Query Expansion Or Refinement Patents (Class 707/765)
  • Patent number: 11960491
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a pattern search program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process includes designating priority ranks of each of attributes included in a plurality of attribute patterns that indicate one or more attributes, based on an inclusion relationship between occurrence sets of a plurality of samples with respect to each of the attributes included in the plurality of attribute patterns; and determining whether each of the plurality of attribute patterns is an emerging pattern according to a search order based on the priority ranks, when a frequency of occurrence of the plurality of samples in a first attribute pattern is less than the frequency of occurrence of the plurality of samples in a second attribute pattern that has all the attributes except one of the attributes with lowest one of the priority ranks among the attributes included in the first attribute pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Hiroaki Iwashita
  • Patent number: 11954238
    Abstract: Systems and methods for role-based access control for a storage system are described. An illustrative method includes an access control system identifying, based on a role of a user requesting access to the storage system, a permission of the role to access a resource type; determining, based on the resource type and on a mapping of resources of different secured endpoints of the storage system to resource types, a set of resources of the storage system that the role has permission to access; identifying a subset of the set of resources of the storage system that the user is authorized to access; and granting the user role-based access to the subset of the set of resources of the storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Pure Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Tan, Shiva Ankam, Hongbin Li, Ziyuan Song
  • Patent number: 11954128
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for generating notifications corresponding to queries submitted for execution by virtual warehouses are described herein. A request to execute a query may be received. An execution plan, for the query, may be identified. A processing complexity for the query may be predicted based on the query and the execution plan. A notification may be generated based on the processing complexity meeting an alert threshold. A user device may display the notification. A response to the notification comprising a selection of a first virtual warehouse, of a plurality of virtual warehouses, to execute the query may be received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Praveen Kandukuri, Syed Salim, Karamchandradatt Hardatt, Nagender Gurram, Ganesh Bharathan, Yudhish Batra
  • Patent number: 11941135
    Abstract: Automated classification of sensitive data in a database, which includes: Retrieving a catalog of a database. Sampling record values from at least some of the columns. Generating a map of probable associations between different columns of tables of the database. Applying a machine learning classifier to the sampled record values, to classify the columns of the sampled records into multiple data classes, some being sensitive data classes. Classifying columns of non-sampled record values according to the classification of the sampled record values, based on the map. Searching all objects of the database for existence of record values of the classified columns, to output value and field name pairs. Scoring the pairs according to a measure of their repetitiveness in the output. Increasing the score of the pairs whose field names are similar. Based on the scores, indicating which fields of the database are likely to include sensitive data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Oded Sofer, Guy Gonen, Benazeer Daruwalla
  • Patent number: 11928140
    Abstract: Methods and systems for modifying a search result are described. A computing device may receive a query. A search result based on the query may be determined. The computing device may modify the search result based on a term of the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Kalila Sharafi
  • Patent number: 11921791
    Abstract: Querying of time-aware metrics time series includes receiving a query, the query comprising a set of query metadata and a query time range. It further includes, based at least in part on the set of query metadata and the query time range, selecting a time series from a plurality of metrics time series. Each metrics time series in the plurality of metrics time series is associated with a set of metadata and an active interval of time. A set of metadata associated with the selected time series matches the set of query metadata, and an active interval of time associated with the selected metrics time series intersects with the query time range. The selected metrics time series is returned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Sumo Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Friedrich Beedgen, David M. Andrzejewski, Weijia Che
  • Patent number: 11921762
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system identifying an intent relating to a query associated with an object. A plurality of informational items associated with the object may be identified. At least a first informational item associated with the object for which a first portion of information is already known may be identified. At least a second informational item associated with the object for which a second portion of information is unknown may be identified. A question may be generated to determine the second portion of information based upon the second portion of information being unknown. An answer may be received to determine the second portion of information. A response to the intent relating to the query may be provided based upon the first informational item for which the first portion of information is already known and the answer for the question generated to determine the second portion of information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Telepathy Labs, Inc
