Patents by Inventor Michael Eric Plasmeier

Michael Eric Plasmeier 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).

  • Patent number: 10152730
    Abstract: A system stored in a non-transitory medium executable by processor circuitry is provided for generating sponsored verbs and contexts. The system includes interface circuitry for receiving a search query from a user device and query processing circuitry for identifying search results comprising entity search result objects and non-entity search result objects related to the search query. Targeting circuitry determines a set of verb keywords associated with the search result objects and analytics circuitry selects one or more sponsored verbs for at least one entity or non-entity search result. Display logic circuitry is communicatively coupled to the interface circuitry and dynamically generates interface elements for each of the one or more sponsored verbs, and displays, in response to the search query, the interface elements as a sub-component of the at least one entity or non-entity search result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Excalibur IP, LLC
    Inventors: Tingyi Wu, Enrique Andres Munoz Torres, Sophia Thitirat Perl, Andrew Poon, Conrad Wai, Michael Eric Plasmeier
  • Patent number: 9830388
    Abstract: A modular search object framework provides modular search results including entity and non-entity search results. The framework includes circuitry that outputs an interactive entity section based on an online search. The interactive section includes a plurality of moveable visual objects, such as cards that can be shuffled, flipped, or swiped around.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Excalibur IP, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Richard Andress, Guy Hepworth, Rafael Vasconcellos Coelho, Carrie Christina Merry Barkema, Andrew Poon, Vanessa Ilona Grass, Conrad Wai, Arnabnil Bhattacharjee, Ivan Young Lee, Abhay Kumar Gupta, Alicia Korn, Yihong Zhao, Guilherme de Barros Chapiewski, Michael Eric Plasmeier
  • Publication number: 20170220591
    Abstract: A modular search object framework provides modular search results including entity and non-entity search results. The framework includes circuitry that outputs an interactive entity section based on an online search. The interactive section includes a plurality of moveable visual objects, such as cards that can be shuffled, flipped, or swiped around.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Excalibur IP, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Richard Andress, Guy Hepworth, Rafael Vasconcellos Coelho, Carrie Christina Merry Barkema, Andrew Poon, Vanessa Ilona Grass, Conrad Wai, Arnabnil Bhattacharjee, Ivan Young Lee, Abhay Kumar Gupta, Alicia Korn, Yihong Zhao, Guilherme de Barros Chapiewski, Michael Eric Plasmeier
  • Publication number: 20170140439
    Abstract: A system stored in a non-transitory medium executable by processor circuitry is provided for generating sponsored verbs and contexts. The system includes interface circuitry for receiving a search query from a user device and query processing circuitry for identifying search results comprising entity search result objects and non-entity search result objects related to the search query. Targeting circuitry determines a set of verb keywords associated with the search result objects and analytics circuitry selects one or more sponsored verbs for at least one entity or non-entity search result. Display logic circuitry is communicatively coupled to the interface circuitry and dynamically generates interface elements for each of the one or more sponsored verbs, and displays, in response to the search query, the interface elements as a sub-component of the at least one entity or non-entity search result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: Excalibur IP, LLC
    Inventors: Tingyi Wu, Enrique Andres Munoz Torres, Sophia Thitirat Perl, Andrew Poon, Conrad Wai, Michael Eric Plasmeier
  • Patent number: 9595048
    Abstract: A system stored in a non-transitory medium executable by processor circuitry is provided for generating sponsored verbs and contexts. The system includes interface circuitry for receiving a search query from a user device and query processing circuitry for identifying search results comprising entity search result objects and non-entity search result objects related to the search query. Targeting circuitry determines a set of verb keywords associated with the search result objects and analytics circuitry selects one or more sponsored verbs for at least one entity or non-entity search result. Display logic circuitry is communicatively coupled to the interface circuitry and dynamically generates interface elements for each of the one or more sponsored verbs, and displays, in response to the search query, the interface elements as a sub-component of the at least one entity or non-entity search result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Excalibur IP, LLC
