US Patent No: 6,026,388

Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000

User interface and other enhancements for natural language information retrieval system and method

5 Status Updates

Stats

ATTORNEY / AGENT: (SPONSORED)
 

Importance

Loading Importance Indicators... loading....

Abstract

Techniques for generating sophisticated representations of the contents of both queries and documents in a retrieval system by using natural language processing (NLP) techniques to represent, index, and retrieve texts at the multiple levels (e.g., the morphological, lexical, syntactic, semantic, discourse, and pragmatic levels) at which humans construe meaning in writing. The user enters a query and the system processes the query to generate an alternative representation, which includes conceptual-level abstraction and representations based on complex nominals (CNs), proper nouns (PNs), single terms, text structure, and logical make-up of the query, including mandatory terms. After processing the query, the system displays query information to the user, indicating the system's interpretation and representation of the content of the query. The user is then given an opportunity to provide input, in response to which the system modifies the alternative representation of the query. Once the user has provided desired input, the possibly modified representation of the query is matched to the relevant document database, and measures of relevance generated for the documents. A set of documents is presented to the user, who is given an opportunity to select some or all of the documents, typically on the basis of such documents being of particular relevance. The user then initiates the generation of a query representation based on the alternative representations of the selected document(s).

Loading the Abstract Image... loading....

First Claim

Related Publications

Loading Related Publications... loading....

Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
TEXTWISE LLCSYRACUSE, NY6

International Classification(s)

  • [Classification Symbol]
  • [Patents Count]

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Balakrishnan, Bhaskaran Syracuse, NY 3 491
Diamond, Theodore G Mercer Island, WA 3 638
Liddy, Elizabeth D Syracuse, NY 9 2110
McKenna, Mary E Syracuse, NY 4 902
Paik, Woojin Syracuse, NY 6 1846
Snyder, David L Pittsford, NY 16 776
Weiner, Michael L Webster, NY 59 1521
Yu, Edmund S DeWitt, NY 2 846

Cited Art

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (2)
5,642,502 Method and system for searching for relevant documents from a text database collection, using statistical ranking, relevancy feedback and small pieces of text 122 1994
5,694,592 Process for determination of text relevancy 91 1995
 
CONTENT ANALYST COMPANY, LLC (1)
5,301,109 Computerized cross-language document retrieval using latent semantic indexing 150 1991
 
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. (1)
5,175,814 Direct manipulation interface for Boolean information retrieval 84 1990
 
INTELLIGENT TEXT PROCESSING, INC. (1)
5,794,050 Natural language understanding system 264 1997
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (1)
5,386,556 Natural language analyzing apparatus and method 196 1992
 
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY (1)
5,418,951 Method of retrieving documents that concern the same topic 237 1994
 
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED (1)
5,148,541 Multilingual database system including sorting data using a master universal sort order for all languages 62 1989
 
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (1)
5,598,557 Apparatus and method for retrieving and grouping images representing text files based on the relevance of key words extracted from a selected file to the text files 281 1992
 
SOPHEON CORPORATION (1)
5,634,051 Information management system 136 1996
 
WEST SERVICES, INC. (1)
5,265,065 Method and apparatus for information retrieval from a database by replacing domain specific stemmed phases in a natural language to create a search query 285 1991

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cites

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (59)
6,222,634 Apparatus and method for printing related web pages 15 1997
6,094,657 Apparatus and method for dynamic meta-tagging of compound documents 140 1997
6,311,198 Method and system for threading documents 3 1998
6,724,401 Computer-based documentation and instruction 12 1999
6,728,700 Natural language help interface 8 1999
6,816,175 Orthogonal browsing in object hierarchies 41 1999
6,546,388 Metadata search results ranking system 165 2000
6,510,436 System and method for clustering large lists into optimal segments 3 2000
7,493,252 Method and system to analyze data 1 2000
7,254,773 Automated spell analysis 18 2000
7,136,846 Wireless information retrieval 8 2001
6,725,217 Method and system for knowledge repository exploration and visualization 10 2001
7,266,545 Methods and apparatus for indexing in a database and for retrieving data from a database in accordance with queries using example sets 12 2001
6,609,124 Hub for strategic intelligence 16 2001
7,343,372 Direct navigation for information retrieval 1 2002
8,290,768 System and method for determining a set of attributes based on content of communications 0 2002
6,718,324 Metadata search results ranking system 135 2003
7,243,095 Prose feedback in information access system 8 2003
7,814,127 Natural language support for database applications 0 2003
8,296,304 Method, system, and program for handling redirects in a search engine 0 2004
7,499,913 Method for handling anchor text 4 2004
7,424,467 Architecture for an indexer with fixed width sort and variable width sort 9 2004
7,376,641 Information retrieval from a collection of data 7 2004
7,958,150 Method for implementing fine-grained access control using access restrictions 0 2004
7,644,057 System and method for electronic communication management 4 2004
7,668,854 System and method of building proven search paths 0 2004
8,261,196 Method for displaying usage metrics as part of search results 0 2004
7,831,601 Method for automatically searching for documents related to calendar and email entries 2 2004
7,634,461 System and method for enhancing keyword relevance by user's interest on the search result documents 12 2004
7,496,563 Method for locating documents a user has previously accessed 5 2004
7,493,303 Method for remotely searching a local user index 10 2004
7,421,421 Method for providing multi-variable dynamic search results visualizations 11 2004
7,395,260 Method for providing graphical representations of search results in multiple related histograms 13 2004
7,461,064 Method for searching documents for ranges of numeric values 19 2004
8,417,693 Enforcing native access control to indexed documents 0 2005
7,865,521 Access control for elements in a database object 0 2005
7,565,606 Automated spell analysis 0 2006
7,885,918 Creating a taxonomy from business-oriented metadata content 5 2006
7,873,670 Method and system for managing exemplar terms database for business-oriented metadata content 0 2006
7,680,780 Techniques for processing data from a multilingual database 0 2007
7,792,826 Method and system for providing ranked search results 1 2007
7,669,112 Automated spell analysis 0 2007
7,743,060 Architecture for an indexer 1 2007
7,756,810 Software tool for training and testing a knowledge base 1 2007
7,752,159 System and method for classifying text 4 2007
7,809,708 Information search using knowledge agents 1 2007
7,783,643 Direct navigation for information retrieval 0 2008
8,117,535 System and method for creating dynamic folder hierarchies 0 2008
7,702,677 Information retrieval from a collection of data 6 2008
8,032,513 System for providing multi-variable dynamic search results visualizations 3 2008
8,346,759 Searching documents for ranges of numeric values 0 2008
8,271,498 Searching documents for ranges of numeric values 2008
8,285,724 System and program for handling anchor text 0 2008
8,103,653 System for locating documents a user has previously accessed 1 2009
8,122,028 System for remotely searching a local user index 1 2009
8,381,178 Intuitive visualization of Boolean expressions using flows 0 2009
7,970,753 System and method for enhancing keyword relevance by user's interest on the search result documents 3 2009
8,375,061 Graphical models for representing text documents for computer analysis 0 2010
8,271,481 System and method for automatically searching for documents related to calendar and email entries 2010
 
