Patents by Inventor Robert Spalek

Robert Spalek 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).

  • Synonym identification based on search quality
    Patent number: 9507853
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for obtaining one or more first search results that were generated for a search query; determining a score associated with the first search results; revising the search query using a query revision rule; obtaining one or more second search results that were generated for the revised search query; determining a score associated with the second search results; and evaluating the query revision rule by comparing the score associated with the first search results with the score associated with the second search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Popovici, Robert Spalek
  • Using concepts as contexts for query term substitutions
    Patent number: 9104750
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for collecting query term substitution data based on one or more identified concepts. According to one implementation, a method includes receiving a query that includes at least three sequential query terms; determining that the sequential query terms represent a concept; and in response to determining that the sequential query terms represent a concept, collecting query term substitution data for one or more query terms that occur in queries that include the concept.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Kedar Dhamdhere, Thomas Strohmann, P. Pandurang Nayak, Robert Spalek
  • Synonym identification based on search quality
    Patent number: 8812518
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for obtaining one or more first search results that were generated for a search query; determining a score associated with the first search results; revising the search query using a query revision rule; obtaining one or more second search results that were generated for the revised search query; determining a score associated with the second search results; and evaluating the query revision rule by comparing the score associated with the first search results with the score associated with the second search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Popovici, Robert Spalek
  • Synonym identification based on search quality
    Patent number: 8762389
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for obtaining one or more first search results that were generated for a search query; determining a score associated with the first search results; revising the search query using a query revision rule; obtaining one or more second search results that were generated for the revised search query; determining a score associated with the second search results; and evaluating the query revision rule by comparing the score associated with the first search results with the score associated with the second search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Popovici, Robert Spalek