Patents by Inventor Nicholas A. Whyte
Nicholas A. Whyte 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).
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Patent number: 11360955Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method for versioning data in an unstructured data store are presented. The method includes generating a first record in the unstructured data store based on a version of a second record in the unstructured data store. The method further includes initializing a parent version identifier of the first record based on the version of the second record. The method further includes comparing the parent version identifier of the first record to a version identifier of the second record. The method further includes determining whether the first record is consistent based on the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventors: Scot Fraser Hamilton, Rekha Patel, Satya Seethasridhar, Nicholas Whyte, Parikshit Arora, Snezana Sahter
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Patent number: 11216430Abstract: Methods and systems to build and utilize a search infrastructure are described. The system generates, by a first indexing subsystem, full indexes of data and sends the full indexes to a plurality of query node servers via a distribution system. The system generates, mini-indexes associated with the full indexes and sends the mini-indexes to the plurality of query node servers. The system causes the plurality of query nodes to update indexing information based on the full indexes and the mini-indexes.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventors: Swati Agarwal, Amit Basu, Thomas Pan, Pradeep Sankaranthi, Nicholas Whyte
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Patent number: 10482113Abstract: Methods and systems to build and utilize a search infrastructure are described. The system generates index information components in real-time based on a database that is time-stamped. The system updates index information at a plurality of query node servers based on the index information components. A query engine receives a search query from a client machine and identifies search results based on the query and the index information. The system communicates the search results, over the network, to the client machine.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventors: Swati Agarwal, Richard D. Henderson, Davide Libenzi, Jagadish Nallapaneni, Pradeep Sankaranthi, Nicholas Whyte, Thomas Pan, Carson Hoffacker, Amit Basu, Gang He, Mel Sun, Andrew John Melnick
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Publication number: 20190294708Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method for versioning data in an unstructured data store are presented. The method includes generating a first record in the unstructured data store based on a version of a second record in the unstructured data store. The method further includes initializing a parent version identifier of the first record based on the version of the second record. The method further includes comparing the parent version identifier of the first record to a version identifier of the second record. The method further includes determining whether the first record is consistent based on the comparison.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2018Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: Scot Fraser Hamilton, Rekha Patel, Satya Seethasridhar, Nicholas Whyte, Parikshit Arora, Snezana Sahter
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Publication number: 20180101554Abstract: Methods and systems to build and utilize a search infrastructure are described. The system generates, by a first indexing subsystem, full indexes of data and sends the full indexes to a plurality of query node servers via a distribution system. The system generates, mini-indexes associated with the full indexes and sends the mini-indexes to the plurality of query node servers. The system causes the plurality of query nodes to update indexing information based on the full indexes and the mini-indexes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventors: Swati Agarwal, Amit Basu, Thomas Pan, Pradeep Sankaranthi, Nicholas Whyte
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Patent number: 9817831Abstract: A method to monetize multimedia queries is provided. The method includes receiving a multimedia query from a client device. In response, to the multimedia query a collection of thumbnails representing multimedia files is created. Position information for advertisement information is generated based on multimedia content included in the multimedia files. The position information specifies where the advertisement information should be displayed. Accordingly, advertisement information associated with advertisers that pay above a specified threshold is displayed with thumbnails of the multimedia content or with the actual multimedia content.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2005Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Hugh J. Williams, Julia H. Farago, Nicholas A. Whyte
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Patent number: 9805078Abstract: Methods and systems to build and utilize a search infrastructure are described. The system generates index information, including document updates and indexes. The system receives event notifications as the document updates are received and accumulates the index information until published. A query engine receives a search query from a client machine and identifies search results based on the query and the index information. The system communicates the search results, over the network, to the client machine.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2013Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: eBay, Inc.Inventors: Swati Agarwal, Amit Basu, Thomas Pan, Pradeep Sankaranthi, Nicholas Whyte
