Yufei Pan

US Patent:

20100332499, Dec 30, 2010

Filed:

Jun 26, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/493097

Inventors:

Yufei Pan - North Brunswick NJ, US
Hui Li - Edison NJ, US
Justin Sarma - New York NY, US
David Soukal - Bothell WA, US
Alessio Signorini - Boulder CO, US
Apostolos Gerasoulis - Edison NJ, US
Tomasz Imielinski - Princeton NJ, US

Assignee:

IAC SEARCH & MEDIA, INC. - New York NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707759, 707769

Abstract:

In a method for a direct answer for search, a search query is received over a network, one or more answer candidate snippets for the search query are received, with an answer candidate snippet having at least a portion of content available over the network for an answer candidate, one or more answer entities are determined within a selected answer candidate snippet, a frequency of the one or more answer entities found within the one or more answer candidate snippets for the search query is determined, a confidence score is adjusted for the selected answer candidate in accordance with the frequency of the one or more answer entities found within the one or more answer candidate snippets, and at least one answer candidate snippet is sent for a response to the search query.

US Patent:

20100332500, Dec 30, 2010

Filed:

Jun 26, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/493105

Inventors:

Yufei Pan - North Brunswick NJ, US
Jiankuan Ye - Edison NJ, US
Ming Li - San Jose CA, US
Alessio Signorini - Boulder CO, US
Apostolos Gerasoulis - Edison NJ, US
Tomasz Imielinski - Princeton NJ, US

Assignee:

IAC SEARCH & MEDIA, INC. - New York NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707759, 707769, 707713, 707812

Abstract:

In a method for a direct answer for search, a search query is received over a network, one or more answer entities are determined from one or more answer candidate snippets, with an answer candidate snippet having at least a portion of content available over the network for an answer candidate, a content identifier is determined for an answer candidate, a title is tokenized for the content identifier, a comparison is performed between a vector of tokens for the title and a vector of the one or more answer entities, an indicator of the relevance is adjusted for the content identifier in accordance with the comparison, and at least one answer candidate snippet is sent for a response to the search query.