    Inventors: Mijail Arcienega, Bilyana Taneva, Elisabetta Carta, Stephen Brown, Lawrence Seth Lefkowitz, Josselyn Boudett
  • Patent number: 11908552
    Abstract: A method according to a set of instructions stored on the memory of a computing device includes receiving from a plurality of measure storage devices, by a processor of the computing device, a plurality of measures pertaining to at least one patient and at least one clinical measure of the at least one patient. The plurality of measure storage devices are associated with at least one of a plurality of healthcare providers. The method further includes determining, by the processor, a patient-centered quality measure indicating quality across the plurality of healthcare providers with respect to the at least one patient and the at least one clinical measure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services
    Inventors: Jeff Livesay, Tim Pletcher
  • Patent number: 11893049
    Abstract: Implementations relate to providing search suggestions on a collaboration platform. In some implementations, a method includes generating a dictionary of terms comprising terms associated with games of the collaboration platform by identifying a set of the games that have a frequency of play that meets a threshold frequency and identifying a plurality of search terms associated with previous search queries of the collaboration platform. The method further includes comparing the plurality of search terms with the dictionary of terms, identifying a first set of the search terms that are candidate search terms and a second set of the search terms that are search suggestions, and generating a record that associates candidate search terms of the first set of the search terms with respective search suggestions wherein the record is used to provide a suggestion for one or more new search terms of a new search query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Roblox Corporation
    Inventors: Aswath Manoharan, Nikolaus Sonntag, Shailendra Rathore
  • Patent number: 11875778
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for generating voice renderings of machine-generated electronic messages. The disclosed systems and methods provide a novel framework for organizing often fragmented machine-generated electronic messages and providing mechanisms for a virtual assistant to produce voice-renderings data extracted from electronic messages. The disclosed system may implement steps for receiving user queries via virtual assistants, extracting data from machine-generated electronic messages, converting the extracted data to purposeful organizational schemas, and generating human perceivable voice renderings based on the user queries and extracted data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Yahoo Assets LLC
    Inventors: Ariel Raviv, Avihai Mejer
  • Patent number: 11860921
    Abstract: In some embodiments, techniques for searching comprise providing receiving a request for a local search, determining a current location associated with a document currently being viewed, determining a search restriction specification associated with the current location associated with the document currently being viewed, wherein the search restriction specification relates to a specification of a set of pages to be searched, obtaining local search results by performing a search, wherein the local search results are limited to members of the set of pages to be searched in accordance with the search restriction specification, and presenting the local search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aaron T. Emigh, James A. Roskind
  • Patent number: 11853335
    Abstract: In an approach for a cooperative build and content annotation system for conversational design of virtual assistants, a processor formulates a build context based on a build activity of a user. A processor formulates one or more content queries based on the build context. A processor builds a content index by augmenting a text-search index with a neural Information Retrieval (IR) index. A processor searches the content index using the one or more content queries to identify content relevant to the build context. A processor determines at least one recommendation for the user based on heuristic rules applied to the build context and the identified content, wherein each recommendation is a build suggestion or a content annotation suggestion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Muhtar Burak Akbulut, Pankaj Dhoolia, Andy James Stoneberg, Dan O'Connor, Sachindra Joshi
  • Patent number: 11829375
    Abstract: Various methods and systems for determining a dominant object of a query and employing the dominant object to provide enhanced search services are discussed. A query is segmented into a set of n_grams. Entity extraction and resolution (EER) methods are employed to determine implicit and explicit aspects for each n_gram. N_grams that include explicit aspects are pruned from the set of n_grams and a pruned set of candidate n_grams is generated from the non-pruned n_grams. Knowledge graphs are employed to generate a ranked list of associated categories for each candidate n_gram. A ranked list of categories associated with the un-segmented query is generated based on knowledge graphs. The candidate n_gram with the highest ranked associated category that is also a highly ranked category associated with the un-segmented query is selected as the dominant object of the query. Enhanced search results are provided based on the determined dominant object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Ajinkya Gorakhnath Kale, Thrivikrama Taula, Amit Srivastava
