Saturday, September 8, 2007
Popular Passages
Popular Passages is an interesting innovation allowing tracking of a popular passage across many books ... wonder if there's a patent there on this?
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Patents Assigned to Google as of 4 September 2007
1 7,260,573 Personalizing anchor text scores in a search engine
2 7,254,689 Decompression of block-sorted data
3 7,254,580 System and method for selectively searching partitions of a database
4 7,249,121 Identification of semantic units from within a search query
5 7,239,959 Method and apparatus for customizing travel directions
6 7,231,399 Ranking documents based on large data sets
7 7,231,393 Method and apparatus for learning a probabilistic generative model for text
8 7,225,207 Server for geospatially organized flat file data
9 7,222,299 Detecting quoted text
10 7,222,127 Large scale machine learning systems and methods
11 7,222,119 Namespace locking scheme
12 7,213,198 Link based clustering of hyperlinked documents
13 D541,291 Graphic user interface for a display screen
14 7,209,148 Generating, storing, and displaying graphics using sub-pixel bitmaps
15 7,203,684 Serving content-targeted ADS in e-mail, such as e-mail newsletters
16 7,194,684 Method of spell-checking search queries
17 7,194,515 Method and system for selectively blocking delivery of bulk electronic mail
18 D537,834 Graphical user interface for a display screen
19 7,174,346 System and method for searching an extended database
20 7,158,961 Methods and apparatus for estimating similarity
21 7,158,878 Digital mapping system
22 D533,561 Graphical user interface
23 7,146,358 Systems and methods for using anchor text as parallel corpora for cross-language information retrieval
24 7,142,536 Communications network quality of service system and method for real time information
25 7,136,875 Serving advertisements based on content
26 7,136,854 Methods and apparatus for providing search results in response to an ambiguous search query
27 D529,920 Graphical user interface for a display screen of a communications terminal
28 D529,037 Graphical user interface for a display screen of a communications terminal
29 D529,036 Graphical user interface for a display screen of a communications terminal
30 7,113,409 Mounting structures for electronics components
31 D528,553 Graphical user interface for a display screen of a communications terminal
32 D528,552 Graphical user interface for a display screen of a communications terminal
33 7,107,419 Systems and methods for performing record append operations
34 7,096,214 System and method for supporting editorial opinion in the ranking of search results
35 7,089,490 Identifying navigation bars and objectionable navigation bars
36 7,089,237 Interface and system for providing persistent contextual relevance for commerce activities in a networked environment
37 7,068,192 System and method for encoding and decoding variable-length data
38 7,065,618 Leasing scheme for data-modifying operations
39 7,031,961 System and method for searching and recommending objects from a categorically organized information repository
40 7,031,954 Document retrieval system with access control
41 7,028,029 Adaptive computation of ranking
42 7,027,987 Voice interface for a search engine
43 6,982,945 Baseband direct sequence spread spectrum transceiver
44 6,941,293 Methods and apparatus for determining equivalent descriptions for an information need
45 6,934,634 Address geocoding
46 6,906,920 Drive cooling baffle
47 6,870,095 Cable management for rack mounted computing system
48 6,865,575 Methods and apparatus for using a modified index to provide search results in response to an ambiguous search query
49 6,845,009 Cooling baffle and fan mount apparatus
50 6,839,702 Systems and methods for highlighting search results
51 6,754,873 Techniques for finding related hyperlinked documents using link-based analysis
52 6,725,259 Ranking search results by reranking the results based on local inter-connectivity
53 6,678,681 Information extraction from a database
54 6,658,423 Detecting duplicate and near-duplicate files
55 6,615,209 Detecting query-specific duplicate documents
56 6,529,903 Methods and apparatus for using a modified index to provide search results in response to an ambiguous search query
57 6,526,440 Ranking search results by reranking the results based on local inter-connectivity
2 7,254,689 Decompression of block-sorted data
3 7,254,580 System and method for selectively searching partitions of a database
4 7,249,121 Identification of semantic units from within a search query
5 7,239,959 Method and apparatus for customizing travel directions
6 7,231,399 Ranking documents based on large data sets
7 7,231,393 Method and apparatus for learning a probabilistic generative model for text
8 7,225,207 Server for geospatially organized flat file data
9 7,222,299 Detecting quoted text
10 7,222,127 Large scale machine learning systems and methods
11 7,222,119 Namespace locking scheme
12 7,213,198 Link based clustering of hyperlinked documents
13 D541,291 Graphic user interface for a display screen
14 7,209,148 Generating, storing, and displaying graphics using sub-pixel bitmaps
15 7,203,684 Serving content-targeted ADS in e-mail, such as e-mail newsletters
16 7,194,684 Method of spell-checking search queries
17 7,194,515 Method and system for selectively blocking delivery of bulk electronic mail
18 D537,834 Graphical user interface for a display screen
19 7,174,346 System and method for searching an extended database
20 7,158,961 Methods and apparatus for estimating similarity
21 7,158,878 Digital mapping system
22 D533,561 Graphical user interface
23 7,146,358 Systems and methods for using anchor text as parallel corpora for cross-language information retrieval
24 7,142,536 Communications network quality of service system and method for real time information
25 7,136,875 Serving advertisements based on content
26 7,136,854 Methods and apparatus for providing search results in response to an ambiguous search query
27 D529,920 Graphical user interface for a display screen of a communications terminal
28 D529,037 Graphical user interface for a display screen of a communications terminal
29 D529,036 Graphical user interface for a display screen of a communications terminal
30 7,113,409 Mounting structures for electronics components
31 D528,553 Graphical user interface for a display screen of a communications terminal
32 D528,552 Graphical user interface for a display screen of a communications terminal
33 7,107,419 Systems and methods for performing record append operations
34 7,096,214 System and method for supporting editorial opinion in the ranking of search results
35 7,089,490 Identifying navigation bars and objectionable navigation bars
36 7,089,237 Interface and system for providing persistent contextual relevance for commerce activities in a networked environment
37 7,068,192 System and method for encoding and decoding variable-length data
38 7,065,618 Leasing scheme for data-modifying operations
39 7,031,961 System and method for searching and recommending objects from a categorically organized information repository
40 7,031,954 Document retrieval system with access control
41 7,028,029 Adaptive computation of ranking
42 7,027,987 Voice interface for a search engine
43 6,982,945 Baseband direct sequence spread spectrum transceiver
44 6,941,293 Methods and apparatus for determining equivalent descriptions for an information need
45 6,934,634 Address geocoding
46 6,906,920 Drive cooling baffle
47 6,870,095 Cable management for rack mounted computing system
48 6,865,575 Methods and apparatus for using a modified index to provide search results in response to an ambiguous search query
49 6,845,009 Cooling baffle and fan mount apparatus
50 6,839,702 Systems and methods for highlighting search results
51 6,754,873 Techniques for finding related hyperlinked documents using link-based analysis
52 6,725,259 Ranking search results by reranking the results based on local inter-connectivity
53 6,678,681 Information extraction from a database
54 6,658,423 Detecting duplicate and near-duplicate files
55 6,615,209 Detecting query-specific duplicate documents
56 6,529,903 Methods and apparatus for using a modified index to provide search results in response to an ambiguous search query
57 6,526,440 Ranking search results by reranking the results based on local inter-connectivity
Google Patents are fascinating and worth tracking
Yes ... they are indeed, and they deserve an individualized thread.
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