GOOGLE INC. (56)
7,272,593 Method and apparatus for similarity retrieval from iterative refinement 12 1999
8,090,717 Methods and apparatus for ranking documents 2 2003
7,568,148 Methods and apparatus for clustering news content 10 2003
7,577,655 Systems and methods for improving the ranking of news articles 1 2003
8,086,619 System and method for providing search query refinements 0 2003
8,171,426 Method for secondary selection highlighting 0 2003
8,151,214 System and method for color coding list items 0 2003
7,908,566 System and method for scrolling among categories in a list of documents 2 2003
7,447,678 Interface for a universal search engine 17 2003
7,293,005 Pipelined architecture for global analysis and index building 10 2004
8,065,316 Systems and methods for providing search query refinements 2 2004
7,707,039 Automatic modification of web pages 33 2004
7,937,396 Methods and systems for identifying paraphrases from an index of information items and associated sentence fragments 0 2005
8,239,394 Bloom filters for query simulation 0 2005
7,953,720 Selecting the best answer to a fact query from among a set of potential answers 5 2005
8,214,387 Document enhancement system and method 0 2005
8,019,648 Search engines and systems with handheld document data capture devices 1 2005
7,831,912 Publishing techniques for adding value to a rendered document 15 2005
7,742,953 Adding information or functionality to a rendered document via association with an electronic counterpart 13 2005
7,599,580 Capturing text from rendered documents using supplemental information 18 2005
7,599,844 Content access with handheld document data capture devices 18 2005
7,596,269 Triggering actions in response to optically or acoustically capturing keywords from a rendered document 16 2005
7,593,605 Data capture from rendered documents using handheld device 46 2005
7,421,155 Archive of text captures from rendered documents 59 2005
7,702,624 Processing techniques for visual capture data from a rendered document 14 2005
7,818,215 Processing techniques for text capture from a rendered document 21 2005
8,015,173 Techniques for web site integration 1 2005
8,005,720 Applying scanned information to identify content 0 2005
7,437,023 Methods, systems and computer program products for data gathering in a digital and hard copy document environment 45 2005
7,937,265 Paraphrase acquisition 2 2005
7,812,860 Handheld device for capturing text from both a document printed on paper and a document displayed on a dynamic display device 20 2005
7,769,751 Method and apparatus for classifying documents based on user inputs 5 2006
7,925,676 Data object visualization using maps 0 2006
7,555,471 Data object visualization 2 2006
8,055,674 Annotation framework 0 2006
7,990,556 Association of a portable scanner with input/output and storage devices 0 2006
8,081,849 Portable scanning and memory device 0 2007
8,239,751 Data from web documents in a spreadsheet 0 2007
7,783,626 Pipelined architecture for global analysis and index building 0 2007
7,890,521 Document-based synonym generation 1 2008
7,917,867 System for providing a category separator in a list of documents 2 2008
8,301,656 Interface for a universal search 1 2008
8,225,190 Methods and apparatus for clustering news content 0 2008
8,126,876 Systems and methods for improving the ranking of news articles 1 2009
8,065,290 User interface for facts query engine with snippets from information sources that include query terms and answer terms 4 2009
8,418,055 Identifying a document by performing spectral analysis on the contents of the document 0 2010
8,261,094 Secure data gathering from rendered documents 0 2010
8,346,620 Automatic modification of web pages 0 2010
8,179,563 Portable scanning device 0 2010
8,161,041 Document-based synonym generation 0 2011
8,290,963 Methods and systems for identifying paraphrases from an index of information items and associated sentence fragments 0 2011
8,280,893 Methods and systems for identifying paraphrases from an index of information items and associated sentence fragments 0 2011
8,271,453 Paraphrase acquisition 2011
8,224,802 User interface for facts query engine with snippets from information sources that include query terms and answer terms 0 2011
8,392,413 Document-based synonym generation 0 2012
8,332,382 Systems and methods for improving the ranking of news articles 0 2012
 