  • Patent number: 11822907
    Abstract: A code repository stores application code. A code management determines, based at least in part on requested features selected in a graphical user interface, code requirements that include attributes of application code needed to achieve the requested features. The code management system determines, based at least in part on the determined code requirements and the metadata for each entry of application code stored in the code repository, one or more candidate application code entries from the code repository. The code management system presents the candidate application code entries for user selection in the graphical user interface. After receipt of a user selection of a selected application code, the selected application code is provided to a computing device associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Madhusudhanan Krishnamoorthy, Shadab Bubere, Vaasudevan Sundaram, Samrat Bhasin
  • Patent number: 11816141
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for receiving a request that includes a user identifier of a user that submitted a search query and an entity identifier of an entity that is referenced by the search query, identifying a plurality of knowledge elements that are related to the entity, identifying, in a consumption database, one or more items that have been indicated as consumed by the user and that are associated with the entity that is referenced by the search query, assigning rank scores to the plurality of knowledge elements, based at least on identifying the one or more items, selecting one or more of the knowledge elements from among the knowledge elements based at least on the rank scores assigned to the knowledge elements, and providing, in response to the request, information associated with the entity and the one or more selected knowledge elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: Matthew Sharifi
  • Patent number: 11809436
    Abstract: A syntax-based ranking technique is provided that ranks search results from multiple source code files in an order that considers the relevance of each matched term with a corresponding code type and the relevance of the type of file that contains the matched term. Boost values are provided for each code type of a matched term in order to weigh certain occurrences of the matched term with more relevance. Boost values are provided for each type of file that contains the matched term in order to weigh the occurrence of the term in a particular file with more relevance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.
    Inventors: Shruti Poddar, Neeraj Makam
  • Patent number: 11803709
    Abstract: A method, computer program product and computer system to provide topic guide during document drafting is provided. A processor retrieves at least one section of text from a document. A processor receives a target topic for the document. A processor extracts at least one local topic from the at least one section of text. A processor generates a semantic network comprising the at least one local topic and the target topic. A processor determines a deviation value for the at least one local topic based on a distance between the at least one local topic and the target topic in the semantic network. A processor, in response to the deviation value exceeding a threshold value, alerts a user that the at least one section of text from the document is off-topic from the target topic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xiang Yu Yang, Wen Jie Hao, Zhong Fang Yuan, Wang Hu Dang, Deng Xin Luo, Jia Yong Xie, Wen Wang
  • Patent number: 11789959
    Abstract: A method for data visualization is provided. The method comprises receiving an input comprising a number of search parameters and then creating a cache node for the number of search parameters in the database, wherein the cache node comprises a first reference associated with the number of search parameters. Then identifying a number of search results related to the number of search parameters and storing the number of search results related to the number of search parameters in the cache node. Further, identifying a number of visualization options related to the number of search results stored in the cache node, wherein each visualization option comprises a second reference associated with the cache node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: S&P Global Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Albert Vezza, Jonathan Edward Hoyt Hayden, James Ryan Psota
  • Patent number: 11790006
    Abstract: Providing a search interface for a database includes receiving string data entered via a user interface. A sequence of tokens representative of the string data is determined. Determining the sequence of tokens includes applying natural language processing to the string data. A first database query is generated in accordance with the sequence of tokens. Respective text representations for tokens in the sequence of tokens are presented via the user interface. Feedback data related to the sequence of tokens is received via the user interface. A token of the sequence of tokens is modified based on the feedback data to obtain a modified sequence of tokens. A second database query is generated based on the modified sequence of tokens. Results data are obtained from the database responsive to execution of the second database query by the database. Data based on the results data are output for presentation in the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: ThoughtSpot, Inc.
