公开(公告)号：US08713535B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-29

申请号：US12165603

申请日：2008-06-30

申请人： Nipoon Malhotra ,  Ram Viswanathan ,  Vikram Kakumani ,  Mauktik H. Gandhi ,  Sarath Madakasira ,  Yiming Li ,  Kiran Sagi

发明人： Nipoon Malhotra ,  Ram Viswanathan ,  Vikram Kakumani ,  Mauktik H. Gandhi ,  Sarath Madakasira ,  Yiming Li ,  Kiran Sagi

IPC分类号： G06F9/44

CPC分类号： G06F15/173 ,  G06F11/30 ,  G06Q30/02

摘要： Use of software applications is detected by categorizing components of applications into a usage manifest and implementing a usage detection background service on a client PC that monitors the components according to the usage manifest. The application components are categorized based on the mode of user interaction as well as the component's correlation to active use of an application. The background service tracks events and activities associated with the application components to generate usage metrics that include the frequency of unique launches of an application and the duration of each unique use. A usage manager for the background service may utilize the usage metrics for a component independently, or combine metrics for multiple components in cases where applications work in an interactive manner (such as a plug-in to a web browser) in order to compute application usage by comparing the metrics against predefined thresholds.

摘要翻译： 通过将应用程序的组件分类为使用清单并在客户端PC上实施使用检测后台服务来检测软件应用程序的使用，该客户端PC根据使用情况清单来监视组件。 应用程序组件根据用户交互模式以及组件与应用程序的主动使用的相关性进行分类。 后台服务跟踪与应用程序组件相关联的事件和活动，以生成包括应用程序独特启动频率和每个独特使用持续时间的使用指标。 用于后台服务的使用管理器可以独立地利用组件的使用度量，或者在应用以交互方式工作的情况下（诸如Web浏览器的插件）来组合多个组件的度量，以便计算应用使用 通过将度量与预定义的阈值进行比较。

公开(公告)号：US20130117297A1

公开(公告)日：2013-05-09

申请号：US13288593

申请日：2011-11-03

申请人： XIN LIU ,  NITIN AGRAWAL ,  JAMES FRANCIS GILSINAN, IV ,  JAMES B. LAWSON ,  BRIAN WHALEN MACDONALD ,  MAIRÉAD ÁINE O'DONOVAN ,  KIMBERLY M. VLCEK ,  NIPOON MALHOTRA

发明人： XIN LIU ,  NITIN AGRAWAL ,  JAMES FRANCIS GILSINAN, IV ,  JAMES B. LAWSON ,  BRIAN WHALEN MACDONALD ,  MAIRÉAD ÁINE O'DONOVAN ,  KIMBERLY M. VLCEK ,  NIPOON MALHOTRA

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/3064

摘要： Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for providing query-completion suggestions configured to be searched against vertical information domains in response to receiving a general web search query are provided. At least a portion of a general web search query is received. As the portion of the general web search query is received, query-completion suggestions are determined as is a likely primary intent associated with at least a portion of the determined query-completion suggestions. If the likely primary intent associated with a particular query-completion suggestion is for information associated with a particular vertical information domain other than the general web domain, the query-completion suggestion is provided such that selection thereof causes searching of the query-completion suggestion against the particular information domain for search results.

摘要翻译： 提供了系统，方法和计算机可读存储介质，用于响应于接收一般的网络搜索查询而提供配置成针对垂直信息域搜索的查询完成建议。 收到一般网页搜索查询的至少一部分。 当接收到一般网络搜索查询的部分时，查询完成建议被确定为与确定的查询完成建议的至少一部分相关联的可能的主要意图。 如果与特定查询完成建议相关联的可能的主要意图是针对与一般网域以外的特定垂直信息域相关联的信息，则提供查询完成建议，使得其选择导致搜索查询完成建议反对 搜索结果的特定信息域。

公开(公告)号：US20090327482A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-31

申请号：US12165603

申请日：2008-06-30

申请人： Nipoon Malhotra ,  Ram Viswanathan ,  Vikram Kakumani ,  Mauktik H. Gandhi ,  Sarath Madakasira ,  Yiming Li ,  Kiran Sagi

