Patents by Inventor Pedro S. Garcia

Pedro S. Garcia 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).

  • Generating contextual search presentations
    Patent number: 10394841
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating contextual search presentations. One of the methods includes obtaining selection data identifying a term selected by a user from a document displayed to the user; determining whether or not the context data and the selection data satisfy one or more criteria for presenting any of one or more types of special case contextual search presentations; in response to determining that the context data and the selection satisfy criteria for presenting a first type of special case contextual search presentation, generating a first special case contextual search presentation of the first type; in response to determining that the context data and the selection data do not satisfy the criteria, generating a default contextual search presentation; and providing the first special case contextual search presentation or the default contextual search presentation for presentation to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Donn L. Denman, Pedro S. Garcia, David Black, Samarth Keshava, Daniel E. Fish
  • GENERATING CONTEXTUAL SEARCH PRESENTATIONS
    Publication number: 20170242900
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating contextual search presentations. One of the methods includes obtaining selection data identifying a term selected by a user from a document displayed to the user; determining whether or not the context data and the selection data satisfy one or more criteria for presenting any of one or more types of special case contextual search presentations; in response to determining that the context data and the selection satisfy criteria for presenting a first type of special case contextual search presentation, generating a first special case contextual search presentation of the first type; in response to determining that the context data and the selection data do not satisfy the criteria, generating a default contextual search presentation; and providing the first special case contextual search presentation or the default contextual search presentation for presentation to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Donn L. Denman, Pedro S. Garcia, David Black, Samarth Keshava, Daniel E. Fish
  • Generating contextual search presentations
    Patent number: 9613145
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating contextual search presentations. One of the methods includes obtaining selection data identifying a term selected by a user from a document displayed to the user; determining whether or not the context data and the selection data satisfy one or more criteria for presenting any of one or more types of special case contextual search presentations; in response to determining that the context data and the selection satisfy criteria for presenting a first type of special case contextual search presentation, generating a first special case contextual search presentation of the first type; in response to determining that the context data and the selection data do not satisfy the criteria, generating a default contextual search presentation; and providing the first special case contextual search presentation or the default contextual search presentation for presentation to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Donn L. Denman, Pedro S. Garcia, David Black, Samarth Keshava, Daniel E. Fish
  • GENERATING CONTEXTUAL SEARCH PRESENTATIONS
    Publication number: 20150370895
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating contextual search presentations. One of the methods includes obtaining selection data identifying a term selected by a user from a document displayed to the user; determining whether or not the context data and the selection data satisfy one or more criteria for presenting any of one or more types of special case contextual search presentations; in response to determining that the context data and the selection satisfy criteria for presenting a first type of special case contextual search presentation, generating a first special case contextual search presentation of the first type; in response to determining that the context data and the selection data do not satisfy the criteria, generating a default contextual search presentation; and providing the first special case contextual search presentation or the default contextual search presentation for presentation to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Donn L. Denman, Pedro S. Garcia, David Black, Samarth Keshava, Daniel E. Fish