Patents by Inventor Peter Ciccolo

Peter Ciccolo 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: 9336279
    Abstract: A method for creating a hidden text data index for ranking computerized query search results that includes generating a render tree based on a document object model (DOM) tree for a web page. The render tree includes nodes that correspond to text that will be visually displayed by a client device when executed. The method includes comparing nodes corresponding to text of the DOM tree with the nodes corresponding to text of the render tree to identify the nodes in the DOM tree that will not be visually displayed when executed by the client device. The method also includes creating a hidden text data index for the nodes corresponding to text of the DOM tree not in the render tree. The hidden text data index identifies nodes corresponding to text of the DOM tree as hidden that will not be visually displayed when executed by the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Ciccolo, Michael Edward Flaster
  • Publication number: 20150161135
    Abstract: A method for creating a hidden text data index for ranking computerized query search results that includes generating a render tree based on a document object model (DOM) tree for a web page. The render tree includes nodes that correspond to text that will be visually displayed by a client device when executed. The method includes comparing nodes corresponding to text of the DOM tree with the nodes corresponding to text of the render tree to identify the nodes in the DOM tree that will not be visually displayed when executed by the client device. The method also includes creating a hidden text data index for the nodes corresponding to text of the DOM tree not in the render tree. The hidden text data index identifies nodes corresponding to text of the DOM tree as hidden that will not be visually displayed when executed by the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Peter CICCOLO, Michael Edward FLASTER
  • Patent number: 8639680
    Abstract: A method for creating a hidden text data index for ranking computerized query search results that includes generating a render tree based on a document object model (DOM) tree for a web page. The render tree includes nodes that correspond to text that will be visually displayed by a client device when executed. The method includes comparing nodes corresponding to text of the DOM tree with the nodes corresponding to text of the render tree to identify the nodes in the DOM tree that will not be visually displayed when executed by the client device. The method also includes creating a hidden text data index for the nodes corresponding to text of the DOM tree not in the render tree. The hidden text data index identifies nodes corresponding to text of the DOM tree as hidden that will not be visually displayed when executed by the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Ciccolo, Michael Edward Flaster
  • Patent number: 8521731
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems, methods and computer program products for providing query-based advertising content. According to one embodiment, a method for providing query-based advertising content comprises receiving a web query and generating an ad query associated with the web query, wherein the ad query is generated on the basis of one of a query to advertisement relationship, a query to feature vector relationship, or a rewritten query vector. An advertisement is selected on the basis of the generated ad query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Andrei Z. Broder, Evgeniy Gabrilovich, Vanja Josifovski, Donald Metzler, Lance Riedel, Peter Ciccolo
  • Publication number: 20100010959
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems, methods and computer program products for providing query-based advertising content. According to one embodiment, a method for providing query-based advertising content comprises receiving a web query and generating an ad query associated with the web query, wherein the ad query is generated on the basis of one of a query to advertisement relationship, a query to feature vector relationship, or a rewritten query vector. An advertisement is selected on the basis of the generated ad query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Andrei Z. Broder, Evgeniy Gabrilovich, Vanja Josifovski, Donald Metzler, Lance Riedel, Peter Ciccolo