Patents by Inventor Scott E. Schwartz

Scott E. Schwartz 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).

  • Dynamic query suggestion
    Patent number: 8321404
    Abstract: A query prefix is received from a user device. A user identifier is determined based on the user device. A user category is determined based on the user identifier. A node representing the query prefix is located in a query graph. Descendent nodes of the located node that represent queries are located. Each node has one or more user category specific frequency measures and each user category specific frequency measure is associated with a user category. The queries represented by the located nodes are ranked based on the associated user category specific frequency measure associated with the identified user category. The ranked queries are sent to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Clarence C. Mysen, Scott E. Schwartz
  • Dynamic query suggestion
    Patent number: 8027990
    Abstract: A query prefix is received from a user device. A user identifier is determined based on the user device. A user category is determined based on the user identifier. A node representing the query prefix is located in a query graph. Descendent nodes of the located node that represent queries are located. Each node has one or more user category specific frequency measures and each user category specific frequency measure is associated with a user category. The queries represented by the located nodes are ranked based on the associated user category specific frequency measure associated with the identified user category. The ranked queries are sent to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Clarence C. Mysen, Scott E. Schwartz