Patents by Inventor Tri Minh Cao

Tri Minh Cao 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: 10394901
    Abstract: Techniques for providing improved search results for queries are provided. The techniques include obtaining a candidate pair from a query log comprising a single word unigram and a two word bigram which expresses the same content as the unigram, receive customer interaction data from the query log for the unigram and the bigram, and determining if the candidate pair includes a dominant form, equivalent form, or un-comparable pair. The techniques also include creating a rule regarding treatment of the unigram or bigram in analyzing a query. The techniques further include receiving a query, analyzing the query to identify modified query results according to the rule, and presenting the query results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Tri Minh Cao, Abhishek Gattani, Srikanth Subramaniam, Heather Marie Sevrens
  • Patent number: 9563705
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to positioning a new item in search results that may additionally include previously-released items. Items in a search result may be ranked by popularity scores. In embodiments of the present disclosure, a new item may receive a popularity score boost to compensate for that item's relative lack of history in comparison to the previously-released items. Embodiments of the present disclosure utilize outside data sources to rank the items. Outside data sources may include social media, knowledge bases, and like platforms to leverage available outside data to complement internal data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
    Inventors: Sumit Taank, Tri Minh Cao, Abhishek Gattani
  • Publication number: 20140297630
    Abstract: Techniques for providing improved search results for queries are provided. The techniques include a server receiving a query from a customer and identifying a number of product listings corresponding to the query according to relevance scores. The techniques also include identifying a signal associated with each of the product listings, calculating a signal score from a relevance score and a signal value for each of the product listings, creating query results comprising the number of product listings ordered according to the signal score, and transmitting the query results to the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Tri Minh Cao, Sumit Taank, Abhishek Gattani
  • Publication number: 20140289211
    Abstract: Techniques for providing improved search results for queries are provided. The techniques include obtaining a candidate pair from a query log comprising a single word unigram and a two word bigram which expresses the same content as the unigram, receive customer interaction data from the query log for the unigram and the bigram, and determining if the candidate pair includes a dominant form, equivalent form, or un-comparable pair. The techniques also include creating a rule regarding treatment of the unigram or bigram in analyzing a query. The techniques further include receiving a query, analyzing the query to identify modified query results according to the rule, and presenting the query results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Tri Minh Cao, Abhishek Gattani, Srikanth Subramaniam, Heather Marie Sevrens
  • Publication number: 20140289210
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to positioning a new item in search results that may additionally include previously-released items. Items in a search result may be ranked by popularity scores. In embodiments of the present disclosure, a new item may receive a popularity score boost to compensate for that item's relative lack of history in comparison to the previously-released items. Embodiments of the present disclosure utilize outside data sources to rank the items. Outside data sources may include social media, knowledge bases, and like platforms to leverage available outside data to complement internal data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Sumit Taank, Tri Minh Cao, Abhishek Gattani