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (37)
7,945,492 System and method for integrating trading operations including the generation, processing and tracking of and trade documents 0 2000
7,805,365 Automated statement presentation, adjustment and payment system and method therefor 14 2000
7,822,656 International banking system and method 1 2001
8,285,641 System and method for selectable funding of electronic transactions 0 2001
7,689,482 System and method for payer (buyer) defined electronic invoice exchange 13 2002
7,519,560 System and method for electronic authorization of batch checks 15 2002
7,437,327 Method and system for buyer centric dispute resolution in electronic payment system 23 2002
7,401,048 System and method for trade settlement tracking and relative ranking 39 2002
7,536,354 Methods for electronic multiparty accounts receivable and accounts payable systems 55 2002
7,587,363 System and method for optimized funding of electronic transactions 54 2002
7,769,650 Network-based sub-allocation systems and methods for swaps 12 2003
8,290,862 Method and system for expediting payment delivery 0 2004
8,121,944 Method and system for facilitating network transaction processing 1 2005
7,676,409 Method and system for emulating a private label over an open network 22 2005
8,290,863 Method and system for expediting payment delivery 0 2005
7,822,682 System and method for enhancing supply chain transactions 30 2006
7,801,814 System and method for selectable funding of electronic transactions 9 2006
7,734,545 Method and system for processing recurring payments 14 2006
8,301,529 Method and system for implementing effective governance of transactions between trading partners 0 2006
7,916,925 System and method for generating magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) testing documents 1 2007
7,471,818 Lockbox imaging system 22 2007
7,680,735 Trade receivable processing method and apparatus 13 2007
7,766,244 System and method for processing transactions using a multi-account transactions device 14 2007
7,743,979 Method and system for credit card reimbursements for health care transactions 14 2008
8,112,355 Method and system for buyer centric dispute resolution in electronic payment system 0 2008
8,391,584 Method and system for duplicate check detection 0 2008
7,668,363 Lockbox imaging system 14 2008
8,065,231 Trade receivable processing method and apparatus 0 2009
8,045,784 Lockbox imaging system 4 2010
8,170,936 Method and system for emulating a private label over an open network 0 2010
7,904,388 Method and system for processing recurring payments 0 2010
8,015,096 Network-based sub-allocation systems and methods for swaps 0 2010
8,160,942 Billing workflow system for crediting charges to entities creating derivatives exposure 0 2010
8,380,597 International banking system and method 0 2010
8,121,385 System and method for generating magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) testing documents 0 2011
8,244,625 System and method for varying electronic settlements between buyers and suppliers with dynamic discount terms 0 2011
8,396,798 Method and system for facilitating network transaction processing 0 2012
 
MICROSOFT CORPORATION (21)
6,363,373 Method and apparatus for concept searching using a Boolean or keyword search engine 74 1998
6,751,606 System for enhancing a query interface 99 1998
6,601,059 Computerized searching tool with spell checking 47 1998
6,460,029 System for improving search text 74 1998
6,968,449 Methods and arrangements for providing a mark-up language based graphical user interface for user identification to an operating system 2 2000
7,444,348 System for enhancing a query interface 1 2002
7,209,915 Method, system and apparatus for routing a query to one or more providers 48 2002
7,039,635 Dynamically updated quick searches and strategies 35 2002
7,558,841 Method, system, and computer-readable medium for communicating results to a data query in a computer network 4 2003
7,703,037 Searchable task-based interface to control panel functionality 1 2005
7,630,976 Method and system for adapting search results to personal information needs 1 2005
7,761,700 Methods and arrangements for providing a mark-up language based graphical user interface for user identification to an operating system 1 2005
7,747,618 Augmenting user, query, and document triplets using singular value decomposition 0 2005
7,788,590 Lightweight reference user interface 1 2005
7,668,816 Dynamically updated quick searches and strategies 0 2005
7,783,629 Training a ranking component 0 2006
7,925,975 Searching for commands to execute in applications 1 2006
8,370,743 Searching command enhancements 0 2007
7,877,251 Document translation system 1 2007
7,992,085 Lightweight reference user interface 1 2007
7,849,089 Method and system for adapting search results to personal information needs 2 2009
 
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (18)
6,460,034 Document knowledge base research and retrieval system 143 1997
6,487,552 Database fine-grained access control 88 1998
6,363,378 Ranking of query feedback terms in an information retrieval system 88 1998
7,509,572 Automatic generation of document summaries through use of structured text 3 1999
6,578,037 Partitioned access control to a database 59 2000
7,051,022 Automated extension for generation of cross references in a knowledge base 7 2000
6,631,371 Database fine-grained access control 40 2002
7,873,660 Enforcing data privacy aggregations 1 2003
7,228,300 Caching the results of security policy functions 5 2003
6,813,617 Dynamic generation of optimizer hints 11 2003
7,310,647 Column masking of tables 3 2004
7,076,502 Method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for generating a multi-dimensional record management index 6 2004
7,386,567 Techniques for changing XML content in a relational database 3 2004
7,873,641 Using tags in an enterprise search system 1 2006
8,156,125 Method and apparatus for query and analysis 0 2008
8,032,827 Automatic generation of document summaries through use of structured text 1 2009
8,239,396 View mechanism for data security, privacy and utilization 0 2009
8,204,888 Using tags in an enterprise search system 8 2010
 
