Patents by Inventor Randall Puttick

Randall Puttick 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: 7720721
    Abstract: Tools and techniques are described for analyzing interactions to identify dissimilar items that may contain synonyms. Methods described herein may retrieve activity records that represent interactions between a visitor and a server-based system, and may identify within the activity records inputs that the visitor provided during the interaction. The methods may identify items within the activity record that are associated with the inputs, and may access additional activity records that also contain the same inputs. The methods may then identify additional items within the additional activity records that are associated with this same input, and may establish similarity ratings for the two items, with the similarity ratings indicating a likelihood that documents respectively associated with the items contain synonyms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michel Goldstein, Walter Tseng, Randall Puttick