Patents by Inventor Timothy Chou

Timothy Chou 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).

  • Contextual ranking of photos and text in search
    Patent number: 10671660
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to determining relevant content in response to a request for information. One or more computing devices may receive a query requesting information regarding a place of interest and identify a first place which satisfies the query associated with a first database and a set of displayable content associated with the first place within a second database. The one or more computing devices may identify a subset of the displayable content for display in response to the query, the identification of the subset of displayable content comprising determining a ranking for each item of displayable content in the set of displayable content according to the query. The subset of displayable content and the first place may be provided for presentation on a client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Chou, Qichi Yang, Boris Mazniker, Chris Schilling, David Chen
  • CONTEXTUAL RANKING OF PHOTOS AND TEXT IN SEARCH
    Publication number: 20180181570
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to determining relevant content in response to a request for information. One or more computing devices may receive a query requesting information regarding a place of interest and identify a first place which satisfies the query associated with a first database and a set of displayable content associated with the first place within a second database. The one or more computing devices may identify a subset of the displayable content for display in response to the query, the identification of the subset of displayable content comprising determining a ranking for each item of displayable content in the set of displayable content according to the query. The subset of displayable content and the first place may be provided for presentation on a client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Timothy Chou, Qichi Yang, Boris Mazniker, Chris Schilling, David Chen