Patents by Inventor Minya Dai

Minya Dai 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: 10216842
    Abstract: An initial plurality of search results is obtained based on a search query pertaining to a topic of interest. A determination is made of whether to perform clustering on the initial plurality of search results. Upon determining not to perform clustering on the search result, a user interface with the initial plurality of search results is provided. Upon determining to perform clustering on the initial plurality of search results, a user interface with a modified plurality of search results is provided. The user interface is to position a first result in the modified plurality of search results adjacent to a position of a second search result in the modified plurality of search results. The first search result is associated with a channel and the second search result is associated with the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Minya Dai, Nitin Khandelwal, Nitin Jindal, Neal Norwitz, Matthew Smith, Trevor O'Brien
  • Patent number: 8983945
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the identification of video content. In one aspect, a method includes generating a query based on bibliographic data. The method also includes obtaining a collection of resources responsive to the query, wherein one or more of the resources include text and video content. The method further includes calculating occurrence scores for the resources. A particular occurrence score for a particular resource is based at least in part on the bibliographic data matching text included in the particular resource and the text being associated with video content. The method further includes selecting one or more resources as including video content identified by the bibliographic data using the occurrence scores. The method further includes storing data associating the selected resources with the bibliographic data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Zhiyi Xie, Varun Kacholia, Minya Dai, Patrick Hung, Kun Zhang, Jonathan Eng, Nicola Muscettola, Omer Bar-or, Aparna Chennapragada, Nitin Khandelwal
  • Publication number: 20140358907
    Abstract: An initial plurality of search results is obtained based on a search query pertaining to a topic of interest. A determination is made of whether to perform clustering on the initial plurality of search results. Upon determining not to perform clustering on the search result, a user interface with the initial plurality of search results is provided. Upon determining to perform clustering on the initial plurality of search results, a user interface with a modified plurality of search results is provided. The user interface is to position a first result in the modified plurality of search results adjacent to a position of a second search result in the modified plurality of search results. The first search result is associated with a channel and the second search result is associated with the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Minya Dai, Nitin Khandelwal, Nitin Jindal, Neal Norwitz, Matthew Smith, Trevor O'Brien