Patents Assigned to BNA (Llesiant Corporation)
  • Relevance ranked faceted metadata search method
    Patent number: 8296295
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a query that identifies a taxonomy item. The method also includes performing a computer taxonomy based search of a plurality of content items against the taxonomy item in response to the query. The taxonomy item is selected from a faceted taxonomy. The computer based taxonomy search identifies a subset of content items where each content item in the subset of content items has a non-binary relevance score with respect to the taxonomy item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: BNA (Llesiant Corporation)
    Inventors: John Eldon Morton, Mitchell H. Scherr
  • Relevance ranked faceted metadata search method
    Patent number: 8135709
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention may include a method for searching electronic information to produce search results based on a taxonomy item, a user-controllable threshold, and a user-controllable weighting factor. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: BNA (Llesiant Corporation)
    Inventors: John Morton, Mitchell Scherr
  • Relevance ranked faceted metadata search engine
    Patent number: 8135708
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention may include a method for searching data files using different search engines, each of which produces different search results. The different search results may then be combined to produce additional search results that represent the relevance of the data files. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: BNA (Llesiant Corporation)
    Inventor: John Morton