EVRI INC. (10)
6,862,710 Internet navigation using soft hyperlinks 90 2000
6,510,406 Inverse inference engine for high performance web search 186 2000
6,757,646 Extended functionality for an inverse inference engine based web search 72 2001
7,283,951 Method and system for enhanced data searching 14 2001
7,051,017 Inverse inference engine for high performance web search 35 2002
7,398,201 Method and system for enhanced data searching 16 2003
7,269,598 Extended functionality for an inverse inference engine based web search 16 2004
7,526,425 Method and system for extending keyword searching to syntactically and semantically annotated data 22 2004
8,131,540 Method and system for extending keyword searching to syntactically and semantically annotated data 1 2009
7,953,593 Method and system for extending keyword searching to syntactically and semantically annotated data 0 2009
 
BUZZMETRICS, LTD., AN ISRAEL CORPORATION (9)
7,725,414 Method for developing a classifier for classifying communications 5 2004
7,523,085 Topical sentiments in electronically stored communications 19 2005
8,271,316 Consumer to business data capturing system 2006
7,596,552 Method and system for extracting web data 9 2006
7,600,017 System and method for scoring electronic messages 17 2007
7,844,483 System and method for predicting external events from electronic author activity 3 2007
7,844,484 System and method for benchmarking electronic message activity 3 2007
7,877,345 Topical sentiments in electronically stored communications 4 2009
8,041,669 Topical sentiments in electronically stored communications 2 2010
 
IXREVEAL, INC. (8)
6,970,881 Concept-based method and system for dynamically analyzing unstructured information 43 2002
7,194,483 Method, system, and computer program product for concept-based multi-dimensional analysis of unstructured information 75 2003
7,627,588 System and method for concept based analysis of unstructured data 5 2003
7,890,514 Concept-based searching of unstructured objects 7 2005
7,831,559 Concept-based trends and exceptions tracking 6 2005
7,536,413 Concept-based categorization of unstructured objects 16 2005
7,788,251 System, method and computer program product for concept-based searching and analysis 3 2006
7,676,485 Method and computer program product for converting ontologies into concept semantic networks 1 2007
 
SRI INTERNATIONAL (8)
7,069,560 Highly scalable software-based architecture for communication and cooperation among distributed electronic agents 31 1999
6,859,931 Extensible software-based architecture for communication and cooperation within and between communities of distributed agents and distributed objects 68 1999
6,691,151 Unified messaging methods and systems for communication and cooperation among distributed agents in a computing environment 137 1999
6,742,021 Navigating network-based electronic information using spoken input with multimodal error feedback 69 2000
6,513,063 Accessing network-based electronic information through scripted online interfaces using spoken input 57 2000
6,757,718 Mobile navigation of network-based electronic information using spoken input 87 2000
6,523,061 System, method, and article of manufacture for agent-based navigation in a speech-based data navigation system 82 2000
7,036,128 Using a community of distributed electronic agents to support a highly mobile, ambient computing environment 36 2000
 
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED (7)
8,341,194 Matrix-based user interface and system for creating the same 0 2001
7,895,123 Digital content publication 0 2001
7,505,936 Digital content subscription conditioning system 1 2001
7,249,139 Secure virtual marketplace for virtual objects and services 55 2002
7,552,205 Distributed transaction event matching 2 2002
7,054,878 Context-based display technique with hierarchical display format 6 2004
7,457,818 Context-based display technique with hierarchical display format 0 2006
 
IAC SEARCH & MEDIA, INC. (7)
7,181,447 Methods and systems for conceptually organizing and presenting information 12 2004
7,451,131 Methods and systems for providing a response to a query 3 2004
7,739,274 Methods and systems for providing a response to a query 7 2004
8,065,299 Methods and systems for providing a response to a query 1 2008
8,037,087 Methods and systems for providing a response to a query 0 2008
7,984,048 Methods and systems for providing a response to a query 0 2008
8,180,771 Search activity eraser 0 2008
 
ORACLE OTC SUBSIDIARY LLC (7)
7,921,099 Guided navigation system 2 2006
7,672,951 Guided navigation system 4 2006
7,668,850 Rule based navigation 4 2006
7,747,601 Method and apparatus for identifying and classifying query intent 2 2006
8,095,476 Automated support scheme for electronic forms 0 2007
8,082,264 Automated scheme for identifying user intent in real-time 1 2007
8,296,284 Guided navigation system 0 2011
 
APPLE INC. (6)
6,185,592 Summarizing text documents by resolving co-referentiality among actors or objects around which a story unfolds 61 1997
6,418,429 Portable browsing interface for information retrieval 27 1998
6,507,839 Generalized term frequency scores in information retrieval systems 30 2000
7,024,416 Semi-automatic index term augmentation in document retrieval 3 2002
7,725,424 Use of generalized term frequency scores in information retrieval systems 1 2002
8,095,533 Automatic index term augmentation in document retrieval 0 2004
 