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Publication number: 20170242911Abstract: Methods and systems to build and utilize a search infrastructure are described. The system generates index information components in real-time based on a database that is time-stamped. The system updates index information at a plurality of query node servers based on the index information components. A query engine receives a search query from a client machine and identifies search results based on the query and the index information. The system communicates the search results, over the network, to the client machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Swati Agarwal, Richard D. Henderson, Davide Libenzi, Jagadish Nallapaneni, Pradeep Sankaranthi, Nicholas Whyte, Thomas Pan, Carson Hoffacker, Amit Basu, Gang He, Mel Sun, Andrew John Melnick
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Patent number: 9607049Abstract: Methods and systems to build and utilize a search infrastructure are described. The system generates index information components in real-time based on a database that is time-stamped. The system updates index information at a plurality of query node servers based on the index information components. A query engine receives a search query from a client machine and identifies search results based on the query and the index information. The system communicates the search results, over the network, to the client machine.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventors: Swati Agarwal, Richard D Henderson, Davide Libenzi, Jagadish Nallapaneni, Pradeep Sankaranthi, Nicholas Whyte, Thomas Pan, Carson Hoffacker, Amit Basu, Gang He, Mel Sun, Andrew John Melnick
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Patent number: 9460151Abstract: Systems and methods to configure a query language using an operator dictionary are described. The system receives, from a first user, a search query to search for document information in a database. The system determines that terms of the search query from the first user are in accordance with dictionary information that corresponds to the first user. The dictionary information includes a first list of compatible query operators. The system applies the search query to the index data structure in the database to identify the document information. The system sends an electronic interface to the first user that includes the document information.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.Inventors: Anand Lakshminath, Richard D Henderson, Davide Libenzi, Guanglei Song, Prasad Sriram, Nicholas Whyte, Raffi Tutundjian
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Publication number: 20160026686Abstract: Systems and methods to configure a query language using an operator dictionary are described. The system receives, from a first user, a search query to search for document information in a database. The system determines that terms of the search query from the first user are in accordance with dictionary information that corresponds to the first user. The dictionary information includes a first list of compatible query operators. The system applies the search query to the index data structure in the database to identify the document information. The system sends an electronic interface to the first user that includes the document information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Anand Lakshminath, Richard D Henderson, Davide Libenzi, Guanglei Song, Prasad Sriram, Nicholas Whyte, Raffi Tutundjian
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Patent number: 9158768Abstract: A method and a system to configure a query language using an operator dictionary are provided. Dictionary information that corresponds to a first user is generated. The dictionary information includes a first list of compatible query operators and a description of compatible data types that correspond to each operator in the first list of query operators. A search query to search for document information in a database is received from a first user. The database includes an inverted index. Terms of the search query from the first user are determined to be in accordance with the dictionary information that corresponds to the first user. The search query is applied to the inverted index in the database to identify the document information. The document information is sent to the first user.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: PayPal, Inc.Inventors: Anand Lakshminath, Richard D Henderson, Davide Libenzi, Guanglei Song, Prasad Sriram, Nicholas Whyte, Raffi Tutundjian
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Patent number: 9081821Abstract: An input query can be spell checked by first parsing the input query into one or more tokens. The one or more tokens are then compared against spell storage tables to derive alternative tokens. A spell cursor is launched, with the spell cursor calculating scores for permutations of the tokens and alternative tokens, and the scores representing a likelihood that a user intended to use the permutation as the input query. A memory table may then be formed including the permutations and scores. The memory table can then be passed to a column cursor, the column cursor designed to form an output table of results based on queries to a database using the permutations.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2012Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventors: Guanglei Song, Anand Lakshminath, Nicholas Whyte, Prasad Sriram, Davide Libenzi
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Publication number: 20140222856Abstract: A method and a system to configure a query language using an operator dictionary are provided. Dictionary information that corresponds to a first user is generated. The dictionary information includes a first list of compatible query operators and a description of compatible data types that correspond to each operator in the first list of query operators. A search query to search for document information in a database is received from a first user. The database includes an inverted index. Terms of the search query from the first user are determined to be in accordance with the dictionary information that corresponds to the first user. The search query is applied to the inverted index in the database to identify the document information. The document information is sent to the first user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: eBay Inc.Inventors: Anand Lakshminath, Richard D. Henderson, Davide Libenzi, Guanglei Song, Prasad Sriram, Nicholas Whyte, Raffi Tutundjian
