Patents by Inventor Roy Gray Merrill

Roy Gray Merrill 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for automated keyword refinement
    Patent number: 8914398
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for an automated keyword refinement tool for generating an output set of keywords. The keyword refinement tool may utilize or incorporate results from keyword suggestion tools and keyword ranking tools in order to determine a set of keywords that produce better search engine results that if the keyword suggestion tools or keyword ranking tools were utilized individually. The keyword refinement tool may use a variety of methods for determining input to keyword suggestions tools and keyword ranking tools and a variety of methods for combining the results from the keyword suggestion tools and keyword ranking tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel A. McCallum, Jason A. Carter, Darren R. Noble, Adam I. Stevenson, Roy Gray Merrill
  • Methods and Apparatus for Automated Keyword Refinement
    Publication number: 20130311505
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for an automated keyword refinement tool for generating an output set of keywords. The keyword refinement tool may utilize or incorporate results from keyword suggestion tools and keyword ranking tools in order to determine a set of keywords that produce better search engine results that if the keyword suggestion tools or keyword ranking tools were utilized individually. The keyword refinement tool may use a variety of methods for determining input to keyword suggestions tools and keyword ranking tools and a variety of methods for combining the results from the keyword suggestion tools and keyword ranking tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel A. McCallum, Jason A. Carter, Darren R. Noble, Adam I. Stevenson, Roy Gray Merrill