    Inventors: Amit Prakash, Ravi Tandon, Manikanta Balakavi, Pavan Ram Piratla, Ashish Shubham, Alonzo Canada, Rakesh Kothari, Maneesh Apte, Amitabh Singhal, Aditya Viswanathan, Ajeet Singh
  • Patent number: 11776008
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a content provisioning platform (150) and a system (100) that utilizes such a content provisioning platform (150). The content provisioning platform (150) includes: a selection engine (153) for selecting, in response to a request from a webpage (300) associated with an electronic transaction, inventory based on at least one of: a contextual attribute associated with the electronic transaction, a customer attribute associated with a user performing the electronic transaction, and a set of predefined rules. The inventory is selected from available inventory derived from at least one inventory provider during the electronic transaction. The webpage (300) is encoded in accordance with a content provisioning application programming interface (API) (140) associated with the content provisioning platform (150), the webpage including a contextual content display region (350) for displaying the selected inventory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ROKT PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Bruce Eaton Buchanan, Stuart James FitzRoy, Scott Matthew Jackson, Kanishka Mohaia, Dinesh Gurram, Yan Xu
  • Patent number: 11768828
    Abstract: Described herein is a computer implemented method and computational system for a project management service. Issues of a project are defined by data entities stored in a tree structure including a root node. The tree structure may include one or more siblings to the root node, one or more child nodes and one or more siblings to the child node. The root node references each child node and references each of its sibling nodes. Each child node references each of its sibling nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignees: ATLASSIAN PTY LTD., ATLASSIAN US, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathon Patrick Geeves, Maria Florencia Bonansea
  • Patent number: 11748425
    Abstract: This invention discloses the ability to automatically have portions of content that match the results for a search term(s): be highlighted. This saves users a lot of time when trying to find information of interest to them. It is especially delightful for users to automagically have this ability available without having to install any additional software components to their computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventor: Rohit Chandra
  • Patent number: 11733833
    Abstract: Computer systems and corresponding methods are provided for computer assisted research in a network are provided that generate interface screens that include a map view of a plurality of selectable objects disposed in a nuclear arrangement in segmented rings about a first level object. The computing device is configured to receive selections of the displayed objects and expand the display to include additional segmented levels all surrounding the first level object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
    Inventors: David Thomas Paterson, Erica Gann Kitaev, Michael Eng Poh Clark, Megan Anne Sramek, Deacon Ales, Emily Colbert
  • Patent number: 11720633
    Abstract: A computer provides a search interface that accesses multiple search providers, and aggregates their suggestions, providing a single, unified suggestion view across the multiple search providers. Suggestions are received from the multiple sources, such as a search engine on the internet or other public resource, and a search tool on the computer that accesses local or private resources. The suggestions are combined, ranked and displayed as a list to the user, from which the user is able to select.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jon Gordner, Max Morris, Alexander Hills, Xiao Wei, Gaurav Anand, Elbio Abib
  • Patent number: 11720863
    Abstract: Methods and systems for using natural language processing and machine-learning algorithms to process vehicle-service data to generate metadata regarding the vehicle-service data are described herein. A processor can discover vehicle-service data that can be clustered together based on the vehicle-service data having common characteristics. The clustered vehicle-service data can be classified (e.g., categorized) into any one of a plurality of categories. One of the categories can be for clustered vehicle-service data that is tip-worthy (e.g., determined to include data worthy of generating vehicle-service content (e.g., a repair hint). Another category can track instances of vehicle-service data that are considered to be common to an instance of vehicle-service data classified into the tip-worthy category. The vehicle-service data can be collected from repair orders from a plurality of repair shops. The vehicle-service content generated by the systems can be provided to those or other repair shops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Snap-on Incorporated
    Inventors: Bradley R. Lewis, Patrick S. Merg, Brett A. Kelley, Jacob G. Foreman
  • Patent number: 11709830
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing a highly available distributed hybrid database comprising: a memory storing instructions; and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to: receive a query from a user device to retrieve data from a distributed database comprising a source node, a first plurality of replica nodes, and a second plurality of replica nodes, wherein the source node and the first plurality of replica nodes form a transactional cluster, and wherein the second plurality of replica nodes forms an analytical cluster; determine whether to process the query using the transactional cluster or the analytical cluster based on one or more rules; translate the query into a first protocol that the determined cluster comprehends; select a replica node corresponding to the determined cluster; process the query using the selected replica node; and send data associated with results from processing the query to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Coupang Corp.
