| IAC SEARCH & MEDIA, INC. Patent applications |
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| 20110184638 | MAP INTERFACE WITH A MOVABLE MARKER - A map user interface is described, including a view transmitted from a server computer system to a client computer system, the view including a map and a location marker at an initial location on the map, the location marker being movable from the initial location to a target location on the map. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184637 | MAP INTERFACE WITH A MOVABLE MARKER - A map user interface is described, including a view transmitted from a server computer system to a client computer system, the view including a map and a location marker at an initial location on the map, the location marker being movable from the initial location to a target location on the map. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110112755 | MAP INTERFACE WITH PLACEABLE MARKER - A map user interface is described, including a first view transmitted from a server computer system to the client computer system, the first view including a map, and a location marker placed at the selected location on the map upon receiving a placement request indicating selection of a selected location for placement of a location marker. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110112754 | MAP INTERFACE WITH PLACEABLE MARKER - A map user interface is described, including a first view transmitted from a server computer system to the client computer system, the first view including a map, and a location marker placed at the selected location on the map upon receiving a placement request indicating selection of a selected location for placement of a location marker. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20100332500 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A RELEVANT CONTENT IDENTIFIER FOR A SEARCH - 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332499 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING CONFIDENCE IN ANSWER FOR SEARCH - 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100121917 | MAP INTERFACE WITH DIRECTIONAL NAVIGATION - A map user interface is described, including a first view transmitted from a server computer system to the client computer system, the first view including a first area of a map and a plurality of directional indicators, each directional indicator being selectable by a user of the client computer system, selection of a respective one of the directional indicators bringing a second area of the map into view, the second area depending on the respective directional indicator selected by the user. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100099496 | GAME FOR GENERATING EQUIVALENT PHRASES - The invention provides a method of at least in part operating a computer system. A game includes receiving a plurality of rephrases, associating each rephrase with a respective player identification, comparing each rephrase with a threshold, associating a winner with one of the player identifications, the winner being at least in part based on a comparison of the rephrases with the threshold, and declaring the winner. The rephrases of the game are associated with one another on a computer readable medium and can then be used to generate equivalent phrases for a search engine. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20090313217 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING SEARCH QUERIES - Systems and methods for approximating a query classification are disclosed. The systems and methods may include an input interface that receives a textual input, an extractor that extracts at least one concept from the textual input, a database having a plurality of concepts stored therein, each concept associated with at least one classification, a classifier that associates the at least one concept with at least one category, a computational unit that determines a category of the textual input based on the at least one classification of the at least one concept from the database and the at least one category of the at least one concept from the classifier, and an output interface to store and transmit the category of the at least one concept in response to the textual input. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090289815 | MAP INTERFACE WITH REMOVABLE PATH LOCATIONS - A map user interface is described, including a first view transmitted from a server computer system to the client computer system, the first view including a first map and the initial path displayed on the first map, the initial path being from a starting location via at least one intermediate location to an end location, a deletion selector, selection of the deletion selector causing transmission of a deletion command being indicative of removal of a selected one of the locations, and a second view generated in response to the transmission of the deletion command, the second view including a second map and the modified path displayed on the second map, the modified path including all of the locations but not including the selected location. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090157640 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CATEGORIZING ANSWERS SUCH AS URLS - The invention provides a computer system, including a memory, a plurality of answers stored in the memory, and a classifier for matching each one of the answers with a category among a plurality of categories. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090132953 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD IN LOCAL SEARCH SYSTEM WITH VERTICAL SEARCH RESULTS AND AN INTERACTIVE MAP - A user interface is described wherein information relating to a respective one of the search results are displayed on a map upon selection of at least one component of the respective search result. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090132929 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR A BOUNDARY DISPLAY ON A MAP - The invention provides a user interface including an input to transmit a request from a client computer system at a server computer system, a view transmitted from the server computer system to the client computer system in response to the request, the view being displayed at the client computer system, wherein the view may include a map with boundary of an area displayed on the map. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090132927 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR MAKING ADDITIONS TO A MAP - A user interface is provided, including an input to transmit a request from a client computer system to a server computer system, a view transmitted in response to the request form the server computer system to the client computer system and displayed at the client computer system, wherein the view may include a map and the view may be configured to enable the making of an addition to the map. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090132646 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD IN A LOCAL SEARCH SYSTEM WITH STATIC LOCATION MARKERS - A user interface includes a first view transmitted from a server computer system to the client computer system, the first view including a map and a search identifier. A second view transmitted from the server computer system to the client computer system for display at the client computer system includes a map and the information relating to the geographic location of the first search request may be used to indicate the geographic location on the map of the second view, wherein the second view includes at least a first static location marker on the map of the second view at a first fixed location due to selection of a location marker at the first fixed location on the map of the first view. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090132645 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD IN A LOCAL SEARCH SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE-FIELD COMPARISON - A user interface includes a first view transmitted from a server computer system to the client computer system, the first view including a search identifier, a user interacting with the search identifier causing transmission of a search request from the client computer system at the server computer system, wherein the search request may be compared with first and second fields of each of a plurality of search results in a data source and at least one search result may be extracted due to a comparison between the search request and the first field of the search result or the search result may be extracted due to a comparison between the search request and the second field of the search result. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090132643 | PERSISTENT LOCAL SEARCH INTERFACE AND METHOD - A user interface includes a first view transmitted from a server computer system to a client computer system, the first view including a search identifier, and a second view transmitted from the server computer system in response to a user interacting with the search identifier. A search request is utilized at the server computer system to extract at least one search result from a search data source, the search result including information relating to a geographic location to the client computer system for display at the client computer system. The second view may include at least one component that may be in substantially the same location as in the first view. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090132573 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD IN A LOCAL SEARCH SYSTEM WITH SEARCH RESULTS RESTRICTED BY DRAWN FIGURE ELEMENTS - The invention provides a user interface to display search results including a first view transmitted from a server computer to a client computer system displaying a map including information relating to geographic location, at least one selector for drawing at least one figure element on the map displayed in the at least a first view, and a search identifier related to the at least one figure element drawn on the map of said at least first view. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090132572 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD IN A LOCAL SEARCH SYSTEM WITH PROFILE PAGE - The invention provides a user interface including a profile page displayed independent of a search identifier that the user interacts with. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090132514 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BUILDING TEXT DESCRIPTIONS IN A SEARCH DATABASE - The invention provides for a method of building a search database including associating a plurality of text descriptions associated with a first set of locations with a first category associated with all of the locations of the first set to build a first combined text description, and associating the combined text description with each one of the locations of the first set. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090132513 | CORRELATION OF DATA IN A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING A SEARCH - The invention provides for a system to correlate data including a feed data set, a correlated data set, and a correlator that links entries in the feed data set with entries in the correlated data set. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090132512 | SEARCH SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING A LOCAL SEARCH - The invention provides a system for searching data including an online query processing system, a ranking system, an offline data processing component, and a backend search engine. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090132511 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD IN A LOCAL SEARCH SYSTEM WITH LOCATION IDENTIFICATION IN A REQUEST - A user interface including a first view transmitted from a server computer system to the client computer system, the first view including a search identifier and a location identifier. Selection of the search identifier causing transmission of a search request from the client computer system to the server computer system and interaction with the location identifier causing transmission of a selected location from the client computer system to the server computer system. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090132505 | TRANSFORMATION IN A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING A SEARCH - The invention provides for a system to transform user queries including a reception component that receives an original user query, a transformation component to transform the original user query into a processed user query, and a transmission component that sends the processed user query to a backend search engine. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090132504 | CATEGORIZATION IN A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING A SEARCH - The invention provides a system to categorize user queries including an identification component that receives an original user query and identifies a what-component and a where-component using the original user query, a first classification component that analyzes and classifies the what-component of the original user query, a second classification component that analyzes and processes the where-component of the original user query, and a transmission component that sends the results of the first and second classification components and a processed user query to a backend search engine. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090132486 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD IN LOCAL SEARCH SYSTEM WITH RESULTS THAT CAN BE REPRODUCED - A user interface includes a first view transmitted from a server computer system to a client computer system, the first view including a search identifier, a user interacting with the search identifier causing transmission a first search request from the client computer system at the server computer system. A second view transmitted from the server computer system to the client computer system for display at the client computer system includes a search result. A third view includes a reproduction selector. A user selecting the reproduction selector causes transmission of a first reproduction command from the client computer system to the server computer system. A fourth view includes the first search result included in the second view. