Feng Lu

US Patent:

20070282813, Dec 6, 2007

Filed:

Mar 30, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/694930

Inventors:

Yu Cao - Monterey Park CA, US
Feng Lu - Monterey Park CA, US
Kai Lu - Dong Chung, HK
Woodrow Cannon - Alpharetta GA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707003000, 707E17014

Abstract:

A system that enables the search for providers of services or products, for a given user query that's in free text, and typically the services or products are focused on a particular area, such as an industry, a sector, etc. The system thus enables a searcher to submit queries that are substantially similar to those asked to an expert in the area, and get back results that are helpful in their decision making in obtaining services or products. Thus the searcher's experience is substantially similar to that of consulting a human expert. The system employs methods in matching and placing advertisements in relation to user queries and the concepts contained in these queries. Still further, it employs other various methods to enhance the searcher's effectiveness in their decision making. Finally, the system searches for queries that are composes of at least two languages. The system further comprises a method to (a) turn a large number of records, typically web pages crawled from the entire Web, into hundreds or even thousands of logical partitions, where each partition is associated with an identifier; and (b) take a user query that typically contains an identifier or several identifiers, and match records in those partitions with the identifier(s), or alternatively, take a user query, return multiple results, and then take the user's selection of identifier(s) and re-process the results so that only those associated with the selected identifier(s) are returned to the user.

US Patent:

20070288314, Dec 13, 2007

Filed:

May 25, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/754081

Inventors:

Yu Cao - Monterey Park CA, US
Feng Lu - Monterey Park CA, US
Kai Lu - Dong Chung, HK
Woodrow Cannon - Alpharetta GA, US

Assignee:

PLATFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC - Monterey Park CA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705014000

Abstract:

A system that enables the search for providers of services or products, for a given user query that's in free text, and typically the services or products are focused on a particular area, such as an industry, a sector, etc. The system thus enables a searcher to submit queries that are substantially similar to those asked to an expert in the area, and get back results that are helpful in their decision making in obtaining services or products. Thus the searcher's experience is substantially similar to that of consulting a human expert. The system employs methods in matching and placing advertisements in relation to user queries and the concepts contained in these queries. Still further, it employs other various methods to enhance the searcher's effectiveness in their decision making. Finally, the system searches for queries that are composes of at least two languages. The system further comprises a method to (a) turn a large number of records, typically web pages crawled from the entire Web, into hundreds or even thousands of logical partitions, where each partition is associated with an identifier; and (b) take a user query that typically contains an identifier or several identifiers, and match records in those partitions with the identifier(s), or alternatively, take a user query, return multiple results, and then take the user's selection of identifier(s) and re-process the results so that only those associated with the selected identifier(s) are returned to the user.