John Albert Carrasco

US Patent:

20050015366, Jan 20, 2005

Filed:

Jul 18, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/623115

Inventors:

John Joseph Carrasco - Pasadena CA, US
Daniel Fain - Los Angeles CA, US
Gary Flake - Altadena CA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/00

US Classification:

707003000

Abstract:

In one implementation a method for disambiguation of search phrases is provided, which may include identifying interpretation clusters using bidded search terms of content providers and influencing a position of a search result in a search results list based on the interpretation clusters. The search results list may be provided in response to a search query received by a searcher for review by the searcher. In one implementation a method is provided for interpretation clustering, which may include identifying terms and associated content providers and calculating a matrix from the identified terms and associated content providers. Similarity scores between content providers based on the matrix are calculated and interpretation clusters are assigned using the similarity scores. Bidded search terms and/or searcher clickthrough terms may be used. In one implementation, a method is provided for increasing the relevance of search results, which may include receiving a search query and identifying the search query as ambiguous. It may include clustering a plurality of search results for the search query into interpretation clusters and generating a search results list based on the interpretation clusters. The clustering of search results may include using bidded data, and/or using clickthrough data. In some implementations, search results from different interpretation clusters may be interleaved when generating the search results list.

US Patent:

6775831, Aug 10, 2004

Filed:

Feb 11, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/502692

Inventors:

John Joseph Carrasco - Los Angeles CA
Stephan Doliov - San Francisco CA
Frank B. Ehrenfried - Millbrae CA

Assignee:

Overture Services, Inc. - Pasadena CA

International Classification:

G06F 946

US Classification:

718109, 718100, 718102, 718106, 709200, 707 3, 707200

Abstract:

A computer program and task request interface which enables large volumes of data to be processed efficiently and rapidly by multiple computers on a network. The data that requires processing can be in any format. The task request interface allows any arbitrary task to be performed on the input data. The number of computers which may participate in any given data processing task is essentially unlimited. The number of programs that can participate in the system is also essentially unlimited if the program uses run time evaluable code. Any computer operating system that runs a specified computer language interpreter can participate in the distributed processing of the input data.