among a plurality of items associated with the identified shape category. The retrieved search results may be returned to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: A9.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen S. Tompkins, Leslie K. Wang, Arnab S. Dhua, Catherine L. Wah