Patents by Inventor Steve Lawrence
Steve Lawrence 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).
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Patent number: 10793399Abstract: An installation jib for a girder beam installation and removal system includes a main body having a first end and a second, opposite end, the main body extending along a longitudinal axis between the first end and the second end. The installation jib further includes a first sub-frame element coupled to the main body, a first roller coupled to the first sub-frame element, a second sub-frame element coupled to the main body, and a second roller coupled to the second sub-frame element. The first sub-frame element and the second sub-frame element are spaced longitudinally apart from one another, and the first roller and the second roller each are configured to rotate about an axis that is parallel to the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: KONECRANES GLOBAL CORPORATIONInventors: Steve Lawrence, Cory Wotachek
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Publication number: 20190263637Abstract: An installation jib for a girder beam installation and removal system includes a main body having a first end and a second, opposite end, the main body extending along a longitudinal axis between the first end and the second end. The installation jib further includes a first sub-frame element coupled to the main body, a first roller coupled to the first sub-frame element, a second sub-frame element coupled to the main body, and a second roller coupled to the second sub-frame element. The first sub-frame element and the second sub-frame element are spaced longitudinally apart from one another, and the first roller and the second roller each are configured to rotate about an axis that is parallel to the longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Steve Lawrence, Cory Wotachek
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Patent number: 9767478Abstract: A system determines an extent to which advertisements are presented or updated within a document, a quality of an advertiser associated with an advertisement provided within the document, whether an advertisement in the document relates to an advertising document that has more than a threshold amount of traffic, and/or an extent to which an advertisement provided within the document generates user traffic to an advertising document related to the advertisement. The system generates a score for the document based, at least in part, on the extent to which advertisements are presented or updated, the quality of the advertiser associated with the advertisement, whether the advertisement relates to an advertising document that has more than the threshold amount of traffic, and/or the extent to which the advertisement generates user traffic to the advertising document. The system ranks the document with regard to at least one other document based on the score.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Steve Lawrence
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Patent number: 9569556Abstract: A user interface application, such as a sidebar application or web page, receives content from a set of plug-in modules. The user interface handles the display of the content and manages any user interaction with the content, thus abstracting these features from the plug-in modules. The plug-in modules may thus be device-independent and possibly used to display the same or corresponding content in other interfaces and/or other devices. One or more of the plug-in modules may also be designed to obtain and populate their content automatically based on user activity, including web browsing or interactions with documents on the local system.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2006Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Satish Sampath, Steve Lawrence, Nikhil Bhatla, Tomas Gunnarsson
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Patent number: 8918401Abstract: A system may obtain search results associated with a search performed using a search query. The system may modify the search results, if necessary, based at least in part on information associated with prior document accesses by a user and present the modified search results to the user. The modification of the search results might including adding, deleting, and/or reordering items in the search results. One or more advertisements relevant to the search query may also be presented to the user along with the modified search results.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2010Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: David Marmaros, Steve Lawrence
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Publication number: 20140337128Abstract: A content-targeting ad system is provided with a user behavior (e.g., selection (e.g., click), conversion, etc.) feedback mechanism. The performance of individual ads, or groups of ads, may be tracked on a per document (e.g. per URL) and/or on a per host (e.g. per Website) basis. The performance of ad targeting functions may also be tracked on a per document, and/or per host basis. Such user behavior feedback data may be processed (e.g., aggregated) into useful data structures. Such user behavior feedback data (raw or processed) may then be used in a content-targeting ad system to improve ad quality, improve user experience, and/or maximize revenue.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventors: Alexander P. Carobus, Narayanan Shivakumar, Yingwei Claire Cui, Deepak Jindal, Steve Lawrence
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Patent number: 8639690Abstract: A system may determine an extent to which a document is selected when the document is included in a set of search results, generate a score for the document based, at least in part, on the extent to which the document is selected when the document is included in a set of search results; and rank the document with regard to at least one other document based, at least in part, on the score.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2012Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Dean, Paul Haahr, Monika Henzinger, Steve Lawrence, Karl Pfleger, Olcan Sercinoglu, Simon Tong
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Patent number: 8630768Abstract: System and method for monitoring the operation of a vehicle, comprising a housing having an accelerometer unit, and a global positioning system (GPS) unit, wherein the housing is adapted to be mounted in a window of the vehicle, and wherein the system is adapted to be powered by an on-board diagnostic system of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2007Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: inthinc Technology Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Scott McClellan, Todd Follmer, Ed Maynard, Eric Capps, Gib Larson, Dave Ord, Richard Eyre, Verlin Russon, Carleton Watkins, Vinh Vo, Jason Litzinger, Steve Lawrence
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Patent number: 8577901Abstract: A system may determine an extent to which a document is selected when the document is included in a set of search results, generate a score for the document based, at least in part, on the extent to which the document is selected when the document is included in a set of search results; and rank the document with regard to at least one other document based, at least in part, on the score.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Dean, Paul Haahr, Monika Henzinger, Steve Lawrence, Karl Pfleger, Olcan Sercinoglu, Simon Tong
