Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

William Chang

19Patents
7h-index
22Co-inventors
66Inventor score

Filing activity: May 31, 1995 → Oct 31, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5920854A Real-time document collection search engine with phrase indexing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 580 Expired
US5845278A Method for automatically selecting collections to search in full text searches Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 444 Expired
US5983216A Performing automated document collection and selection by providing a meta-index with meta-index values indentifying corresponding document collections Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 350 Expired
US6070158A Real-time document collection search engine with phrase indexing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 294 Expired
US6018733A Methods for iteratively and interactively performing collection selection in full text searches Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 149 Expired
US5701256A Method and apparatus for biological sequence comparison Physics 133 Expired
US8001469B2 Automatic generation of interactive systems from a formalized description language Physics 13 Active
US8606860B2 System and method for providing filtering email messages Physics 6 Active
US9626407B2 Real-time saved-query updates for a large graph Physics 6 Active
US7917483B2 Search engine and method with improved relevancy, scope, and timeliness Physics 5 Active
US8645345B2 Search engine and method with improved relevancy, scope, and timeliness Physics 3 Active
US10986051B1 System and method for dynamic chat message customization Electricity 0 Active
US9600639B2 Method for automating the management and interpretation of digital documents and their owners rights metadata for generating digital rights management protected contents Physics 0 Active
US9330066B2 Dynamic display method of multi-layered PDF documents Physics 0 Active
US11100813B2 System and method for managing screen reader announcements on web pages Electricity 0 Active
US9996581B2 Real-time saved-query updates for a large graph Physics 0 Active
US9645708B2 User interface method for modifying a selection list of items to add or remove items while indicating original selection Electricity 0 Active
US8886621B2 Search engine and method with improved relevancy, scope, and timeliness Physics 0 Active
US11227027B2 Managing accessibility on customer web pages Physics 0 Active

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