Patents by Inventor Matt Cutts

Matt Cutts 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).

  • Permitting users to remove documents
    Patent number: 8996517
    Abstract: A system may present information regarding a document and provide an option for removing the document. The system may also receive selection of the option and remove the document when the option is selected. The system may aggregate information regarding documents that have been removed by a group of users and assign scores to a set of documents based on the aggregated information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjay Ghemawat, John Piscitello, Simon Tong, Matt Cutts
  • Systems and methods for detecting potential communications fraud
    Patent number: 8615802
    Abstract: A system includes a data repository and a processing unit. The data repository stores data associated with a corpus of documents hosted on one or more servers. The processing unit analyzes data associated with a suspect document from the corpus of documents. The processing unit further assigns a score, based on the analyzed data, to the suspect document that indicates whether the suspect document is potentially fraudulent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Dingle, Niels Provos, Fritz Schneider, Matt Cutts
  • PERMITTING USERS TO REMOVE DOCUMENTS
    Publication number: 20130332455
    Abstract: A system may present information regarding a document and provide an option for removing the document. The system may also receive selection of the option and remove the document when the option is selected. The system may aggregate information regarding documents that have been removed by a group of users and assign scores to a set of documents based on the aggregated information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Sanjay GHEMAWAT, John PISCITELLO, Simon TONG, Matt CUTTS
  • Systems and methods for detecting potential communications fraud
    Patent number: 8528084
    Abstract: A system includes a data repository and a processing unit. The data repository stores data associated with a corpus of documents hosted on one or more servers. The processing unit analyzes data associated with a suspect document from the corpus of documents. The processing unit further assigns a score, based on the analyzed data, to the suspect document that indicates whether the suspect document is potentially fraudulent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Dingle, Niels Provos, Fritz Schneider, Matt Cutts
  • Document scoring based on document inception date
    Patent number: 8521749
    Abstract: A system may determine a document inception date associated with a document, generate a score for the document based, at least in part, on the document inception date, and rank the document with regard to at least one other document based, at least in part, on the score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Cutts, Jeffrey Dean, Paul Haahr, Monika Henzinger, Steve Lawrence, Karl Pfleger, Simon Tong
  • Systems and methods for detecting commercial queries
    Patent number: 8510289
    Abstract: A system processes user queries. The system may generate a list of query patterns of a first type. The system may also receive a user query and determine whether the received query is a query of the first type based at least in part on the list of query patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Amit Singhal, Matt Cutts, Jun Wu
  • Permitting users to remove documents
    Patent number: 8417697
    Abstract: A system may present information regarding a document and provide an option for removing the document. The system may also receive selection of the option and remove the document when the option is selected. The system may aggregate information regarding documents that have been removed by a group of users and assign scores to a set of documents based on the aggregated information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjay Ghemawat, John Piscitello, Simon Tong, Matt Cutts
  • Document scoring based on link-based criteria
    Patent number: 8407231
    Abstract: A method may include receiving a document and an initial score for the document; determining that there has been a decrease in a rate or quantity of new links that point to the document over time; classifying the document as stale in response to the determining; decreasing the initial score for the document, resulting in an updated score; and ranking the document with regard to at least one other document based, at least in part, on the score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Anurag Acharya, Matt Cutts, Jeffrey Dean, Paul Haahr, Monika Henzinger, Steve Lawrence, Karl Pfleger, Simon Tong
  • Systems and methods for detecting hidden text and hidden links
    Patent number: 8392823
    Abstract: A system detects hidden elements in a document that includes a group of elements. The system may identify each of the elements in the document and create a structural representation of the document. The structural representation may provide an interconnection of the group of elements in the document. The system may also determine whether one or more elements of the group of elements are hidden based at least in part on locations or other attributes or properties of the one or more elements in the structural representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Fritz Schneider, Matt Cutts
  • DOCUMENT SCORING BASED ON QUERY ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20120016871
    Abstract: A system may determine an extent to which a document is selected when the document is included in a set of search results, generate a score for the document based, at least in part, on the extent to which the document is selected when the document is included in a set of search results; and rank the document with regard to at least one other document based, at least in part, on the score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Anurag Acharya, Matt Cutts, Jeffrey DEAN, Paul Haahr, Monika Henzinger, Urs Hoelzle, Steve Lawrence, Karl Pfleger, Olcan Sercinoglu, Simon Tong