    Inventors: Zhan Chen, Bin Dong, Zhiyong Huang, Chuanchuan Han, Junzhao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11687997
    Abstract: A direct payment token generation method provides executable codes to a client device. The executable codes invokes functionalities in a browser application. The set of executable codes further provides login prompts to the user for logging to a virtual wallet account. The method provides a list of products for purchase from merchants in response to a successful login to the virtual wallet account. A graphical element is provided for purchasing one provided product from one of the merchants. In response to receiving a selection of the provided graphical element confirming the purchase, a payment token is generated for the virtual wallet account. The received selection includes confirming detailed information of the purchase. The payment token is transmitted to the client device and is embedded in a payment payload with the detailed information of the purchase. The payment load is transmitted to the one of the merchants to complete the purchase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Aparna Girish, Parveen Bansal
  • Patent number: 11683174
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for selectively revealing user data. User data may be stored on an immutable sequential listing and accessed through the immutable sequential listing. Processor of apparatus is configured to receive user-associated data to be stored in a resource data storage system. Processor is configured to sort the user-associated data into data sets and assigned an identifier to each data set. Identifier may be related to job history, education history, volunteer history, or the like. Processor is configured to receive a request to reveal data from a third-party and transmit data set to the requestor. Third party and data in data sets may be verified and validated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: MY JOB MATCHER, INC.
    Inventors: Arran Stewart, Steve O'Brien
  • Patent number: 11676190
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the disclosure relate to selecting content using beacon identifiers. An indication of a location of a user device and a beacon identifier are received. The beacon identifier can correspond to a beacon at a retail location. A data structure storing attribute data associated with the beacon identifier can be accessed. The attribute data can be associated with a signal having a unique identifier of the user device. The signal can indicate the retail location having the beacon. A request for content for display on the user device can be received. A content item can be selected for display on the user device based on the attribute data. A reward value can be determined based on receiving an indication of user interaction with the content item and the attribute data used to select the content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: William Setchell
  • Patent number: 11663103
    Abstract: A technique to automatically identify controls of a software application is disclosed. Attributes of a software application are monitored. The attributes may include control type attributes. The controls are identified by determining a hierarchy of parent controls and children controls. A directed graph may be generated, based on the monitored control attributes, and used to identify the controls. The identified controls may be used for robotic process automation of the software application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Pegasystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Marshall Beckett, II, Christopher Arthur Clarke, Zachary Earl Dillard
  • Patent number: 11645478
    Abstract: Introduced here is an approach to translating tags assigned to digital images. As an example, embeddings may be extracted from a tag to be translated and the digital image with which the tag is associated by a multimodal model. These embeddings can be compared to embeddings extracted from a set of target tags associated with a target language by the multimodal model. Such an approach allows similarity to be established along two dimensions, which ensures the obstacles associated with direct translation can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Ritiz Tambi, Pranav Aggarwal, Ajinkya Kale
  • Patent number: 11630865
    Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and a computer system determine, based on reactions exhibited by a user while consuming information, options for further information. The method includes determining a user reaction while the user is consuming the information. The user reaction is indicative of the user implicitly requesting the further information. The information is presented based on the user selecting from original search results according to an original search string submitted by the user. The method includes determining a portion of the information corresponding to the user reaction being exhibited. The method includes determining a further search string corresponding to the portion of the information. The method includes receiving further search results based on the further search string. Each of the further search results configured to present the further information to the user. The method includes modifying the original search results to include the further search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shikhar Kwatra, Raghuveer Prasad Nagar, Jeremy R. Fox, Melissa Restrepo Conde
  • Patent number: 11593415
    Abstract: The automated collection of online data is enhanced by generating and saving a context between a document and a related named entity, as well as a credibility level of the online source. The context, credibility level, and quality and quantity of collected data are used to enhance the use of the collected data in automated decision-making. Both the quality and the quantity may be continuously updated and honed through machine learning. Three new algorithms—DUPES, CORRAL, and ONTO—have been introduced to support the above, improving current state-of-the-art engineering practice by sharpening the strategy for named-entity searching, for ensuring that topic modeling produces relevant topic tags, and for handling sentiment which may be NEGATIVE, POSITIVE, and NEUTRAL (which includes MISSING and INCONCLUSIVE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: VALIDATE ME LLC
    Inventors: James Anderson, Thomas J. Saleh, Lawrence C. Rafsky
  • Patent number: 11586637