E-NUMERATE SOLUTIONS, INC. (6)
7,650,355 Reusable macro markup language 6 2000
7,421,648 Reusable data markup language 20 2000
6,920,608 Chart view for reusable data markup language 58 2000
7,401,076 RDL search engine 1 2004
7,512,875 Chart view for reusable data markup language 3 2005
8,185,816 Combining reusable data markup language documents 0 2008
 
TIMEBASE PTY LIMITED (6)
7,293,228 Maltweb multi-axis viewing interface and higher level scoping 5 2000
7,363,310 Mapping of data from XML to SQL 1 2002
7,281,206 Maintenance of a markup language document in a database 37 2002
8,386,484 Maltweb multi-axis viewing interface and higher level scoping 0 2006
8,204,913 Mapping of data from XML to SQL 0 2008
8,396,901 Mapping of data from XML to SQL 0 2012
 
INFORMATICA CORPORATION (5)
7,117,215 Method and apparatus for transporting data for data warehousing applications that incorporates analytic data interface 20 2001
7,162,643 Method and system for providing transfer of analytic application data over a network 2 2001
7,720,842 Value-chained queries in analytic applications 0 2001
7,254,590 Set-oriented real-time data processing based on transaction boundaries 12 2003
7,421,458 Querying, versioning, and dynamic deployment of database objects 8 2004
 
MANNING & NAPIER INFORMATION SERVICES (5)
6,751,621 Construction of trainable semantic vectors and clustering, classification, and searching using trainable semantic vectors 41 2000
7,444,356 Construction of trainable semantic vectors and clustering, classification, and searching using trainable semantic vectors 8 2004
7,406,456 Construction of trainable semantic vectors and clustering, classification, and searching using trainable semantic vectors 9 2004
7,299,247 Construction of trainable semantic vectors and clustering, classification, and searching using trainable semantic vectors 7 2004
8,024,331 Construction of trainable semantic vectors and clustering, classification, and searching using trainable semantic vectors 0 2008
 
WEST SERVICES, INC. (5)
7,003,719 System, method, and software for inserting hyperlinks into documents 40 1999
7,593,920 System, method, and software for identifying historically related legal opinions 3 2002
8,001,457 System, method, and software for inserting hyperlinks into documents 1 2006
7,620,626 System, method, and software for identifying historically related legal opinions 3 2006
7,984,053 System, method, and software for identifying historically related legal cases 1 2009
 
YAHOO! INC. (5)
6,360,215 Method and apparatus for retrieving documents based on information other than document content 200 1998
7,197,497 Method and apparatus for machine learning a document relevance function 38 2003
7,783,617 Personals advertisement affinities in a networked computer system 4 2003
7,739,142 System and method for providing automobile marketing research information 1 2004
8,135,704 System and method for listing data acquisition 0 2006
 
FUJITSU LIMITED (4)
6,725,251 Local-file-transfer method and local-filed-transfer system for client-server system 3 1997
6,523,025 Document processing system and recording medium 14 2000
7,814,043 Content information analyzing method and apparatus 4 2003
8,060,503 Ranking nodes for session-based queries 1 2007
 
INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES CORP. (4)
8,037,051 Matching and recommending relevant videos and media to individual search engine results 1 2007
8,108,417 Discovering and scoring relationships extracted from human generated lists 0 2008
8,117,185 Media discovery and playlist generation 1 2008
8,433,698 Matching and recommending relevant videos and media to individual search engine results 0 2011
 
INVENTION MACHINE CORPORATION (4)
7,120,574 Synonym extension of search queries with validation 20 2001
7,962,326 Semantic answering system and method 4 2001
7,251,781 Computer based summarization of natural language documents 13 2002
8,311,999 System and method for knowledge research 0 2010
 
JUSTSYSTEMS EVANS RESEARCH, INC. (4)
6,115,706 Information retrieval based on use of subdocuments 6 1999
6,915,308 Method and apparatus for information mining and filtering 25 2000
6,377,947 Information retrieval based on using and locating subdocuments 7 2000
7,464,096 Method and apparatus for information mining and filtering 0 2005
 
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA (4)
6,442,540 Information retrieval apparatus and information retrieval method 7 1998
6,904,429 Information retrieval apparatus and information retrieval method 9 2002
6,662,152 Information retrieval apparatus and information retrieval method 5 2002
8,275,781 Processing documents by modification relation analysis and embedding related document information 0 2009
 
SBC KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P. (4)
7,296,027 Rhetorical content management with tone and audience profiles 3 2004
7,627,607 Rhetorical content management system and methods 0 2006
7,313,562 Rhetorical content management system and methods 1 2006
7,904,451 Rhetorical content management with tone and audience profiles 0 2007
 
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (4)
6,675,159 Concept-based search and retrieval system 351 2000
7,027,974 Ontology-based parser for natural language processing 71 2000
6,766,316 Method and system of ranking and clustering for document indexing and retrieval 96 2001
7,496,561 Method and system of ranking and clustering for document indexing and retrieval 12 2003
 
THOMSON REUTERS GLOBAL RESOURCES (4)
7,571,174 Systems, methods, interfaces and software for automated collection and integration of entity data into online databases and professional directories 0 2005
8,032,533 Systems, methods, and software for researching statutory information 1 2006
8,001,129 Systems, methods, interfaces and software for automated collection and integration of entity data into online databases and professional directories 0 2009
8,346,764 Information retrieval systems, methods, and software with content-relevancy enhancements 0 2009
 