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Patent number: 8549014Abstract: A system may determine a measure of how a content of a document changes over time, generate a score for the document based, at least in part, on the measure of how the content of the document changes over time, and rank the document with regard to at least one other document based, at least in part, on the score.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Anurag Acharya, Jeffrey Dean, Paul Haahr, Monika Henzinger, Steve Lawrence, Karl Pfleger, Simon Tong
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Patent number: 8527524Abstract: A system may determine a measure of how a content of a document changes over time, generate a score for the document based, at least in part, on the measure of how the content of the document changes over time, and rank the document with regard to at least one other document based, at least in part, on the score.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Anurag Acharya, Jeffrey Dean, Paul Haahr, Monika Henzinger, Steve Lawrence, Karl Pfleger, Simon Tong
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Patent number: 8521749Abstract: A system may determine a document inception date associated with a document, generate a score for the document based, at least in part, on the document inception date, and rank the document with regard to at least one other document based, at least in part, on the score.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2010Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Matt Cutts, Jeffrey Dean, Paul Haahr, Monika Henzinger, Steve Lawrence, Karl Pfleger, Simon Tong
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Publication number: 20130124304Abstract: A system determines an extent to which advertisements are presented or updated within a document, a quality of an advertiser associated with an advertisement provided within the document, whether an advertisement in the document relates to an advertising document that has more than a threshold amount of traffic, and/or an extent to which an advertisement provided within the document generates user traffic to an advertising document related to the advertisement. The system generates a score for the document based, at least in part, on the extent to which advertisements are presented or updated, the quality of the advertiser associated with the advertisement, whether the advertisement relates to an advertising document that has more than the threshold amount of traffic, and/or the extent to which the advertisement generates user traffic to the advertising document. The system ranks the document with regard to at least one other document based on the score.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventor: Steve LAWRENCE
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Patent number: 8407231Abstract: A method may include receiving a document and an initial score for the document; determining that there has been a decrease in a rate or quantity of new links that point to the document over time; classifying the document as stale in response to the determining; decreasing the initial score for the document, resulting in an updated score; and ranking the document with regard to at least one other document based, at least in part, on the score.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2010Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Anurag Acharya, Matt Cutts, Jeffrey Dean, Paul Haahr, Monika Henzinger, Steve Lawrence, Karl Pfleger, Simon Tong
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Patent number: 8352499Abstract: Ads are scored using, at least, user information and information associated with a user request, such as a search query or a document request. The scores may be used in determining whether to serve ads, how to serve ads, to order ads, to filter ads, etc. Items of user information, request-associated information, and/or ad information can be weighted based on previous uses of such information in the serving of ads and the performance of those served ads.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2003Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Krishna Bharat, Steve Lawrence, Mehran Sahami, Amit Singhal
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Patent number: 8316029Abstract: A system determines an extent to which advertisements are presented or updated within a document, a quality of an advertiser associated with an advertisement provided within the document, whether an advertisement in the document relates to an advertising document that has more than a threshold amount of traffic, and/or an extent to which an advertisement provided within the document generates user traffic to an advertising document related to the advertisement. The system generates a score for the document based, at least in part, on the extent to which advertisements are presented or updated within the document, the quality of the advertiser associated with the advertisement provided within the document, whether the advertisement relates to an advertising document that has more than the threshold amount of traffic, and/or the extent to which the advertisement generates user traffic to the advertising document.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Steve Lawrence
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Patent number: 8266143Abstract: A system may determine an extent to which a document is selected when the document is included in a set of search results, generate a score for the document based, at least in part, on the extent to which the document is selected when the document is included in a set of search results; and rank the document with regard to at least one other document based, at least in part, on the score.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2011Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Dean, Paul Haahr, Monika Henzinger, Steve Lawrence, Karl Pfleger, Olcan Sercinoglu, Simon Tong
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Publication number: 20120209838Abstract: A system may determine an extent to which a document is selected when the document is included in a set of search results, generate a score for the document based, at least in part, on the extent to which the document is selected when the document is included in a set of search results; and rank the document with regard to at least one other document based, at least in part, on the score.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Jeffrey DEAN, Paul HAAHR, Monika HENZINGER, Steve LAWRENCE, Karl PFLEGER, Olcan SERCINOGLU, Simon TONG
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Patent number: 8244723Abstract: A system may determine an extent to which a document is selected when the document is included in a set of search results, generate a score for the document based, at least in part, on the extent to which the document is selected when the document is included in a set of search results; and rank the document with regard to at least one other document based, at least in part, on the score.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2011Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Dean, Paul Haahr, Monika Henzinger, Steve Lawrence, Karl Pfleger, Olcan Sercinoglu, Simon Tong
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Patent number: 8239378Abstract: A system may determine an extent to which a document is selected when the document is included in a set of search results, generate a score for the document based, at least in part, on the extent to which the document is selected when the document is included in a set of search results; and rank the document with regard to at least one other document based, at least in part, on the score.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2011Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Dean, Paul Haahr, Monika Henzinger, Steve Lawrence, Karl Pfleger, Olcan Sercinoglu, Simon Tong