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a search result processing method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The method may include acquiring a search result according to a search keyword and obtaining an accurate matching score of the search result relative to the search keyword. The method may further include determining a semantic matching weight vector of the search result, a semantic representation vector of the search keyword, and a semantic representation vector of the search result. The method may further include obtaining a semantic matching score of the search result relative to the search keyword according to the semantic representation vectors and the semantic matching weight vector. The method may further include obtaining a similarity between the search result and the search keyword according to the accurate matching score and the semantic matching score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yifeng Wu, Qiang Yan, Wenhao Zheng, Xiaoyin Chen, Dechuan Zhan
  • Patent number: 11586820
    Abstract: Methods for enhancing or automating a review process of annotation tags for a set of tokens is described. A system may receive a list of tokens with associated tags for each token for a data set and may output any identified inconsistencies where a token is assigned at least two different tags. For example, instead of a human looking at each token individually or taking a sample set of the tags for review, the described techniques may look at all tokens with the associated tags in a set of data and may leverage reorganizing the tokens and associated tags to highlight errors to be fixed. Accordingly, the system may look across all tokens within an entire data set, while a review (e.g., by a human) of possible errors of the data set is limited to the highlighted errors flagged by the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Silvio Roberto Picinini
  • Patent number: 11574191
    Abstract: Systems and methods of predicting documentation associated with an encounter between attendees are provided. For instance, attendee data indicative of one or more previous visit notes associated with a first attendee can be obtained. The attendee data can be inputted into a machine-learned note prediction model that includes a neural network. The neural network can generate one or more context vectors descriptive of the attendee data. Data indicative of a predicted visit note can be received as output of the machine-learned note prediction model based at least in part on the context vectors. The predicted visit note can include a set of predicted information expected to be included in a subsequently generated visit note associated with the first attendee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Ming Jack Po, Christopher Co, Katherine Chou
  • Patent number: 11567939
    Abstract: A pruning index is generated for a source table organized into a set of batch units. The source table comprises a column of semi-structured data. The pruning index comprises a set of filters that index distinct values in each column of the source table. Rather than reassembling an entire tree structure of the semi-structured data prior to indexing, the generating of the pruning index comprises traversing a reassembly hook object that represents a first portion of the semi-structured data that is subcolumnarized and traversing a residual object that represents a second portion of the semi-structured data that is not subcolumnarized. The reassembly hook object is traversed to identify values corresponding to the first portion of the semi-structured data and the residual object is traversed to identify values corresponding to the second portion. The pruning index is stored with an association with the source table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Mahmud Allahverdiyev, Selcuk Aya, Bowei Chen, Ismail Oukid
  • Patent number: 11562022
    Abstract: Embodiments use successive refinement to allow a user to systematically explore the result set of an arbitrary query over RDF, such as a SPARQL query. A user inputs an arbitrary base query and modifies this query by replacing selected variables with values to which each selected variable is bound within the result set of the base query. Embodiments present, via a GUI, variable facets that may be substituted for query variables. Embodiments also present, through a GUI, a query history graph that represents query versions that a user has created. A user may navigate this query history graph to return to previously-created query versions. The GUI also provides information about the facets, including a number of results that would be included in the result set of the query version resulting from substitution of the facet for the associated variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Jagannathan Srinivasan, Juan Francisco Garcia Navarro, Victor Antonio Lopez Villamar, Matthew Steven Perry, Souripriya Das, Zhe Wu
  • Patent number: 11556545
    Abstract: A method for providing optimized support for transactional processing and analytical processing with minimal memory footprint may include storing, on a data page in a disk of a database system, a portion of one or more columns of data from a database table. A metadata associated with the data page may be stored on a metadata page in the disk of the database system. The metadata may include one or more byte ranges on the data page at which the portion of the one or more columns of data is stored. The database system may execute one or more queries by accessing, based at least on the metadata associated with the data page, a portion of the data page storing the portion of the one or more columns of data required by the one or more queries. Related systems and articles of manufacture are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventor: Ivan Schreter
  • Patent number: 11550864
    Abstract: System and methods are provided for executing queries across multiple services and data sources using a Service Graph. The Service Graph is customizable and trainable using continuous feedback loops among the various components of the Service Graph. The Service Graph is configured to select at least one data source or at least one location service from a plurality heterogeneous data sources and location services, generate an execution strategy for searching the at least one location service or the at least one data source, and provide the results generated as a result of the execution strategy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: HERE GLOBAL B.V.