发明人： Nipoon Malhotra ,  Ram Viswanathan ,  Vikram Kakumani ,  Mauktik H. Gandhi ,  Sarath Madakasira ,  Yiming Li ,  Kiran Sagi

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： G06F15/173 ,  G06F11/30 ,  G06Q30/02

摘要： Use of software applications is detected by categorizing components of applications into a usage manifest and implementing a usage detection background service on a client PC that monitors the components according to the usage manifest. The application components are categorized based on the mode of user interaction as well as the component's correlation to active use of an application. The background service tracks events and activities associated with the application components to generate usage metrics that include the frequency of unique launches of an application and the duration of each unique use. A usage manager for the background service may utilize the usage metrics for a component independently, or combine metrics for multiple components in cases where applications work in an interactive manner (such as a plug-in to a web browser) in order to compute application usage by comparing the metrics against predefined thresholds.

摘要翻译： 通过将应用程序的组件分类为使用清单并在客户端PC上实施使用检测后台服务来检测软件应用程序的使用，该客户端PC根据使用情况清单来监视组件。 应用程序组件根据用户交互模式以及组件与应用程序的主动使用的相关性进行分类。 后台服务跟踪与应用程序组件相关联的事件和活动，以生成包括应用程序独特启动频率和每个独特使用持续时间的使用指标。 用于后台服务的使用管理器可以独立地利用组件的使用度量，或者在应用以交互方式工作的情况下（诸如Web浏览器的插件）来组合多个组件的度量，以便计算应用使用 通过将度量与预定义的阈值进行比较。

公开(公告)号：US09753966B1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-05

申请号：US13480630

申请日：2012-05-25

申请人： Vikas Gupta ,  Allan H. Vermeulen ,  Rahul Singh ,  Duane J. Krause ,  Nipoon Malhotra

发明人： Vikas Gupta ,  Allan H. Vermeulen ,  Rahul Singh ,  Duane J. Krause ,  Nipoon Malhotra

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30348 ,  G06F11/1662 ,  G06F11/2094

摘要： Techniques are described for providing a storage service that stores information about large numbers of transactions in a persistent manner, such as with a high degree of reliability, availability and scalability based at least in part on use of a distributed computing and storage system. In some situations, the transaction information storage service stores various information about transactions that each include at least one monetary payment (e.g., a micro-payment) between financial accounts of two or more of numerous users having accounts with one or more entities. The transaction information storage service may be provided by or otherwise affiliated with a merchant, and customers of the merchant may purchase usage of the storage service for programs executed by or otherwise affiliated with the customers, with the storage service available to remote executing programs via a defined API of the storage service, such as a Web services-based API.

公开(公告)号：US09619554B2

公开(公告)日：2017-04-11

申请号：US13288593

申请日：2011-11-03

申请人： Xin Liu ,  Nitin Agrawal ,  James Francis Gilsinan, IV ,  James B. Lawson ,  Brian Whalen MacDonald ,  Mairéad Áine O'Donovan ,  Kimberly M. Vlcek ,  Nipoon Malhotra

发明人： Xin Liu ,  Nitin Agrawal ,  James Francis Gilsinan, IV ,  James B. Lawson ,  Brian Whalen MacDonald ,  Mairéad Áine O'Donovan ,  Kimberly M. Vlcek ,  Nipoon Malhotra

IPC分类号： G06F17/00 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/3064

摘要： Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for providing query-completion suggestions configured to be searched against vertical information domains in response to receiving a general web search query are provided. At least a portion of a general web search query is received. As the portion of the general web search query is received, query-completion suggestions are determined as is a likely primary intent associated with at least a portion of the determined query-completion suggestions. If the likely primary intent associated with a particular query-completion suggestion is for information associated with a particular vertical information domain other than the general web domain, the query-completion suggestion is provided such that selection thereof causes searching of the query-completion suggestion against the particular information domain for search results.