XEROX CORPORATION (4)
6,533,822 Creating summaries along with indicators, and automatically positioned tabs 22 1998
7,613,648 Method and apparatus for enhancing the business and engineering communication between a supplier and a buyer 0 2001
7,194,450 Systems and methods for indexing each level of the inner structure of a string over a language having a vocabulary and a grammar 3 2003
6,915,300 Method and system for searching indexed string containing a search string 7 2003
 
BUSINESS OBJECTS SOFTWARE LTD. (3)
8,204,895 Apparatus and method for receiving a report 0 2006
8,126,887 Apparatus and method for searching reports 1 2006
7,899,837 Apparatus and method for generating queries and reports 2 2006
 
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA (3)
6,937,975 Apparatus and method for processing natural language 21 1999
7,389,224 Natural language search method and apparatus, including linguistically-matching context data 10 2000
7,548,916 Calculating image similarity using extracted data 5 2004
 
CANTOR INDEX LLC (3)
8,353,763 System and method for betting on a participant in a group of events 0 2003
7,641,549 Lottery and auction based tournament entry exchange platform 5 2004
7,896,740 Exchange of entries corresponding to participants in a sports competition 1 2009
 
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (3)
6,973,428 System and method for searching, analyzing and displaying text transcripts of speech after imperfect speech recognition 14 2001
7,493,253 Conceptual world representation natural language understanding system and method 7 2002
7,567,902 Generating speech recognition grammars from a large corpus of data 1 2002
 
PANDORA MEDIA, INC. (3)
7,003,515 Consumer item matching method and system 33 2002
7,962,482 Methods and systems for utilizing contextual feedback to generate and modify playlists 2 2006
8,306,976 Methods and systems for utilizing contextual feedback to generate and modify playlists 0 2011
 
RAYTHEON BBN TECHNOLOGIES CORP. (3)
7,890,539 Semantic matching using predicate-argument structure 5 2007
8,131,536 Extraction-empowered machine translation 1 2007
8,260,817 Semantic matching using predicate-argument structure 0 2011
 
TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. (3)
7,536,328 System and method for coordinating automated and semi-automated trading tools 7 2003
7,536,344 System and method for coordinating automated and semi-automated trading tools 11 2006
8,214,280 System and method for coordinating automated and semi-automated trading tools 0 2009
 
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (2)
6,772,170 System and method for interpreting document contents 25 2002
7,636,730 Document clustering methods, document cluster label disambiguation methods, document clustering apparatuses, and articles of manufacture 1 2005
 
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION (2)
7,409,593 Automated diagnosis for computer networks 10 2003
7,324,986 Automatically facilitated support for complex electronic services 0 2003
 
BLOOMBERG FINANCE L.P. (2)
7,412,463 Dynamic legal database providing historical and current versions of bodies of law 4 2002
8,145,690 Dynamic legal database providing historical and current versions of bodies of law 0 2008
 
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (2)
6,446,081 Data input and retrieval apparatus 45 1999
7,409,381 Index to a semi-structured database 6 1999
 
COMVERSE, INC. (2)
6,937,986 Automatic dynamic speech recognition vocabulary based on external sources of information 21 2000
7,085,709 Method and system for pronoun disambiguation 2 2001
 
COUPONS.COM INCORPORATED (2)
7,734,621 Searching a database including prioritizing results based on historical data 4 2005
7,640,240 System and method for augmenting content in electronic documents with links to contextually relevant information 0 2006
 
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. (2)
6,574,622 Apparatus and method for document retrieval 17 1999
7,610,270 Service retrieval apparatus having automatic change function for retrieval conditions and method therefor 0 2003
 
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. (2)
6,751,589 Voice-actuated generation of documents containing photographic identification 1 2000
7,146,359 Method and system for filtering content in a discovered topic 11 2002
 
INTEL CORPORATION (2)
6,598,045 System and method for piecemeal relevance evaluation 11 1998
7,392,238 Method and apparatus for concept-based searching across a network 4 2000
 
KALANO MEUI HI, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (2)
7,092,928 Intelligent portal engine 65 2001
8,027,945 Intelligent portal engine 1 2006
 
MITRE CORPORATION, THE (2)
7,076,485 Method and system for finding similar records in mixed free-text and structured data 6 2002
7,440,946 Method and system for finding similar records in mixed free-text and structured data 0 2006
 
MONSTER WORLDWIDE, INC. (2)
8,433,713 Intelligent job matching system and method 0 2005
8,375,067 Intelligent job matching system and method including negative filtration 0 2006
 
NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC, THE (2)
7,660,783 System and method of ad-hoc analysis of data 5 2007
8,347,326 Identifying key media events and modeling causal relationships between key events and reported feelings 0 2007
 
PROMPTU SYSTEMS CORPORATION (2)
8,095,370 Dual compression voice recordation non-repudiation system 0 2004
7,685,523 System and method of voice recognition near a wireline node of network supporting cable television and/or video delivery 0 2005
 
QUICK COMMENTS INC. (2)
7,143,089 System for creating and maintaining a database of information utilizing user opinions 70 2001
7,664,747 System for creating and maintaining a database of information utilizing user opinions 6 2006
 