    Inventors: Moritz Neun, Craig Barnes
  • Patent number: 11550848
    Abstract: A query processing system applies transforms to convert a collection of predicate statements to two parts, a matrix and a set of reduced predicate statements, and evaluates the matrix and reduced predicate statements when querying data. The query processing system applies the transforms to extract conjunctive predicates or disjunctive predicates from the predicate statements to provide the set of reduced predicate statements and generates the matrix using the extracted conjunctive predicates or disjunctive predicates. When data is received for querying, the query processing system evaluates the matrix and reduced predicate statements for the data to provide search results. The query processing system may first identify candidate predicate statements that may be satisfied for the data from the matrix and then evaluates the reduced predicate statements for those candidate predicate statements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: ADOBE INC.
    Inventor: Sandeep Nawathe
  • Patent number: 11538080
    Abstract: Methods and systems to automatically respond to a request for product information are described. In one embodiment, a data collection module may collect product data over a network, identify that the product data is related to a particular product, and store the product data and an association between the product data and the particular product in a database. An instant messaging engine may receive a request for the product data after the product data is stored in the database and an interpreter module may identify, in response to the request, the request to correspond to the particular product and retrieve the product data based on the association between the particular product and the product data. The instant messaging engine may also transmit, using an instant messaging protocol, a response to the request, the response including the product data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Xiaoming Zhang
  • Patent number: 11531666
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for indexing partitions using distributed Bloom filters are disclosed. A data indexing system generates a plurality of indices for a plurality of partitions in a distributed object store. The indices comprise a plurality of Bloom filters. An individual one of the Bloom filters corresponds to one or more fields of an individual one of the partitions. Using the Bloom filters, the data indexing system determines a first portion of the partitions that possibly comprise a value and a second portion of the partitions that do not comprise the value. Based (at least in part) on a scan of the first portion of the partitions and not the second portion of the partitions, the data indexing system determines one or more partitions of the first portion of the partitions that comprise the value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yangbae Park, Laxmi Siva Prasad Balaramaraju Jalumari, Daniel Opincariu, Fletcher Liverance, Zhuonan Song
  • Patent number: 11531694
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are disclosed for machine learning based improvements in estimation techniques. An example method includes obtaining a seed specifying a portion of an action for evaluation with respect to a networked computing environment. A description of the action is completed by providing a first recurrent neural network (RNN) with the seed to generate one or more additional words, with the action represented by the description not being enabled yet in the networked computing environment. An estimated down-stream impact (DSI) associated with the action is determined based on a second RNN, with the estimated DSI indicating an estimated measure of impact to the networked computing environment which would be caused by performance of the example action after enabling the example action. Output of an interactive user interface including information representing the action and the estimated DSI is caused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Barrientos, Pragyana Mishra
  • Patent number: 11526567
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer system, and computer program product for contextualizing searches in a collaborative session having two or more users. The method may include generating, by a processor, one or more keywords from user context sources of the collaborative session. Users engaged in the collaborative session may use computing devices interconnected with each other via a collaborative tool. The user context source may comprise a document, a file, a webpage, a search history, or an application. Context of the collaborative session, having a start and stop, may be established using a natural language processing system. The method may include adding one of the one or more keywords to the search string of one of the users participating in the collaborative session. In some embodiments, one user may be an expert user whose user context source may be the only user context source collected and analyzed during the collaborative session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jack Wadsted, Ashleigh Denholm, Emma J. Dawson, Eunjin Lee