公开(公告)号：US08370337B2

公开(公告)日：2013-02-05

申请号：US12762929

申请日：2010-04-19

申请人： Tapas Kanungo ,  Kumaresh Pattabiraman ,  Nitin Agrawal ,  Kieran Richard McDonald ,  Christopher Avery Meyers ,  Nipoon Malhotra

发明人： Tapas Kanungo ,  Kumaresh Pattabiraman ,  Nitin Agrawal ,  Kieran Richard McDonald ,  Christopher Avery Meyers ,  Nipoon Malhotra

IPC分类号： G06F7/00 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06N99/005 ,  G06F17/30882

摘要： Methods and computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that facilitate generating a machine-learned model for ranking search results using click-based data are provided. Data is referenced from user queries, which may include search results generated by general search engines and vertical search engines. A training set is generated from the search results and click-based judgments are associated with the search results in the training set. Based on click-based judgments, identifiable features are determined from the search results in a training set. Based on determining identifiable features in a training set, a rule set is generated for ranking subsequent search results.

摘要翻译： 提供了具有其上包含计算机可执行指令的方法和计算机存储介质，其利用基于点击的数据便于生成用于对搜索结果进行排名的机器学习模型。 数据来自用户查询，可能包括由一般搜索引擎和垂直搜索引擎生成的搜索结果。 从搜索结果生成训练集，并且基于点击的判断与训练集中的搜索结果相关联。 基于点击判断，可以从训练集中的搜索结果确定可识别的特征。 基于确定训练集中的可识别特征，生成用于对后续搜索结果进行排序的规则集。

公开(公告)号：US08370395B1

公开(公告)日：2013-02-05

申请号：US10967109

申请日：2004-10-15

申请人： Vikas Gupta ,  John D. Cormie ,  Duane J. Krause ,  Nipoon Malhotra

发明人： Vikas Gupta ,  John D. Cormie ,  Duane J. Krause ,  Nipoon Malhotra

IPC分类号： G06F7/00 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F3/0613 ,  G06F3/0614 ,  G06F3/0619 ,  G06F3/065 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F3/0683 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F17/3089

摘要： A method, system, and computer-readable medium is described for facilitating interactions between software programs by providing a reliable data queuing service that enables the programs to store and retrieve elements of data queues. In some situations, the data queuing service is provided to users who purchase usage of the data queuing service for application programs executed by or otherwise affiliated with the users. In addition, accessibility of the data queuing service to remote executing programs may be enhanced via a defined API of the data queuing service, such as a Web services-based API. Availability of the data queuing service may also be enhanced in some situations by using multiple alternative distributed systems for a data queue such that each of the alternative systems stores a subset of the elements of the data queue.

摘要翻译： 描述了一种方法，系统和计算机可读介质，用于通过提供使得程序能够存储和检索数据队列元素的可靠数据排队服务来促进软件程序之间的交互。 在某些情况下，将数据排队服务提供给购买由用户执行或以其他方式附属的应用程序的数据排队服务的使用的用户。 此外，数据排队服务到远程执行程序的可访问性可以通过数据排队服务（例如基于Web服务的API）的定义的API来增强。 在某些情况下，数据排队服务的可用性也可以通过为数据队列使用多个备选分布式系统来增强，使得每个替代系统存储数据队列的元素的子集。

公开(公告)号：US20120059838A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-08

申请号：US12876638

申请日：2010-09-07

申请人： ALEC JOHN BERNTSON ,  NITIN AGRAWAL ,  SONG ZHOU ,  YATHARTH SARAF ,  TARUN JOSHI ,  KIERAN RICHARD MCDONALD ,  YOHANNES TSEGAY ,  NIPOON MALHOTRA ,  MUHAMMAD AATIF AWAN ,  SANAZ AHARI ,  TIMOTHY CHARLES HOAD

发明人： ALEC JOHN BERNTSON ,  NITIN AGRAWAL ,  SONG ZHOU ,  YATHARTH SARAF ,  TARUN JOSHI ,  KIERAN RICHARD MCDONALD ,  YOHANNES TSEGAY ,  NIPOON MALHOTRA ,  MUHAMMAD AATIF AWAN ,  SANAZ AHARI ,  TIMOTHY CHARLES HOAD

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F16/90335 ,  G06F16/9038 ,  G06F16/951

摘要： Computer-readable media, computer systems, and computing devices facilitate providing entity-specific content to a user in response to a search request. A search request is received from a user and determined to be related to an entity. Domains associated with the entity are also identified. The search service identifies a set of potential answers and uses the potential answers to generate a set of reformulation queries, which are used to query answer services. Answers returned by the answer services are ranked and bound to an entity card, which is subjected to a quorum checking process that facilitates optimization of the use of allocated screen real estate associated with the entity card. A representation of the entity card is presented on a search-results page.

