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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2016
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ellen Spertus, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stephen R. Lawrence, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30867 (2013.01); G06F 17/3053 (2013.01); G06F 17/30554 (2013.01); G06F 17/30864 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for improving user search experience with a search engine by providing a way for associated users to personalize search queries and/or search results based on users' information gathered from a social network. Search personalization can be achieved through the tailoring of search methodologies or the ranking or ordering of search results in accordance with information gathered for each user.