RAMP HOLDINGS, INC. (F/K/A EVERYZING, INC.) (2)
7,801,838 Multimedia recognition system comprising a plurality of indexers configured to receive and analyze multimedia data based on training data and user augmentation relating to one or more of a plurality of generated documents 0 2003
7,389,229 Unified clustering tree 2 2003
 
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. (2)
6,879,967 Method and apparatus for open data collection 9 2000
7,555,479 System for treating saved queries as searchable documents in a document management system 1 2004
 
ROEDY BLACK PUBLISHING INC. (2)
6,418,435 System for quantifying intensity of connotative meaning 13 1999
6,389,415 System for identifying connotative meaning 5 1999
 
SAP AG (2)
7,865,519 Using a controlled vocabulary library to generate business data component names 2 2004
7,856,597 Adding tag name to collection 0 2006
 
SONUM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (2)
6,980,949 Natural language processor 18 2003
7,599,831 Multi-stage pattern reduction for natural language processing 3 2005
 
SPEEDTRACK, INC. (2)
7,236,972 Identifier vocabulary data access method and system 14 2004
8,352,487 Identifier vocabulary data access method and system 0 2007
 
VERIZON LABORATORIES INC. (2)
8,275,661 Targeted banner advertisements 0 1999
8,244,795 Page aggregation for web sites 0 2004
 
VISION POINT SERVICES, LLC (2)
7,844,594 Information search, retrieval and distillation into knowledge objects 8 2000
8,204,881 Information search, retrieval and distillation into knowledge objects 0 2010
 
ACTIONEER, INC. (1)
7,146,381 Information organization and collaboration tool for processing notes and action requests in computer systems 12 1999
 
ACTIVEWORD SYSTEMS, INC. (1)
RE39090 Semantic user interface 7 2001
 
AGILETV CORPORATION (1)
7,047,196 System and method of voice recognition near a wireline node of a network supporting cable television and/or video delivery 16 2001
 
AT&T KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P. (1)
8,117,030 System and method for analysis and adjustment of speech-enabled systems 0 2006
 
ATR INTERPRETING TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH LABORATORIES (1)
6,343,266 Anaphora analyzing apparatus provided with antecedent candidate rejecting means using candidate rejecting decision tree 5 2000
 
AVAYA INC. (1)
8,301,619 System and method for generating queries 0 2009
 
BGC PARTNERS, INC. (1)
8,027,899 System and method for forming a financial instrument indexed to entertainment revenue 0 2010
 
BIOMEDICAL OBJECTS, INC. (1)
7,620,542 Structured natural language query and knowledge system 4 2007
 
BIOMEDICAL OBJETS, INC. (1)
7,263,517 Structured natural language query and knowledge system 14 2002
 
CFPH, LLC (1)
7,006,991 Computer-implemented securities trading system with a virtual specialist function 44 2002
 
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. (1)
8,166,161 System and method for ensuring privacy while tagging information in a network environment 0 2009
 
CITRIX SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH (1)
7,610,365 Automatic relevance-based preloading of relevant information in portable devices 4 2001
 
CYCORP, INC. (1)
8,024,177 Method of transforming natural language expression into formal language representation 0 2007
 
DATA SPEED II, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (1)
7,209,876 System and method for automated answering of natural language questions and queries 9 2002
 
EASYASK ACQUISITION, LLC. (1)
7,606,805 Distributed search system and method 1 2005
 
EXBIBUO B.V. (1)
7,606,741 Information gathering system and method 39 2005
 
FANNIE MAE (1)
8,032,450 Loan commitment system and method 0 2010
 
FTI CONSULTING, INC. (1)
8,296,290 System and method for propagating classification decisions 0 2011
 
GLOBAL INFORMATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGIES LLC (1)
6,859,800 System for fulfilling an information need 53 2000
 
GO ALBERT FRANCE (1)
6,598,039 Natural language interface for searching database 51 1999
 
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. (1)
8,266,034 Method, software program, and system for managing debt 0 2008
 
HITACHI, LTD. (1)
6,865,571 Document retrieval method and system and computer readable storage medium 11 2001
 
HOLOVISIONS LLC (1)
8,161,073 Context-driven search 0 2010
 
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (1)
8,195,595 Prediction of functional availability of complex system 0 2008
 
IDILIA INC. (1)
7,509,313 System and method for processing a query 17 2004
 
INTELLECTUAL VENTURES FUND 83 LLC (1)
6,233,547 Computer program product for retrieving multi-media objects using a natural language having a pronoun 23 1998
 
INTREPID HOLDING CORPORATION (1)
7,590,580 Computer-implemented process and mechanism for implementing an employee stock ownership plan 1 2003
 
JOSIAH LEE AUSPITZ (1)
6,834,280 Systems and methods for determining semiotic similarity between queries and database entries 5 2001
 
JP MORGAN CHASE (1)
7,814,003 Billing workflow system for crediting charges to entities creating derivatives exposure 0 2004
 
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. (1)
6,954,766 Systems and methods for organizing and validating data in documents 2 2001
 
KAUFMAN, MICHAEL PHILIP (1)
7,318,066 System and method for generating automatic user interface for arbitrarily complex or large databases 15 2003
 
