Paul A Tucker

US Patent:

7565358, Jul 21, 2009

Filed:

Aug 8, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/200406

Inventors:

David Minogue - Palo Alto CA, US
Paul A. Tucker - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

707 10, 707 5, 707 7, 715205, 715208, 715234

Abstract:

The present invention provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for searching and ranking linked information sources. The techniques include receiving multiple content items from a corpus of content items; receiving digital signatures each made by one of multiple agents, each digital signature associating one of the agents with one or more of the content items; and assigning a score to a first agent of the multiple agents, wherein the score is based upon the content items associated with the first agent by the digital signatures.

US Patent:

7840547, Nov 23, 2010

Filed:

Mar 31, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/812901

Inventors:

Paul Tucker - Mountain View CA, US
Amit Singhal - Palo Alto CA, US
Eric Jackson - Menlo Park CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707706, 707759, 707772

Abstract:

Methods and systems for efficient query rewriting and the like are described here. One such described method comprises: offline mapping frequently-seen search queries to rewritten queries that may be better for searching; offline caching the mapping in a cache memory; and upon receiving a search query from a user similar to one of the mapped search queries, obtaining a corresponding rewritten query from the mapping in the cache memory based on predetermined conditions, and issuing a search of the rewritten query to the backend data system in order to avoid having to issue a search query to the backend data system twice while the user is online.

US Patent:

8224826, Jul 17, 2012

Filed:

Jul 21, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/506395

Inventors:

David Minogue - Palo Alto CA, US
Paul A. Tucker - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707748, 707805, 707E17044, 715206, 715234, 715237, 709207, 709220, 709226

Abstract:

The present invention provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for searching and ranking linked information sources. The techniques include receiving multiple content items from a corpus of content items; receiving digital signatures each made by one of multiple agents, each digital signature associating one of the agents with one or more of the content items; and assigning a score to a first agent of the multiple agents, wherein the score is based upon the content items associated with the first agent by the digital signatures.

US Patent:

8538970, Sep 17, 2013

Filed:

Dec 30, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/024968

Inventors:

Paul Tucker - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

707748, 707751

Abstract:

A system receives a search query from a user and performs a search of a corpus of documents, based on the search query, to form a ranked set of search results. The system re-ranks the set of search results based on preferences of the user, or a group of users, and provides the re-ranked search results to the user.

US Patent:

8631026, Jan 14, 2014

Filed:

Nov 22, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/951770

Inventors:

Paul Tucker - Mountain View CA, US
Amit Singhal - Palo Alto CA, US
Eric Jackson - Menlo Park CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707759, 707707, 707767

Abstract:

Methods and systems for efficient query rewriting and the like are described here. One such described method comprises: offline mapping frequently-seen search queries to rewritten queries that may be better for searching; offline caching the mapping in a cache memory; and upon receiving a search query from a user similar to one of the mapped search queries, obtaining a corresponding rewritten query from the mapping in the cache memory based on predetermined conditions, and issuing a search of the rewritten query to the backend data system in order to avoid having to issue a search query to the backend data system twice while the user is online.

US Patent:

20110213770, Sep 1, 2011

Filed:

May 11, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/105326

Inventors:

David Minogue - Palo Alto CA, US
Paul A. Tucker - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

GOOGLE INC. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707723, 707E17014

Abstract:

The present invention provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for searching and ranking linked information sources. The techniques include receiving multiple content items from a corpus of content items; receiving digital signatures each made by one of multiple agents, each digital signature associating one of the agents with one or more of the content items; and assigning a score to a first agent of the multiple agents, wherein the score is based upon the content items associated with the first agent by the digital signatures.

US Patent:

20110289095, Nov 24, 2011

Filed:

Aug 5, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/198967

Inventors:

David Minogue - Palo Alto CA, US
Paul A. Tucker - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

GOOGLE INC. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707748, 707E17107

Abstract:

The present invention provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for searching and ranking linked information sources. The techniques include receiving multiple content items from a corpus of content items; receiving digital signatures each made by one of multiple agents, each digital signature associating one of the agents with one or more of the content items; and assigning a score to a first agent of the multiple agents, wherein the score is based upon the content items associated with the first agent by the digital signatures.

US Patent:

20160239490, Aug 18, 2016

Filed:

Feb 8, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/763198

Inventors:

Google, Inc. - , US
John Ogden Lamping - Los Altos CA, US
Paul A. Tucker - Los Altos CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for using alternate words as an indication of word sense. In one aspect, a method includes identifying a particular term. The method further includes identifying a first alternate term and a second alternate term for the particular term, and identifying a first sequence of terms that occurs in a text corpus, and includes the particular term among its terms. The method further includes determining a number of occurrences of a second sequence of terms in the text corpus. The second sequence of terms differs from the first sequence of terms only in that the first alternate term is substituted for the particular term and determining a number of occurrences of a third sequence of terms in the text corpus. The third sequence of terms differs from the first sequence of terms.