Patents by Inventor Qingzhao Tan

Qingzhao Tan 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).

  • Providing local data with search results
    Patent number: 9418156
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for providing local data with search results. One of the methods includes obtaining a plurality of documents responsive to a query; determining that a first document of the plurality of documents is associated with at least one business; determining that the first document is a candidate local document in response to the determining; in response to determining that the first document is a candidate local document, verifying that the first document is a local document, the verifying based on one or more second documents of the plurality of documents; and in response to verifying that the first document is a local document, providing local data associated with the first document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: James Robert Muller, Qingzhao Tan
  • PROVIDING LOCAL DATA WITH SEARCH RESULTS
    Publication number: 20150169789
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for providing local data with search results. One of the methods includes obtaining a plurality of documents responsive to a query; determining that a first document of the plurality of documents is associated with at least one business; determining that the first document is a candidate local document in response to the determining; in response to determining that the first document is a candidate local document, verifying that the first document is a local document, the verifying based on one or more second documents of the plurality of documents; and in response to verifying that the first document is a local document, providing local data associated with the first document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: James Robert Muller, Qingzhao Tan