  • Patent number: 11514049
    Abstract: A query suggestion to expand an initial query is calculated whereby the cost of the expanded initial query is bounded in both time and quality. The user validates a subset of the top-n answers Q(G) to a query Q and provides adjusted configuration parameters. The top-n diversified ?-expansion terms Q? are calculated from the validated subset of answers Q(G) to the query Q and are provided to an interactive user interface for selection. Answers Q?(G) for the top-n diversified ?-expansion terms Q? are cost bounded by cost threshold ? and exploration range r specified by the user. The user selects a new term of terms Q? and an incremental query evaluation of the new term is invoked to compute expanded query answers Q?(G) by incrementally updating the validated subset of answers Q(G), without re-evaluating an expanded query Q? including the new term from scratch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Washington State University
    Inventors: Mohammad Hossein Namaki, Yinghui Wu, Xin Zhang, Yonghua Ding
  • Patent number: 11514340
    Abstract: Methods and systems for selecting a tool for a project is described. In an example, a processor can run a machine learning model to generate a set of requirements to implement a project. The processor can identify a keyword from the set of requirements. The processor can search for the keyword on a search engine. The processor can receive a search result from the search engine corresponding to the keyword. The processor can identify, based on the search result, a tool that can be used to implement the project, where the tool can be in compliance with the set of requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wen Rui Zhao, Yu Zhao, Li Ni Zhang, Lan Luo, Jing Bo Jiang, Li Long Chen, Li Jiang
  • Patent number: 11494557
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for disambiguating terms, a challenging problem in computational linguistics. An ambiguous term may be regular words or phrases, or preferably abbreviations or acronyms. A potentially ambiguous term may be identified from an information source, and has two or more potential meanings. For each potential meaning, context and frequency of the potential meaning are determined. Context may include section headings, nearby concepts, or all relevant concepts within the information source. Frequency may reflect frequency of the candidate concepts within literature, medical literature, patient records, or another information source. Context, frequency, or both for each potential meaning can support a computer technology algorithm to select one potential meaning over others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Verantos, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Riskin, Anand Shroff
  • Patent number: 11488581
    Abstract: A new approach to automatic speech recognition is disclosed. An example method include receiving a first text representing speech recognition of a phrase spoken by a user, isolating a candidate named entity from within the phrase, receiving a first phonetic representation of the candidate named entity, comparing the first phonetic representation to phonetic representations in a mapping database which map the phonetic representations to words to yield a comparison, based on the comparison, identifying a second phonetic representation in the mapping database that matches a second text in the mapping database to the second phonetic representation and replacing the candidate named entity with the second text. The approach can be used for new brands for which automatic speech recognition error rates are high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shlomi Chovel, Adriano Devillaine, Omer Shabtai Jakobinsky, Colin Zhen De Kho, Kawshik Karur Rangaraju, Ajay Soni, Yochai Zvik, Yunqiang Zhu
  • Patent number: 11455361
    Abstract: The technology described herein makes improved use of limited screen space on a search results page by determining whether to present a question-and-answer experience and/or an entity details experience. This determination effects the amount of information presented and the format in which it is presented. In general, the question-and-answer experience provides less information and is more targeted to a question and query terms other than the entity. In contrast, the entity details experience provides more information about the entity that is not tailored to the query beyond the entity being included in the query. In one aspect, the determination of whether to show a question-and-answer experience and/or an entity details experience is based, at least in part, on an entity-details intent classification score (“intent classification score”) generated by a machine classification system. The classification score may be processed in combination with other criteria to make a final determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Zicheng Huang, Sharath Rao, Chao Gao, Guihong Cao