Timothy Allen Musgrove

US Patent:

6714933, Mar 30, 2004

Filed:

Apr 10, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/119311

Inventors:

Timothy Allen Musgrove - Morgan Hill CA
Robin Hiroko Walsh - San Francisco CA

Assignee:

CNET Networks, Inc. - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

G06F 1730

US Classification:

707 10, 705 27

Abstract:

A method of aggregating product information from a plurality of sources in a networked computer environment regarding products of a product category including the steps of providing a server interconnected to the network computer environment for providing a crawler to visit the plurality of sources and gathering product phrase information from each of the plurality of sources via the crawler, where the crawler utilizes computational linguistics to gather the product phrase information which includes a phrase and at least one characteristic of the phrase. The characteristic of the phrase may be frequency, location, font size, font style, font case, font effects, font color, collocation and co-occurrence of the phrase.

US Patent:

6725222, Apr 20, 2004

Filed:

Feb 27, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/373881

Inventors:

Timothy A. Musgrove - Morgan Hill CA
Robert Hood - San Jose CA

Assignee:

CNET Networks, Inc. - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

G06F 1730

US Classification:

707 10, 705 27

Abstract:

An on-line commerce method and apparatus. A user can select products for purchase from plural merchant servers by examining product information stored on a shopping server. The product information related to selected products is verified by accessing a checkout page of each merchant server. The verified information is then presented to the user for confirmation. Upon confirmation, buy procedures are executed on each merchant server to purchase the products using existing account information for the user at each merchant server.

US Patent:

7246110, Jul 17, 2007

Filed:

May 25, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/579859

Inventors:

Timothy A. Musgrove - Morgan Hill CA, US
Robin Walsh - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

CNET Networks, Inc. - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

707 3, 707 10, 705 28

Abstract:

A method of presenting data regarding products. Feature categories are assigned to each product category based on available data. A weighted importance is assigned to each feature category of each product category based on the available data. The items in the product category are ranked according to the weighted importance of the feature categories of each item, and the evaluation metrics of each feature category.

US Patent:

7505969, Mar 17, 2009

Filed:

Aug 5, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/911733

Inventors:

Timothy A. Musgrove - Morgan Hill CA, US
Robin Walsh - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

CBS Interactive, Inc. - New Castle DE

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707 5, 707101

Abstract:

A product placement engine and method for automatically identifying products for association with a document, the engine including a parser, an analysis module adapted to determine word scores and to adjust the word scores of the words by predetermined weightings, a keyword constructor module adapted to construct a keyword query search string using words having the highest word scores, a search engine adapted to search a products database having product records to identify products satisfying the keyword query search string and assign product scores, and a post processing module adapted to identify word matches in each of the product records and the document and update the product score.

US Patent:

7627486, Dec 1, 2009

Filed:

Oct 7, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/265189

Inventors:

Timothy A. Musgrove - Morgan Hill CA, US
Robin Hiroko Walsh - San Francisco CA, US
Russell Gilchrist - Ponce Inlet FL, US

Assignee:

CBS Interactive, Inc. - County of New Castle DE

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 1

Abstract:

A system and method for rating of each of plural products comprising identifying a plurality of attributes associated with a category of product, applying a scalar structure for each attribute to provide a scalar value for each attribute of each of the plural products, determining an incremental competitive index for each attribute of each product based on the scalar value of each attribute and a number of products having the scalar value, and rating each product based on the determined competitive index.

US Patent:

7698279, Apr 13, 2010

Filed:

Nov 10, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/270816

Inventors:

Timothy A. Musgrove - Morgan Hill CA, US
Robin Walsh - San Jose CA, US

Assignee:

CBS Interactive, Inc. - DE

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

707 10, 707100

Abstract:

A method of presenting data regarding products. Feature categories are assigned to each product category based on available data. A weighted importance is assigned to each feature category of each product category based on the available data. The items in the product category are ranked according to the weighted importance of the feature categories of each item, and the evaluation metrics of each feature category.

US Patent:

7783528, Aug 24, 2010

Filed:

May 6, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/839700

Inventors:

Timothy A. Musgrove - Morgan Hill CA, US
Robin Hiroko Walsh - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

CBS Interactive, Inc. - County of New Castle DE

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

705 27, 705 26

Abstract:

A method and system for automatically generating a naturally reading narrative product summary including assertions about a selected product. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of determining at least one attribute associated with the selected product, selecting an alternative product, retrieving assertion models to describe the product and to recommend an alternative product in a natural manner, and generating a naturally reading narrative by combining the attribute and the selected alternative product with the retrieved assertion models such that the generated narrative includes a recommendation of the selected alternative product. A system is provided for implementing the described method.

US Patent:

7840448, Nov 23, 2010

Filed:

May 7, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/430679

Inventors:

Timothy A. Musgrove - Morgan Hill CA, US
Robin Walsh - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

CBS Interactive Inc. - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G07F 7/00

US Classification:

705 27, 705 1, 705 26

Abstract:

A system and method for automatically generating a naturally reading narrative product summary including assertions about a selected product. The method includes the steps of determining an attribute associated with the selected product, retrieving an assertion model defining forms in which an assertion can be manifested to describe the product in a natural manner, and generating a naturally reading narrative by combining the attribute with the retrieved assertion model. A product summary generator comprises a product attribute module adapted to determine an attribute, an assertion model module adapted to retrieve an assertion model, and a summary generation module adapted to generate a naturally reading narrative by combining the attribute with the retrieved assertion model. A computer readable medium for automatically generating a naturally reading narrative product summary including assertions about a selected product is also provided.