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Publication number: 20140188840Abstract: Methods and systems to build and utilize a search infrastructure are described. The system generates index information, including document updates and indexes. The system receives event notifications as the document updates are received and accumulates the index information until published. A query engine receives a search query from a client machine and identifies search results based on the query and the index information. The system communicates the search results, over the network, to the client machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: EBAY INC.Inventors: Swati Agarwal, Amit Basu, Thomas Pan, Pradeep Sankaranthi, Nicholas Whyte
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Publication number: 20140032517Abstract: A method and system to configure a profile to rank search results are provided. A profile that includes behavior information organized as a plurality of components is generated. Additional behavior information is received from a user. At least one component of the plurality of components is updated using the additional behavior information received from the user. A search query is received and search results are generated based on the search query. Search results are ranked based on the updated profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: eBay Inc.Inventors: Richard D. Henderson, Anand Lakshminath, Davide Libenzi, Jagadish Nallapaneni, Pradeep Sankaranthi, Hal Schectman, Guanglei Song, Prasad Sriram, Nicholas Whyte, Thomas Pan, Carson Hoffacker, Swati Agarwal, Amit Basu
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Publication number: 20140032566Abstract: Methods and systems to build and utilize a search infrastructure are described. The system generates index information components in real-time based on a database that is time-stamped. The system updates index information at a plurality of query node servers based on the index information components. A query engine receives a search query from a client machine and identifies search results based on the query and the index information. The system communicates the search results, over the network, to the client machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: eBay Inc.Inventors: Swati Agarwal, Richard D. Henderson, Davide Libenzi, Jagadish Nallapaneni, Pradeep Sankaranthi, Nicholas Whyte, Thomas Pan, Carson Hoffacker, Amit Basu, He Gang, Mel Sun, Andrew Melnick
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Publication number: 20140032532Abstract: An input query can be spell checked by first parsing the input query into one or more tokens. The one or more tokens are then compared against spell storage tables to derive alternative tokens. A spell cursor is launched, with the spell cursor calculating scores for permutations of the tokens and alternative tokens, and the scores representing a likelihood that a user intended to use the permutation as the input query. A memory table may then be formed including the permutations and scores. The memory table can then be passed to a column cursor, the column cursor designed to form an output table of results based on queries to a database using the permutations.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: eBay Inc.Inventors: Guanglei Song, Anand Lakshminath, Nicholas Whyte, Prasad Sriram, Davide Libenzi
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Publication number: 20140032593Abstract: Systems and methods to process a query with a unified storage interface are described. The system receives a query from a client machine and generates a query expression tree based on the query expression. The system generates a cursor expression tree based on the query expression tree. The system executes a plurality of software components in the cursor expression tree to retrieve data from a first storage device. The plurality of software components comprise a first software component that is utilized to retrieve data irrespective of a plurality of storage devices and a second software component that is utilized to retrieve data from a first storage device. Finally, the system communicates search results to the client machine, the search results include at least a portion of the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: eBay Inc.Inventors: Davide Libenzi, Richard D. Henderson, Anand Lakshminath, Guanglei Song, Prasad Sriram, Nicholas Whyte
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Patent number: 8005857Abstract: A unique object navigation system, user interface, and method that facilitate faster and smoother navigation of objects are provided. For example, the system can generate a plurality of objects that can be rendered on a display space that spans a single page in length, thereby mitigating the need to navigate through multiple pages. The system can determine the length of the page according to the number of objects generated. To view off-screen objects, an infinite scroll component can be employed. The amount of scroll space needed to view the plurality of objects can be determined in part by the length of the page and/or by the number of objects. The objects can also be viewed in a film strip format that is infinitely scrollable. The film strip view allows a view of the objects to be maintained while also viewing a selected object in greater detail at the same time.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2009Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Julia H. Farago, Hugh E. Williams, James E. Walsh, Nicholas A. Whyte, Kavi J. Goel, Philip Fung, Ariel J. Lazier, Kenneth A. Moss, Ethan N. Ray