Patents by Inventor Ziga Mahkovec

Ziga Mahkovec 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).

  • Publication number: 20140181135
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing search query suggestions. In one aspect, a search service provides query suggestions responsive to a query suggestion request from a client device, and determines if a prediction criterion is met. The prediction criterion is independent of a user selection of a query suggestion provided in response to one or more query suggestion requests. In response to determining that the prediction criterion is met, the search system provides search results to the client device. The search results are responsive to one of the query suggestions provided in response to the query suggestion request or one or more previous query suggestion requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Othar Hansson, David Black, Jon M. Wiley, Manas Tungare, Ziga Mahkovec, Benjamin J. McMahan, Benedict A. Gomes, Jonathan J. Effrat, Johanna R. Wright, Marcin K. Wichary
  • Patent number: 8706750
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing search query suggestions. In one aspect, a search service provides query suggestions responsive to a query suggestion request from a client device, and determines if a prediction criterion is met. The prediction criterion is independent of a user selection of a query suggestion provided in response to one or more query suggestion requests. In response to determining that the prediction criterion is met, the search system provides search results to the client device. The search results are responsive to one of the query suggestions provided in response to the query suggestion request or one or more previous query suggestion requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Othar Hansson, David Black, Jon M. Wiley, Manas Tungare, Ziga Mahkovec, Benjamin J. McMahan, Benedict A. Gomes, Jonathan J. Effrat, Johanna R. Wright, Marcin K. Wichary
  • Patent number: 8700653
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing search query suggestions. In one aspect, interface instructions on a client device cause the client device to generate a search interface that includes a query input field and provide query characters input in the query input field to a search service as a first query suggestion request. The client device receives, in response the query suggestion request, first query suggestions and renders the first query suggestions according to and order. In response to the client device receiving first search results responsive to one of the first query suggestions and being received independent of user selection of a first query suggestion and independent of sending a completed query to the search service, the client device generates an indication in the interface that indicates the first query suggestion for which the search results are responsive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Othar Hansson, David Black, Jon M. Wiley, Manas Tungare, Ziga Mahkovec, Benjamin J. McMahan, Benedict A. Gomes, Jonathan J. Effrat, Johanna R. Wright, Marcin K. Wichary
  • Publication number: 20130191360
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a system and method for prerendering of search result pages. A search engine may process search queries received from a client. The search engine may determine one or more search results in response to the search query. One or more of the search results may be associated with prerender instructions, such that when the search results are received by the client, the client prerenders the search results associated with the prerender instructions. Prerender instructions may be associated with the search results in various manners, including ranking the search results based on relevance, or ranking the search results based on the likelihood of selection. Metrics and analytical data may be collected from the client to improve the search result prerendering process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Timo Burkard, Ziga Mahkovec, Christopher Bentzel
  • Publication number: 20130060560
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for server-based spell check. One aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods performed by a server. The methods include the actions of receiving a request to spell check text; dividing the text into multiple segments, each segment including no more than a predetermined number of terms; providing each segment to a spell checker programmed to spell check an input including no more than the predetermined number of terms; receiving, from the spell checker, one or more spelling correction suggestions, each spelling correction suggestion corresponding to a term in a segment, the term being designated as misspelled by the spell checker; and assembling the received one or more spelling correction suggestions into a response to the request to spell check the text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Ziga Mahkovec, Linus M. Upson, Hironori Bono, Yew Jin Lim
  • Publication number: 20130061139
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for server-based spell check. One aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods performed by a user device. The methods include the actions of receiving user input text; identifying a candidate term for spelling correction from the received text, the candidate term including a term designated as a misspelled term by a local spell checker, the local spell checker executing on the user device; sending the candidate term to a remote spell checker, the remote spell checker executing on a server that is connected to the user device through a communications network; receiving, from the remote spell checker, a spelling correction suggestion for the candidate term; and providing the spelling correction suggestion for display on the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Ziga Mahkovec, Linus M. Upson, Hironori Bono, Yew Jin Lim
  • Publication number: 20120047135
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing search query suggestions. In one aspect, a search service provides query suggestions responsive to a query suggestion request from a client device, and determines if a prediction criterion is met. The prediction criterion is independent of a user selection of a query suggestion provided in response to one or more query suggestion requests. In response to determining that the prediction criterion is met, the search system provides search results to the client device. The search results are responsive to one of the query suggestions provided in response to the query suggestion request or one or more previous query suggestion requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Othar Hansson, David Black, Jon M. Wiley, Manas Tungare, Ziga Mahkovec, Benjamin J. McMahan, Benedict A. Gomes, Jonathan J. Effrat, Johanna R. Wright, Marcin K. Wichary
  • Publication number: 20120047134
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing search query suggestions. In one aspect, interface instructions on a client device cause the client device to generate a search interface that includes a query input field and provide query characters input in the query input field to a search service as a first query suggestion request. The client device receives, in response the query suggestion request, first query suggestions and renders the first query suggestions according to and order. In response to the client device receiving first search results responsive to one of the first query suggestions and being received independent of user selection of a first query suggestion and independent of sending a completed query to the search service, the client device generates an indication in the interface that indicates the first query suggestion for which the search results are responsive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Othar Hansson, David Black, Jon M. Wiley, Manas Tungare, Ziga Mahkovec, Benjamin J. McMahan, Benedict A. Gomes, Jonathan J. Effrat, Johanna R. Wright, Marcin K. Wichary