Jesse Wayne Harris

US Patent:

7548929, Jun 16, 2009

Filed:

May 11, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/432266

Inventors:

Robert J. Collins - Carlsbad CA, US
Graham Harris - Altadena CA, US
Jesse Harris - Van Nuys CA, US
Grant Kushida - Los Angeles CA, US
Lance Riedel - Altadena CA, US
Mohammad Sabah - North Hollywood CA, US
Shaji Sebastian - Pasadena CA, US
Jeff Yuan - Pasadena CA, US
Yiping Zhou - Sunnyvale CA, US

Assignee:

Yahoo! Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707101

Abstract:

The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for determining semantically related terms. Generally, one or more seed terms are received from a user. A system searches a first index comprising a plurality of terms and one or more webpages associated with each term of the plurality of terms to determine a plurality of webpages associated with the seed terms. The system then searches a second index comprising a plurality of webpages and one or more terms associated with each webpage of the plurality of webpages to determine a plurality of potential terms associated with the plurality of webpages associated with the seed terms. At least one term of the plurality of potential terms is suggested to a user.

US Patent:

20090198684, Aug 6, 2009

Filed:

Apr 6, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/419141

Inventors:

Robert J. Collins - Carlsbad CA, US
Graham Harris - Altadena CA, US
Jesse Harris - Van Nuys CA, US
Grant Kushida - Los Angeles CA, US
Lance Riedel - Altadena CA, US
Mohammad Sabah - North Hollywood CA, US
Shaji Sebastian - Pasadena CA, US
Jeff Yuan - Pasadena CA, US
Yiping Zhou - Sunnyvale CA, US

Assignee:

Yahoo! Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

707 5, 707E17014, 707E17108, 705 14

Abstract:

The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for determining semantically related terms. Generally, one or more seed terms are received from a user. A system searches a first index comprising a plurality of terms and one or more webpages associated with each term of the plurality of terms to determine a plurality of webpages associated with the seed terms. The system then searches a second index comprising a plurality of webpages and one or more terms associated with each webpage of the plurality of webpages to determine a plurality of potential terms associated with the plurality of webpages associated with the seed terms. At least one term of the plurality of potential terms is suggested to a user.