  • Systems and methods for detecting potential communications fraud
    Patent number: 8056128
    Abstract: A system includes a data repository and a processing unit. The data repository stores data associated with a corpus of documents hosted on one or more servers. The processing unit analyzes data associated with a suspect document from the corpus of documents. The processing unit further assigns a score, based on the analyzed data, to the suspect document that indicates whether the suspect document is potentially fraudulent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Dingle, Niels Provos, Fritz Schneider, Matt Cutts
  • DOCUMENT SCORING BASED ON DOCUMENT CONTENT UPDATE
    Publication number: 20110264671
    Abstract: A system may determine a measure of how a content of a document changes over time, generate a score for the document based, at least in part, on the measure of how the content of the document changes over time, and rank the document with regard to at least one other document based, at least in part, on the score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Anurag Acharya, Matt Cutts, Jeffrey Dean, Paul Haahr, Monika Henzinger, Urs Hoelzie, Steve Lawrence, Karl Pfleger, Olcan Sercinoglu, Simon Tong
  • Systems and methods for detecting commercial queries
    Patent number: 8046350
    Abstract: A system processes user queries. The system may generate a list of query patterns of a first type. The system may also receive a user query and determine whether the received query is a query of the first type based at least in part on the list of query patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Amit Singhal, Matt Cutts, Jun Wu
  • DOCUMENT SCORING BASED ON DOCUMENT INCEPTION DATE
    Publication number: 20110029542
    Abstract: A system may determine a document inception date associated with a document, generate a score for the document based, at least in part, on the document inception date, and rank the document with regard to at least one other document based, at least in part, on the score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Matt CUTTS, Jeffrey DEAN, Paul HAAHR, Monika HENZINGER, Steve LAWRENCE, Karl PFLEGER, Simon TONG
  • DOCUMENT SCORING BASED ON LINK-BASED CRITERIA
    Publication number: 20110022605
    Abstract: A method may include receiving a document and an initial score for the document; determining that there has been a decrease in a rate or quantity of new links that point to the document over time; classifying the document as stale in response to the determining; decreasing the initial score for the document, resulting in an updated score; and ranking the document with regard to at least one other document based, at least in part, on the score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Anurag Acharya, Matt Cutts, Jeffrey Dean, Paul Haahr, Monika Henzinger, Steve Lawrence, Karl Pfleger, Simon Tong
  • Document scoring based on document inception date
    Patent number: 7840572
    Abstract: A system may determine a document inception date associated with a document, generate a score for the document based, at least in part, on the document inception date, and rank the document with regard to at least one other document based, at least in part, on the score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Cutts, Jeffrey Dean, Paul Haahr, Monika Henzinger, Steve Lawrence, Karl Pfleger, Simon Tong
  • Information retrieval based on historical data
    Patent number: 7346839
    Abstract: A system identifies a document and obtains one or more types of history data associated with the document. The system may generate a score for the document based, at least in part, on the one or more types of history data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Anurag Acharya, Matt Cutts, Jeffrey Dean, Paul Haahr, Monika Henzinger, Urs Hoelzle, Steve Lawrence, Karl Pfleger, Olcan Sercinoglu, Simon Tong
  • DOCUMENT SCORING BASED ON LINK-BASED CRITERIA
    Publication number: 20070094255
    Abstract: A system may determine time-varying behavior of links pointing to a document, generate a score for the document based, at least in part, on the time-varying behavior of the links pointing to the document, and rank the document with regard to at least one other document based, at least in part, on the score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Anurag Acharya, Matt Cutts, Jeffrey Dean, Paul Haahr, Monika Henzinger, Steve Lawrence, Karl Pfleger, Simon Tong
  • DOCUMENT SCORING BASED ON DOCUMENT INCEPTION DATE
    Publication number: 20070094254
    Abstract: A system may determine a document inception date associated with a document, generate a score for the document based, at least in part, on the document inception date, and rank the document with regard to at least one other document based, at least in part, on the score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Matt Cutts, Jeffrey Dean, Paul Haahr, Monika Henzinger, Steve Lawrence, Karl Pfleger, Simon Tong
  • Removing documents
    Publication number: 20070043721
    Abstract: A system may present information regarding a document and provide an option for removing the document. The system may also receive selection of the option and remove the document when the option is selected. The system may aggregate information regarding documents that have been removed by a group of users and assign scores to a set of documents based on the aggregated information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Sanjay Ghemawat, John Piscitello, Simon Tong, Matt Cutts