Method and system for indexing information and providing results for a search including objects having predetermined attributes

    公开(公告)号:US10210222B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-19

    申请号:US14205908

    申请日:2014-03-12

    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.

    Abstract: A system and method for providing at least one search result responsive to receiving a search query comprising at least one search query term, includes receiving the search query; locating at least one record containing at least one search query term; displaying a text representation of each of the records containing at least one search query term; and displaying a representation of an object in relation with the text representation for each record that includes an object comprising at least one predetermined attribute. According to another embodiment of the invention, a method for indexing records in an index of an information network, includes the acts of: receiving a record; searching the record for an indication that an object comprising at least one specified attribute is to be displayed with the record; finding the indication; creating a representation of the object; storing the representation in association with the record to which it corresponds; and making an entry for the record in the index, said entry indicating the object to be displayed with the record.

    Dwell time based advertising in a scrollable content stream

    公开(公告)号:US10108977B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-23

    申请号:US13975157

    申请日:2013-08-23

    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.

    Inventor: Xing Yi

    Abstract: A method for online advertising includes: receiving a request for a content stream from a client device; embedding an advertisement in the content stream, and transmitting the content stream to the client device; determining a scroll dwell time of the advertisement when the content stream is presented on the client device; determining a level of performance of a guaranteed presentation amount associated with the advertisement, the level of performance based on the scroll dwell time of the advertisement. In another embodiment, candidate advertisements are identified for presentation in the content stream; for each candidate, an expected cost per time unit (eCPTU) of exposure is determined; one of the candidate advertisements is selected for inclusion in the content stream based on the eCPTU's; the content stream is transmitted to the client device.

    Method and system for enhanced search term suggestion

    公开(公告)号:US10073884B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-11

    申请号:US14575445

    申请日:2014-12-18

    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.

    CPC classification number: G06F16/24534 G06F16/3322 G06F16/951 G06N7/005

    Abstract: Method, system, and programs for providing enhanced search term suggestions. A set of incomplete search terms indicating a sequence of search terms entered may be received. It may be detected that the sequence contains a descending phase followed by an ascending phase. In response to the detection, a pair of misinput term and corresponding corrected term may be identified in the set of incomplete search terms. A probability with respect to the misinput term is a misinput of the corresponding corrected term may be determined based on a historical context. Using such a probability, an incomplete search term containing the misinput term may be corrected. One or more proposed search terms may be determined based on the corrected incomplete search term for suggestion to the user.

    LATENT USER COMMUNITIES
    284.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180253485A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-06

    申请号:US15446913

    申请日:2017-03-01

    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.

    Abstract: A method implemented by at least one server computer is provided, including: providing, over the Internet, access to a plurality of topics, wherein each topic includes, and further provides access to, a plurality of posted items; recording interaction data for the plurality of topics, the interaction data identifying user activity occurring within each of the topics; analyzing the interaction data to identify clusters of topics that exhibit similar behavioral patterns; for each cluster of topics, generating a community that includes the topics in the cluster; providing, over the Internet, access to the communities, wherein accessing a given community further provides access to the topics included in that community, which further provide access to the posted items that are included in the topics within that community.

    Gesture input for item selection
    285.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10025461B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-17

    申请号:US14247690

    申请日:2014-04-08

    Applicant: Yahoo!, Inc.

    Abstract: Many applications may display information through lists. For example, an email application may display a current visual interface comprising a list of emails. A gesture input may be received for an item within the item list. Responsive to receiving the gesture input, the item may be selected. In an example, the item list may be transitioned into an editing mode based upon the gesture input. While in the editing mode, context indicators (e.g., indicating whether an email item has been read or is unread) may be modified (e.g., shrunk) and/or selection indicators may be displayed for items within the item list. A selection indicator may be selected to select a corresponding item. In this way, gesture input (e.g., single gesture) may be used to select items and/or to transition the item list into the editing mode without transitioning away from the item list.

    COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY PROVIDING NETWORKED DEVICES NON-NATIVE FUNCTIONALITY

    公开(公告)号:US20180139265A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-17

    申请号:US15351482

    申请日:2016-11-15

    Applicant: YAHOO! INC.

    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content searching, generating, hosting and/or providing systems supported by or configured with personal computing devices, servers and/or platforms. The systems interact to identify and retrieve data within or across platforms, which can be used to improve the quality of data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. Computer-based systems leverage information shared within an electronic computing environment in order to provide a novel framework for detecting device capabilities from broadcasted information shared by such devices, which creates more computing opportunities for direct integration of the physical world into computer-based systems, thereby improving efficiency, accuracy and cost-effectiveness in the manner media content, application program and/or computing services are provided.

    VOLUME CONTROL
    287.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180136897A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-17

    申请号:US15351627

    申请日:2016-11-15

    Applicant: Yahoo!, Inc.

    CPC classification number: G06F3/165 H03G3/00 H03G3/02 H03G3/20

    Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for controlling a volume level of a device are provided. For example, a first button corresponding to increasing a volume level of a device may be selected, and the volume level may be increased by a first amount (e.g., 10%). A second button corresponding to decreasing the volume level of the device may be selected. If the second button is determined to have been selected within a threshold period of time after the selection of the first button, the volume level may be decreased by a second amount (e.g., 5%). If the second button is determined to have not been selected within the threshold period of time after the selection of the first button, the volume level may be decreased by the first amount (e.g., 10%).

    Image searching
    288.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09940575B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-10

    申请号:US14730476

    申请日:2015-06-04

    Applicant: Yahoo!, Inc.

    Inventor: JenHao Hsiao

    Abstract: As provided herein, a domain model, corresponding to a domain of an image, may be merged with a pre-trained fundamental model to generate a trained fundamental model. The trained fundamental model may comprise a feature description of the image converted into a binary code. Responsive to a user submitting a search query, a coarse image search may be performed, using a search query binary code derived from the search query, to identify a candidate group, comprising one or more images, having binary codes corresponding to the search query binary code. A fine image search may be performed on the candidate group utilizing a search query feature description derived from the search query. The fine image search may be used to rank images within the candidate group based upon a similarity between the search query feature description and feature descriptions of the one or more images within the candidate group.

    Inferring user identity across multiple applications and user devices

    公开(公告)号:US09936044B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-03

    申请号:US14574906

    申请日:2014-12-18

    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04L67/306 H04L67/1097

    Abstract: The present teaching relates to creating and updating a user profile related to multiple devices, and synchronizing applications' sessions for the user on different devices. Upon execution of a first application on a first device, a first device ID associated with the first device and information about the first application are received. A user profile is created based on the first device ID and the information about the first application. Upon execution of a second application on a second device related to the first device, a second device ID associated with the second device and information about the second application are received. The user profile is updated based on the second device ID and the information about the second application. Further, the information about the first application is applied to the execution of the second application on the second device, or vice-versa.

    Enhanced personalization in multi-user devices

    公开(公告)号:US09934466B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-03

    申请号:US14446495

    申请日:2014-07-30

    Applicant: YAHOO! INC.

    CPC classification number: G06N5/04

    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an enhanced device personalization that personalizes a user's experience with a device, e.g., a multi-user device. Rather than personalizing based on the specific user(s) that are using, an active entity, which represents a type of consumption, may be generated and used to make recommendations for personalizing an experience using the device. In a case of a multi-user device, each user's experience is personalized by determining an active entity for the user's experience and without knowledge of which user is using the device.

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