摘要翻译： 计算机可读介质，计算机系统和计算设备有助于响应于搜索请求向用户提供实体特定的内容。 从用户接收到搜索请求，并确定其与实体相关。 与实体相关联的域也被识别。 搜索服务识别一组潜在的答案，并使用潜在的答案来生成一组用于查询答案服务的重新格式化查询。 应答服务返回的答案被排序并绑定到实体卡，该实体卡经受法定检查过程，其有助于优化与实体卡相关联的分配的屏幕空间的使用。 实体卡的表示呈现在搜索结果页面上。

公开(公告)号：US20110258149A1

公开(公告)日：2011-10-20

申请号：US12762929

申请日：2010-04-19

申请人： TAPAS KANUNGO ,  KUMARESH PATTABIRAMAN ,  NITIN AGRAWAL ,  KIERAN RICHARD McDONALD ,  CHRISTOPHER AVERY MEYERS ,  NIPOON MALHOTRA

发明人： TAPAS KANUNGO ,  KUMARESH PATTABIRAMAN ,  NITIN AGRAWAL ,  KIERAN RICHARD McDONALD ,  CHRISTOPHER AVERY MEYERS ,  NIPOON MALHOTRA

IPC分类号： G06F15/18 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06N99/005 ,  G06F17/30882

摘要： Methods and computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that facilitate generating a machine-learned model for ranking search results using click-based data are provided. Data is referenced from user queries, which may include search results generated by general search engines and vertical search engines. A training set is generated from the search results and click-based judgments are associated with the search results in the training set. Based on click-based judgments, identifiable features are determined from the search results in a training set. Based on determining identifiable features in a training set, a rule set is generated for ranking subsequent search results.

摘要翻译： 提供了具有其上包含计算机可执行指令的方法和计算机存储介质，其利用基于点击的数据便于生成用于对搜索结果进行排名的机器学习模型。 数据来自用户查询，可能包括由一般搜索引擎和垂直搜索引擎生成的搜索结果。 从搜索结果生成训练集，并且基于点击的判断与训练集中的搜索结果相关联。 基于点击判断，可以从训练集中的搜索结果确定可识别的特征。 基于确定训练集中的可识别特征，生成用于对后续搜索结果进行排序的规则集。

公开(公告)号：US20110153528A1

公开(公告)日：2011-06-23

申请号：US12641531

申请日：2009-12-18

申请人： PETER BAILEY ,  LIWEI CHEN ,  SANAZ AHARI ,  NIPOON MALHOTRA

发明人： PETER BAILEY ,  LIWEI CHEN ,  SANAZ AHARI ,  NIPOON MALHOTRA

IPC分类号： G06F17/30 ,  G06F15/18 ,  G06N5/02

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02

摘要： Computer-readable media, computer systems, and computing devices facilitate providing a comparison experience to a user in response to a search query. Upon receiving a search query from the user, entities are extracted from the query. The entities are associated with entity classes. The entities, entity classes, previous user behavior, and other information are used to infer whether the user likely is engaging in a comparison task. If the inference indicates that the user likely is engaging in a comparison task, a comparison experience is generated and access to the comparison experience is provided to the user.

摘要翻译： 计算机可读介质，计算机系统和计算设备有助于响应于搜索查询向用户提供比较体验。 在从用户接收到搜索查询时，从查询中提取实体。 实体与实体类相关联。 实体，实体类，先前的用户行为和其他信息用于推断用户是否可能参与比较任务。 如果推理指示用户可能正在参与比较任务，则生成比较体验，并且向用户提供对比较体验的访问。