Patents by Inventor Tessa Macduff

Tessa Macduff 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: 9274913
    Abstract: A method and system for monitoring events related to web browser extensions includes storing a set of events for which a browser extension integrated in a web browser application registers a listener. The browser extension integrated in the web browser application is executed. Upon the occurrence of an event related to the browser extension, an invisible event page associated with the browser extension is loaded if the event is one of the set of events. Using the invisible event page, a function related to a visible object of the browser extension is executed. The invisible event page is unloaded from the browser after receiving an acknowledgement from the browser extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Kay, Mihai Parparita, Tessa MacDuff, Aaron Boodman, Matthew Perry
  • Publication number: 20150222512
    Abstract: A method and system for monitoring events related to web browser extensions includes storing a set of events for which a browser extension integrated in a web browser application registers a listener. The browser extension integrated in the web browser application is executed. Upon the occurrence of an event related to the browser extension, an invisible event page associated with the browser extension is loaded if the event is one of the set of events. Using the invisible event page, a function related to a visible object of the browser extension is executed. The invisible event page is unloaded from the browser after receiving an acknowledgement from the browser extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Erik Kay, Mihai Parparita, Tessa MacDuff, Aaron Boodman, Matthew Perry
  • Patent number: 8874570
    Abstract: In a method of generating a search boost vector, a first set of content location identifiers for first content are provided. A second set of content location identifiers for second content are identified. The second content is related to the first content in accordance with one or more predefined criteria. A search boost vector is generated by determining weights corresponding to content location identifiers in the second set of content location identifiers. The search boost vector may also be generated by determining weights corresponding to content location identifiers in the first set of content location identifiers. The predefined criteria may include one or more additional content location identifiers that are co-visited with one or more content location identifiers for the first set of content location identifiers. Co-visits are by a community of users during an interval of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Tessa Macduff, Sugato Basu, Taher H. Haveliwala, Glen Jeh, Sepandar D. Kamvar, Bilgehan Uygar Oztekin, Mehran Sahami
  • Patent number: 7440968
    Abstract: In a method of generating a search boost vector, a first set of content location identifiers for first content are provided. A second set of content location identifiers for second content are identified. The second content is related to the first content in accordance with one or more first categories corresponding to the first content. The one or more first categories may be determined by applying a text classifier to the first content. The second content may also be identified based on one or more user profiles and/or one or more content site profiles. The search boost vector is generated using weights corresponding to the content location identifiers in the first set of content location identifiers and/or the second set of content location identifiers. The one or more search boost vectors may be used to boost one or more search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Bilgehan Uygar Oztekin, Sepandar D. Kamvar, Taher H. Haveliwala, Glen Jeh, Tessa Macduff