Patents by Inventor Peter C. Terrill

Peter C. Terrill 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).

  • Publication number: 20110320424
    Abstract: A parameter-selection technique that allows preferred permutations to be rapidly identified based on real-world user behavior is described. In particular, a set of web pages that include different permutations of the set of parameters are generated. Then, at least a subset of these web pages is provided to the users in response to their requests. For example, the requests may be associated with user selections of search results, which are associated with search queries provided by the users to a search engine. While the users interact with the subset of the set of web pages, their actions and the associated context (with respect to the different permutations) are tracked. Next, the tracked user actions are used to identify the web pages associated with the preferred permutations of the set of parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Jeff A. Zias, Peter C. Terrill, Judd C. Jacobs, Joseph W. Wells, III, Brian A. Tran, Hugh N. Molotsi