Patents by Inventor Ned RHINELANDER

Ned RHINELANDER 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: 9026518
    Abstract: Systems and methods for clustering content according to similarity are provided that identify and group similar content using a set of tags associated with the content. A topic model of a group of content is built, producing a probability distribution of topic membership for the content. Individual items of content are then clustered using a clustering algorithm, and a distance matrix from the probability distribution is built. Based on the distance matrix, individual items of content are labeled as “must-link” or “cannot-link” pairs with the group of content. The topic model is then embedded into successively smaller dimensions using a kernel method, until the clustering is stable with respect to both the behavioral and content domains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: CBS Interactive Inc.
    Inventors: Ned Rhinelander, Clifford Lyon
  • Publication number: 20140250127
    Abstract: Systems and methods for clustering content according to similarity are provided that identify and group similar content using a set of tags associated with the content. A topic model of a group of content is built, producing a probability distribution of topic membership for the content. Individual items of content are then clustered using a clustering algorithm, and a distance matrix from the probability distribution is built. Based on the distance matrix, individual items of content are labeled as “must-link” or “cannot-link” pairs with the group of content. The topic model is then embedded into successively smaller dimensions using a kernel method, until the clustering is stable with respect to both the behavioral and content domains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: CBS Interactive Inc.
    Inventors: Ned RHINELANDER, Clifford LYON
  • Patent number: 8548969
    Abstract: Systems and methods for clustering content according to similarity are provided that identify and group similar content using a set of tags associated with the content. A topic model of a group of content is built, producing a probability distribution of topic membership for the content. Individual items of content are then clustered using a clustering algorithm, and a distance matrix from the probability distribution is built. Based on the distance matrix, individual items of content are labeled as “must-link” or “cannot-link” pairs with the group of content. The topic model is then embedded into successively smaller dimensions using a kernel method, until the clustering is stable with respect to both the behavioral and content domains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: CBS Interactive Inc.
    Inventors: Ned Rhinelander, Clifford Lyon
  • Publication number: 20130013428
    Abstract: At a computing device, an offer for an inventory item directing a user to at least one advertiser site is received. At least one attribute associated with the offer is determined. At least one tag is assigned to the offer based on the determined at least one attribute. At least one matching publisher site is selected based on at least one factor, wherein the at least one factor includes the at least one tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: CBS INTERACTIVE INC.
    Inventors: Clifford Lyon, Ned Rhinelander
  • Publication number: 20110302163
    Abstract: Systems and methods for clustering content according to similarity are provided that identify and group similar content using a set of tags associated with the content. A topic model of a group of content is built, producing a probability distribution of topic membership for the content. Individual items of content are then clustered using a clustering algorithm, and a distance matrix from the probability distribution is built. Based on the distance matrix, individual items of content are labeled as “must-link” or “cannot-link” pairs with the group of content. The topic model is then embedded into successively smaller dimensions using a kernel method, until the clustering is stable with respect to both the behavioral and content domains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: CBS Interactive Inc.
    Inventors: Ned RHINELANDER, Clifford Lyon
  • Publication number: 20110161318
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for assigning topical tags to content on a page stored within a searchable digital document environment is provided. An activity log is created for a document including data indicating search queries resulting in the location of the document by a search engine. Keywords are determined from the activity log, and the document is tagged with a tag associated with the keywords.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: CBS INTERACTIVE INC.
    Inventors: Clifford LYON, Ned RHINELANDER