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090132485 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD IN A LOCAL SEARCH SYSTEM THAT CALCULATES DRIVING DIRECTIONS WITHOUT LOSING SEARCH RESULTS - The invention provides a user interface including a first view transmitted from a server computer system to a client computer system, the first view including a search identifier, a user interacting with the search identifier causing transmission of a search request from the client computer system to the server computer system, the search request being utilized at the server computer system to extract a plurality of search results from a search data source. A second view includes the search results, a driving direction selector, selection of which causing transmission of a driving direction request relating to a select one of the search results from the client computer system at the server computer system. A third view includes the driving directions to the selected search result and at least one of the search results other than the selected search result. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090132484 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD IN A LOCAL SEARCH SYSTEM HAVING VERTICAL CONTEXT - The invention provides a user interface including a first view transmitted from a server computer system to the client computer system, the first view including a search identifier and a plurality of vertical search determinators, interacting with the search identifier causing transmission of a first search request from a client computer system at the server computer system, the first search request being utilized at the server computer system to extract at least one search result from a search data source, the search result including information relating to a geographic location and the search result depends on a respective one of the vertical search determinators, and a second view, at least part of which may be transmitted from the server computer system to the client computer system for display at the client computer system, wherein the second view may include the search result. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090132483 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD IN A LOCAL SEARCH SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC EXPANSION - The invention also provides a method of interfacing with a client computer system, wherein search results include search results with geographic locations outside the first selected area if the number of the search results that have geographic locations within the selected area are less than a predetermined threshold value. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090132468 | RANKING OF OBJECTS USING SEMANTIC AND NONSEMANTIC FEATURES IN A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING A SEARCH - The invention provides for a system for ranking data including a first calculation component that calculates a qualitative semantic similarity score of at least one data entry from at least one data source, a second calculation component that calculates a general quantitative score of the at least one data entry from at least one data source, a third calculation component that combines the qualitative semantic similarity score and the general quantitative score of the at least one data entry from at least one data source into a vector score for the at least one data entry, and a ranking component that ranks the at least one data entry among other data entries using the vector score. General qualitative scores such as distance scores are never overruled by semantic scores. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090132236 | SELECTION OR RELIABLE KEY WORDS FROM UNRELIABLE SOURCES IN A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING A SEARCH - The invention provides for a system to select data including a reception component that receives at least one data entry from at least one data source, a processor component to determine the entropy of a word extracted from the at least one data entry, a filtering component to select reliable words, wherein reliable words are words with low entropy values, the filtering component further excluding words with high entropy values, and a transmission component to output a set of reliable words, wherein the set of reliable words is associated with the at least one data entry from which the reliable words were extracted. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20080270932 | TOOLBOX EDITING - A user interface is described, having a search box for entering a search query. The search box and other components remain stationary when conducting a search. A toolbox is provided with links to different views for conducting category-specific searches, and the links are editable. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080263019 | NATURAL LANGUAGE QUERY PROCESSING - An enhanced natural language information retrieval technique tokenizes an incoming query, comparing the tokenized representation against a collection of query templates. Query templates include a first portion having one or more query patterns representative of a query and in a form suitable for matching the tokenized representation of an incoming query. Query templates also include one or more information retrieval commands that are designed to return information relevant to those query patterns in its first portion. The enhanced natural language information retrieval technique selects those query templates that are determined to be most relevant to the incoming query (via its tokenized representation) and initiates one or more information retrieval commands associated with the selected query templates. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080215433 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SERVING A MESSAGE IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR DISPLAY ON A WORLD WIDE WEB PAGE - A method and apparatus for serving at least one message in conjunction with an advertisement for display on a World Wide Web page. The advertisement and message may be thematically related and displayed close to each other on the Web page. The advertisement and message may form all or part of a rich media file that is called when the Web page is served to a user device for display on the user device. The message may be tailored to include information specific to a user viewing the Web page, message and advertisement to direct the user's attention to the advertisement or otherwise enhance the advertisement. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080215432 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SERVING A MESSAGE IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR DISPLAY ON A WORLD WIDE WEB PAGE - A method and apparatus for serving at least one message in conjunction with an advertisement for display on a World Wide Web page. The advertisement and message may be thematically related and displayed close to each other on the Web page. The advertisement and message may form all or part of a rich media file that is called when the Web page is served to a user device for display on the user device. The message may be tailored to include information specific to a user viewing the Web page, message and advertisement to direct the user's attention to the advertisement or otherwise enhance the advertisement. | 09-04-2008 |
