Patents by Inventor Mikhail Nicholaos BARRETT

Mikhail Nicholaos BARRETT 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).

  • Methods and systems for identifying local search queries
    Patent number: 10719538
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for determining whether a search query with an observed number of occurrences in a set of search queries is a local search query. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided that comprises determining an expected number of occurrences of a search query and comparing the expected number of occurrences to a threshold. Further, the method includes determining whether the search query is a local search query based, at least in part, on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: OATH INC.
    Inventors: Sean Christopher Timm, Sudhir Achuthan, Mikhail Nicholaos Barrett
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING LOCAL SEARCH QUERIES
    Publication number: 20170344628
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for determining whether a search query with an observed number of occurrences in a set of search queries is a local search query. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided that comprises determining an expected number of occurrences of a search query and comparing the expected number of occurrences to a threshold. Further, the method includes determining whether the search query is a local search query based, at least in part, on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Sean Christopher TIMM, Sudhir ACHUTHAN, Mikhail Nicholaos BARRETT
  • Methods and systems for identifying local search queries
    Patent number: 9767185
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for determining whether a search query with an observed number of occurrences in a set of search queries is a local search query. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided that comprises determining an expected number of occurrences of a search query and comparing the expected number of occurrences to a threshold. Further, the method includes determining whether the search query is a local search query based, at least in part, on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Oath Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Christopher Timm, Sudhir Achuthan, Mikhail Nicholaos Barrett
  • Methods and Systems for Identifying Local Search Queries
    Publication number: 20140095532
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for determining whether a search query with an observed number of occurrences in a set of search queries is a local search query. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided that comprises determining an expected number of occurrences of a search query and comparing the expected number of occurrences to a threshold. Further, the method includes determining whether the search query is a local search query based, at least in part, on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Sean Christopher TIMM, Sudhir ACHUTHAN, Mikhail Nicholaos BARRETT