KEITH, DOUGLAS K. (1)
6,629,097 Displaying implicit associations among items in loosely-structured data sets 214 2000
 
LG ELECTRONICS INC. (1)
8,200,695 Database for uploading, storing, and retrieving similar documents 0 2007
 
MATRIKON INC. (1)
7,346,490 Method and system for describing and identifying concepts in natural language text for information retrieval and processing 13 2001
 
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. (1)
7,010,515 Text comparison apparatus 8 2002
 
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA (1)
6,912,523 Object data retrieving device, object data retrieving method, and computer-readable recording medium containing recorder data 2 1998
 
MORGAN STANLEY (1)
7,805,353 Portfolio hedging method 0 2001
 
NCR CORPORATION (1)
7,437,324 System and method of tracking bill payment methods 0 2001
 
NS SOLUTIONS CORPORATION (1)
7,596,527 Loan asset managing system and loan asset managing method, and recording medium and computer program product therefor 4 2003
 
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (1)
7,509,314 Document retrieval system recognizing types and values of numeric search conditions 2 2005
 
OPEN TEXT S.A. (1)
7,447,712 Structured workfolder 2 1998
 
P2I LTD. (1)
6,415,307 Publication file conversion and display 22 1998
 
PENDRAGON ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH LLC (1)
7,054,856 System for drawing patent map using technical field word and method therefor 4 2001
 
PERSONALIZED MASS MEDIA CORPORATION, THE (1)
7,516,063 System and method for storing data using a machine readable vocabulary 0 2001
 
QUALITAS L.L.C. (1)
6,523,029 System and method for embedded information retrieval in a distributed free-text application environment 19 2000
 
RAMP, INC. (1)
8,280,719 Methods and systems relating to information extraction 0 2006
 
ROBERT D. LINDNER, JR. (1)
6,865,370 Learning method and system based on questioning 9 2003
 
ROEDY BLACK PUBLISHING CO. (1)
6,332,143 System for connotative analysis of discourse 39 1999
 
SAKHR SOFTWARE COMPANY (1)
7,184,948 Method and system for theme-based word sense ambiguity reduction 1 2001
 
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. (1)
7,225,183 Ontology-based information management system and method 34 2003
 
SBS BROADCASTING SA (1)
7,487,123 Computer-implemented securities trading system with virtual currency and virtual specialist 4 1999
 
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (1)
6,401,086 Method for automatically generating a summarized text by a computer 17 1999
 
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. (1)
7,266,775 Method for retrieving information from an information repository 14 2002
 
SONY CORPORATION (1)
7,418,425 Information processing system, information processing method, electronic money service providing system, and recording medium 1 2001
 
SRA INTERNATIONAL, INC. (1)
8,230,323 Content distribution system and method 2001
 
STUBHUB, INC. (1)
8,032,442 System and method for providing logistics for a sale of goods 0 2001
 
TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED (1)
7,870,118 Search system 1 2007
 
TELSTRA NEW WAVE PTY LTD (1)
7,296,009 Search system 13 2000
 
TEXTWISE LLC (1)
7,912,868 Advertisement placement method and system using semantic analysis 0 2005
 
THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY (1)
7,765,225 Search system 3 2004
 
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (1)
6,167,368 Method and system for indentifying significant topics of a document 61 1998
 
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (1)
8,155,949 Geodesic search and retrieval system and method of semi-structured databases 0 2008
 
THOMSON LEGAL REGULATORY GLOBAL AG (1)
7,333,966 Systems, methods, and software for hyperlinking names 8 2002
 
TIME BASE PTY LIMITED (1)
6,233,592 System for electronic publishing 57 1998
 
TRIVNET LTD. (1)
6,496,824 Session management over a stateless protocol 27 1999
 
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON (1)
8,260,605 Word sense disambiguation 0 2009
 
VALUE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (1)
6,438,545 Semantic user interface 97 1999
 
VERITY, INC. (1)
6,738,764 Apparatus and method for adaptively ranking search results 77 2001
 
VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP INC. (1)
7,565,401 Page aggregation for web sites 0 2004
 
WHIZBANG! LABS (1)
6,892,189 Method for learning and combining global and local regularities for information extraction and classification 18 2001
 
WORCESTER TECHNOLOGIES LLC (1)
7,735,142 Electronic vulnerability and reliability assessment 0 2007
 
OTHER [CHECK PATENT PROFILE FOR ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION] (12)
6,782,380 Method and system for indexing and searching contents of extensible mark-up language (XML) documents 33 2000
7,392,174 Natural-language processing system using a large corpus 2 2001
6,775,663 Information coding and retrieval system and method thereof 6 2001
8,442,812 Phrase-based dialogue modeling with particular application to creating a recognition grammar for a voice-controlled user interface 0 2004
7,069,265 Information coding and retrieval system and method thereof 0 2004
7,289,986 Method and system for indexing and searching contents of extensible markup language (XML) documents 0 2004
7,752,196 Information retrieving and storing system and method 1 2005
8,442,331 Capturing text from rendered documents using supplemental information 0 2009
7,904,453 Apparatus and method for analyzing patent claim validity 0 2009
8,024,334 System for creating and maintaining a database of information utilizing user options 0 2010
8,161,081 System and method for generating automatic user interface for arbitrarily complex or large databases 0 2011
8,442,814 Conceptual world representation natural language understanding system and method 0 2011