Douglas E Cook

US Patent:

7406458, Jul 29, 2008

Filed:

Feb 11, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/365273

Inventors:

Chad Carson - Redwood City CA, US
Mohan V. Nibhanupudi - San Jose CA, US
Robert Meyers - Castro Valley CA, US
Dmitri Pavlovski - San Francisco CA, US
Douglas Cook - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Yahoo! Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707 3, 707 5, 715254

Abstract:

Techniques are provided for generating descriptions of matching resources in a manner that takes into account the kind, quality, and relevance of the available sources of information about the matching resources. For example, after the search engine identifies matching resources based on the query terms, the search engine determines the kinds of available sources of information about each matching resource. For each matching resource, based on the kinds of available sources of information about the matching resource, one of a plurality of processes is selected to generate a description for the matching resource. Using the content-sensitive description generation techniques described herein, a single result set may include abstracts that were generated using several different processes, where the difference in process corresponds to a difference in the kind, quality, and relevance of the available sources of information about each matching resource.

US Patent:

7606794, Oct 20, 2009

Filed:

Jun 28, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/169521

Inventors:

Chad Carson - Redwood City CA, US
Douglas M. Cook - San Francisco CA, US
Kalpana Ravinarayanan - Sunnyvale CA, US

Assignee:

Yahoo! Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707 3, 707 2, 707 4, 707 5, 707 10, 707100, 709218, 709224, 709246

Abstract:

Techniques are provided for generating search results that include, instead of or in addition to the traditional abstract links, other links to content that the user of a search engine may consider helpful. These other links are referred to herein as “non-traditional abstract links”. In general, the search engine generates non-traditional abstract links that attempt to anticipate the “next move” by the search engine user. By selecting a non-traditional abstract link from the abstract of a matching resource, the user is able to navigate from the search result listing directly to locations other than the top of a matching resource.

US Patent:

20080270394, Oct 30, 2008

Filed:

Jul 11, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/172165

Inventors:

Chad Carson - Redwood City CA, US
Mohan V. Nibhanupudi - San Jose CA, US
Robert Meyers - Castro Valley CA, US
Dmitri Pavlovski - San Francisco CA, US
Douglas Cook - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 7/06
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707 5, 707E17014

Abstract:

Techniques are provided for generating descriptions of matching resources in a manner that takes into account the kind, quality, and relevance of the available sources of information about the matching resources. For example, after the search engine identifies matching resources based on the query terms, the search engine determines the kinds of available sources of information about each matching resource. For each matching resource, based on the kinds of available sources of information about the matching resource, one of a plurality of processes is selected to generate a description for the matching resource. Using the content-sensitive description generation techniques described herein, a single result set may include abstracts that were generated using several different processes, where the difference in process corresponds to a difference in the kind, quality, and relevance of the available sources of information about each matching resource.

US Patent:

20180165071, Jun 14, 2018

Filed:

Dec 13, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/840680

Inventors:

- Palo Alto CA, US
Yahya Cahyadi - San Jose CA, US
Julie Ann Pickhardt - Boulder CO, US
Kevin Xie - Palo Alto CA, US
Douglas Cook - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

VMWARE, INC. - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G06F 8/35
G06F 8/60

Abstract:

An information-technology (IT) blueprint is an executable document that, when executed, can be used to create an IT application such as an e-commerce site. An IT lifecycle blueprint can further be used to manage (e.g., modify) and, ultimately, destroy such an IT application. To this end, an IT lifecycle blueprint can include idempotent methods that achieve the same result whether starting from a blank (real or virtual) infrastructure or from a previously populated infrastructure. In other words, the same method that created an IT application can be used to modify it. A request for a post-deployment modification can be made using a topological representation of a blueprint and highlighting the representations of components to which a selected modification could be applied.

US Patent:

20160162441, Jun 9, 2016

Filed:

Feb 10, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/040779

Inventors:

- Sunnyvale CA, US
MOHAN V. NIBHANUPUDI - San Jose CA, US
ROBERT MEYERS - Sunland CA, US
DMITRI PAVLOVSKI - San Francisco CA, US
DOUGLAS M. COOK - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/21
G06F 17/30

Abstract:

Techniques are provided for generating descriptions of matching resources in a manner that takes into account the kind, quality, and relevance of the available sources of information about the matching resources. For example, after the search engine identifies matching resources based on the query terms, the search engine determines the kinds of available sources of information about each matching resource. For each matching resource, based on the kinds of available sources of information about the matching resource, one of a plurality of processes is selected to generate a description for the matching resource. Using the content-sensitive description generation techniques described herein, a single result set may include abstracts that were generated using several different processes, where the difference in process corresponds to a difference in the kind, quality, and relevance of the available sources of information about each matching resource.

US Patent:

20140280229, Sep 18, 2014

Filed:

Jun 3, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/294515

Inventors:

- Sunnyvale CA, US
MOHAN V. NIBHANUPUDI - San Jose CA, US
ROBERT MEYERS - Sunland CA, US
DMITRI PAVLOVSKI - San Francisco CA, US
DOUGLAS M. COOK - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Yahoo! Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707748

Abstract:

Techniques are provided for generating descriptions of matching resources in a manner that takes into account the kind, quality, and relevance of the available sources of information about the matching resources. For example, after the search engine identifies matching resources based on the query terms, the search engine determines the kinds of available sources of information about each matching resource. For each matching resource, based on the kinds of available sources of information about the matching resource, one of a plurality of processes is selected to generate a description for the matching resource. Using the content-sensitive description generation techniques described herein, a single result set may include abstracts that were generated using several different processes, where the difference in process corresponds to a difference in the kind, quality, and relevance of the available sources of information about each matching resource.