    Inventors: Tingyi Wu, Enrique Andres Munoz Torres, Sophia Thitirat Perl, Andrew Poon, Conrad Wai, Michael Eric Plasmeier
  • Patent number: 9535945
    Abstract: A modular search object framework provides modular search results including entity search results reflecting the intent of a searcher. Also, an interface (such as a graphical user interface provided by the framework), aids in organizing results (such as links, titles, and description) according to the intent of the user as manifest in the search query and interactions with the interface. Circuitry of the framework also predicts user intent from historical information corresponding to the searcher (or to a group with which the searcher is associated).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Excalibur IP, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Richard Andress, Andrew Poon, Carrie Christina Merry Barkema, Rafael Vasconcellos Coelho, Alicia Korn, Vanessa Ilona Grass, Guilherme de Barros Chapiewski, Ivan Young Lee, Michael Eric Plasmeier
  • Publication number: 20160048875
    Abstract: A modular search object framework can provide monetization of entity based content. Such a framework can include circuitry configured to manually or automatically link monetized search terms with entities, so that the entities can be monetized without additional bids on the entities. Once the framework generates such links, advertisers may continue to bid on search terms, and create new links or change initial links. Also, through the framework advertisers may bid on an entity that can encompass a set of associated search terms. For example, instead of bidding on a great number of search terms, an advertiser can bid on a few entities that include at least a majority of the associated search terms. With such functionality, the workload of the advertiser can be greatly reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Sophia Thitirat Perl, Conrad Wai, Michael Eric Plasmeier, Andrew Poon, Enrique Andres Munoz Torres, Tingyi Wu
  • Publication number: 20150348107
    Abstract: A system stored in a non-transitory medium executable by processor circuitry is provided for generating sponsored verbs and contexts. The system includes interface circuitry for receiving a search query from a user device and query processing circuitry for identifying search results comprising entity search result objects and non-entity search result objects related to the search query. Targeting circuitry determines a set of verb keywords associated with the search result objects and analytics circuitry selects one or more sponsored verbs for at least one entity or non-entity search result. Display logic circuitry is communicatively coupled to the interface circuitry and dynamically generates interface elements for each of the one or more sponsored verbs, and displays, in response to the search query, the interface elements as a sub-component of the at least one entity or non-entity search result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Tingyi Wu, Enrique Andres Munoz Torres, Sophia Thitirat Perl, Andrew Poon, Conrad Wai, Michael Eric Plasmeier
  • Publication number: 20150317354
    Abstract: A modular search object framework provides modular search results including entity search results reflecting the intent of a searcher. Also, an interface (such as a graphical user interface provided by the framework), aids in organizing results (such as links, titles, and description) according to the intent of the user as manifest in the search query and interactions with the interface. Circuitry of the framework also predicts user intent from historical information corresponding to the searcher (or to a group with which the searcher is associated).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Ricard Andress, Andrew Poon, Carrie Christina Merry Barkema, Rafael Vasconcellos Coelho, Alicia Korn, Vanessa Ilona Grass, Guilherme de Barros Chapiewski, Ivan Young Lee, Michael Eric Plasmeier
  • Publication number: 20150317365
    Abstract: A modular search object framework provides modular search results including entity and non-entity search results. The framework includes circuitry that outputs an interactive entity section based on an online search. The interactive section includes a plurality of moveable visual objects, such as cards that can be shuffled, flipped, or swiped around.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: YAHOO! INC.
    Inventors: Scott Richard Andress, Guy Hepworth, Rafael Vasconcellos Coelho, Carrie Christina Merry Barkema, Andrew Poon, Vanessa Ilona Grass, Conrad Wai, Arnabnil Bhattacharjee, Ivan Young Lee, Abhay Kumar Gupta, Alicia Korn, Eric Zhao, Guilherme de Barros Chapiewski, Michael Eric Plasmeier