Thai Q Tran

US Patent:

7127414, Oct 24, 2006

Filed:

Oct 14, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/419704

Inventors:

Amr A. Awadallah - Stanford CA, US
Thai Tran - Palo Alto CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 26

Abstract:

Methods for generating comparison shopping data are provided. One example method includes receiving a request for a desired item and generating an item table for the desired item. The item table is assembled from current on-line data that includes e-commerce purchasing information. Once the item table is assembled, the item table is displayed for the requested item such that the displayed information can inform an on-line buyer of the best current purchasing alternatives for the requested item. In one aspect of this method, the desired item can be selected form a data base of classified advertising. Once the classified advertising item is selected, the item table is generated and displayed along with the selected classified advertising item. In one example, the item table can include merchant name information, price information, availability information, new and used information, tax and shipping information, prior purchaser ratings, and total cost information. The displayed information will therefore provide an on-line purchaser with a powerful array of information to enable the making of an intelligent on-line purchasing decision.

US Patent:

7499914, Mar 3, 2009

Filed:

Apr 5, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/819082

Inventors:

Ali Diab - Atherton CA, US
Scott A. Gatz - San Francisco CA, US
Shyam Kapur - Sunnyvale CA, US
David Ku - Fremont CA, US
Chuck Kung - Los Altos CA, US
Phu Hoang - San Francisco CA, US
Qi Lu - San Jose CA, US
Lynne Pogue - Menlo Park CA, US
Yuan Kui Shen - Cupertino CA, US
Norman Shi - Fremont CA, US
Thai Tran - Redwood City CA, US
Eckart Walther - Palo Alto CA, US
Jeff Weiner - Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

Yahoo! Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707 3, 707 4, 707 5, 707 6

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for generating search results including searching by subdomain and providing sponsored results by subdomain is provided. A search system according to embodiments of the present invention analyzes search queries to determine if they are to be routed to subdomains and presents results include sponsored hits sponsored on a subdomain by subdomain basis.

US Patent:

7792883, Sep 7, 2010

Filed:

Dec 10, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/953806

Inventors:

Florian Michel Buron - Zurich, CH
Ramesh Balakrishnan - San Francisco CA, US
James Christopher Norris - Mountain View CA, US
James Robert Muller - Palo Alto CA, US
Thai Tran - Redwood City CA, US
Lars Eilstrup Rasmussen - Seaforth, AU

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707918

Abstract:

A method for performing a location search includes receiving a location search query, identifying one or more geographical features that satisfy the location search query, ranking the identified geographical features in accordance with a score that is based, at least in part, on proximity of the geographical features to a geographical viewport region of a client system, to produce a set of ranked geographical features, and providing results, in accordance with the ranked documents, that identify at least one geographic feature corresponding to the at least one of the ranked geographical features.

US Patent:

8032584, Oct 4, 2011

Filed:

Oct 4, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/897293

Inventors:

Benjamin C. Appleton - Summer Hill, AU
Steffen Meschkat - Zurich, CH
Thai Tran - Redwood City CA, US
Adam Sah - San Francisco CA, US
Zheng Wang - Arncliffe, AU
Adam Paul Schuck - Kilara, AU
James Robert Macgill - Chatham NJ, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709201, 709203, 709219, 709217

Abstract:

A computer-implemented method for performing inter-domain communication in a web browser includes receiving first data from a first domain at a router associated with one or more domains other than the first domain, identifying at the router the one or more domains for receiving data associated with the received data, and transmitting second data associated with the received data to the one or more domains.

US Patent:

8271480, Sep 18, 2012

Filed:

Jan 15, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/354751

Inventors:

Ali Diab - Atherton CA, US
Scott A. Gatz - San Francisco CA, US
Shyam Kapur - Sunnyvale CA, US
David Ku - Fremont CA, US
Chuck Kung - Los Altos CA, US
Phu Hoang - San Francisco CA, US
Qi Lu - San Jose CA, US
Lynne Pogue - Menlo Park CA, US
Yuan Kui Shen - Cupertino CA, US
Norman Shi - Fremont CA, US
Thai Tran - Redwood City CA, US
Eckart Walther - Palo Alto CA, US
Jeff Weiner - Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

Yahoo! Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707720, 707729, 707731, 707782

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for generating search results including searching by subdomain and providing sponsored results by subdomain is provided. A search system according to embodiments of the present invention analyzes search queries to determine if they are to be routed to subdomains and presents results include sponsored hits sponsored on a subdomain by subdomain basis.

US Patent:

8316078, Nov 20, 2012

Filed:

Oct 3, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/251917

Inventors:

Benjamin Charles Appleton - Summer Hill, AU
Steffen Meschkat - Zurich, CH
Thai Tran - Redwood City CA, US
Adam Sah - San Francisco CA, US
Zheng Wang - Arncliffe, AU
Adam Paul Schuck - Kilara, AU
James Robert Macgill - Chatham NJ, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709201, 709219, 709217

Abstract:

A computer-implemented method for performing inter-domain communication in a web browser includes receiving first data from a first domain at a router associated with one or more domains other than the first domain, identifying at the router the one or more domains for receiving data associated with the received data, and transmitting second data associated with the received data to the one or more domains.

US Patent:

8458053, Jun 4, 2013

Filed:

Dec 17, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/641312

Inventors:

Florian Buron - Zurich, CH
Chirayu Krishnappa - San Francisco CA, US
BethEllyn McClendon - Portola Valley CA, US
Jasson Schrock - Mountain Vew CA, US
Johan Tibell - Zurich, CH
Thai Tran - Redwood City CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 271, 705 144, 705 1451, 705 1472, 705 261, 705 2661, 705 51, 705 54

Abstract:

Methods and system for displaying a click-to-buy overlay for an item on a video in a video hosting site. The item is matched to the video according to video metadata and/or rules selected by the video rights holder. If the uploader is not the video rights holder, the video rights holder can choose to monetize the video by selecting Click-to-Buy metadata and/or rules. A viewer of the video can choose between multiple retailers for an item offered in the overlay. The viewer can further navigate between multiple overlays associated with the video while the video is playing.

US Patent:

8560405, Oct 15, 2013

Filed:

Jun 13, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/159279

Inventors:

Florian Buron - Zurich, CH
Chirayu Krishnappa - San Francisco CA, US
BethEllyn McClendon - Portola Valley CA, US
Jasson Schrock - Mountain View CA, US
Johan Tibell - Zurich, CH
Thai Tran - Redwood City CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 271, 705 2641, 705 2661, 705 51, 725 60

Abstract:

Methods and system for displaying a click-to-buy overlay for an item on a video in a video hosting site. The item is matched to the video according to video metadata and/or rules selected by the video rights holder. If the uploader is not the video rights holder, the video rights holder can choose to monetize the video by selecting Click-to-Buy metadata and/or rules. A viewer of the video can choose between multiple retailers for an item offered in the overlay. The viewer can further navigate between multiple overlays associated with the video while the video is playing.