Patents by Inventor Nicholas A. Tucey

Nicholas A. Tucey 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: 11573998
    Abstract: This application relates to a client-server architecture that enables search queries to be applied to transcription information for multimedia files. A server device implements a service configured to query a search platform to retrieve results associated with a plurality of multimedia files stored in a content database. The results are ordered according to a plurality of heuristic values calculated based on a text relevance analysis. The service is configured to modify the heuristic values to adjust an order of the results, and generate a response to a search request that includes a representation of at least a portion of the transcription information of the multimedia files referenced by the results. The heuristic values are modified based on at least one of a popularity score for a corresponding multimedia file, a weight associated with a particular field, or a relevance score based on feedback signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Tucey, Peter Leong, Venkatakrishnan S. Sundaranatha
  • Patent number: 11106722
    Abstract: This application relates to a client-server architecture that enables search queries to be applied to transcription information for multimedia files. A server device implements a service configured to query a search platform to retrieve results associated with a plurality of multimedia files stored in a content database. The results are ordered according to a plurality of heuristic values calculated based on a text relevance analysis. The service is configured to modify the heuristic values to adjust an order of the results, and generate a response to a search request that includes a representation of at least a portion of the transcription information of the multimedia files referenced by the results. The heuristic values are modified based on at least one of a popularity score for a corresponding multimedia file, a weight associated with a particular field, or a relevance score based on feedback signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Tucey, Peter Leong, Venkatakrishnan S. Sundaranatha
  • Publication number: 20160092556
    Abstract: Methods and systems which can be used to create data for one or more nodes of a tree data structure by searching through another data structure containing, for example, metadata that describes digital assets such as apps (applications) available through an app store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Edwin R. Cooper, Nicholas A. Tucey, Peter Leong