Patents by Inventor Adam J. Ferrari
Adam J. Ferrari has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10585886Abstract: Systems and methods for information retrieval are provided that permit users and/or processing entities to access and define synthetic data, synthetic objects, and/or synthetic groupings of data in one or more collections of information. In one embodiment, data access on an information retrieval system can occur through an interpretation layer which interprets any synthetic data against data physically stored in the collection. Synthetic data can define virtual data objects, virtual data elements, virtual data attributes, virtual data groupings, and/or data entities that can be interpreted against data that may be stored physically in the collection of information. The system and methods for information retrieval can return results from the one or more collections of information based not only on the data stored, but also on the virtual data generated from interpretation of the stored data.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Oracle International CorporationInventors: Adam J. Ferrari, Joshua William Kapell, Jason Furtado, Matthew L. Brandwein, Spiro Michaylov, Omri Traub, Vladimir V. Zelevinsky, John Huffaker
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Publication number: 20190213189Abstract: Systems and methods for information retrieval are provided that permit users and/or processing entities to access and define synthetic data, synthetic objects, and/or synthetic groupings of data in one or more collections of information. In one embodiment, data access on an information retrieval system can occur through an interpretation layer which interprets any synthetic data against data physically stored in the collection. Synthetic data can define virtual data objects, virtual data elements, virtual data attributes, virtual data groupings, and/or data entities that can be interpreted against data that may be stored physically in the collection of information. The system and methods for information retrieval can return results from the one or more collections of information based not only on the data stored, but also on the virtual data generated from interpretation of the stored data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2019Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Adam J. FERRARI, Joshua William KAPELL, Jason FURTADO, Matthew L. BRANDWEIN, Spiro MICHAYLOV, Omri TRAUB, Vladimir V. ZELEVINSKY, John HUFFAKER
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Patent number: 8655869Abstract: A data-driven information navigation system and method enable search and analysis of a set of objects or other materials by certain common attributes that characterize the materials, as well as by relationships among the materials. The invention includes several aspects of a data-driven information navigation system that employs this navigation mode. The navigation system of the present invention includes features of a knowledge base, a navigation model that defines and enables computation of a collection of navigation states, a process for computing navigation states that represent incremental refinements relative to a given navigation state, and methods of implementing the preceding features.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Oracle OTC Subsidiary LLCInventors: Adam J. Ferrari, Frederick C. Knabe, Vinay S. Mohta, Jason P. Myatt, Benjamin S. Scarlet, Daniel Tunkelang, John S. Walter, Joyce Jeanpin Wang, Michael Tucker
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Publication number: 20120095991Abstract: A data-driven information navigation system and method enable search and analysis of a set of objects or other materials by certain common attributes that characterize the materials, as well as by relationships among the materials. The invention includes several aspects of a data-driven information navigation system that employs this navigation mode. The navigation system of the present invention includes features of a knowledge base, a navigation model that defines and enables computation of a collection of navigation states, a process for computing navigation states that represent incremental refinements relative to a given navigation state, and methods of implementing the preceding features.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: ENDECA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Adam J. Ferrari, Frederick C. Knabe, Vinay S. Mohta, Jason P. Myatt, Benjamin S. Scarlet, Daniel Tunkelang, John S. Walter, Joyce Wang, Michael Tucker
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Patent number: 8019752Abstract: A data-driven information navigation system and method enable search and analysis of a set of objects or other materials by certain common attributes that characterize the materials, as well as by relationships among the materials. The invention includes several aspects of a data-driven information navigation system that employs this navigation mode. The navigation system of the present invention includes features of a knowledge base, a navigation model that defines and enables computation of a collection of navigation states, a process for computing navigation states that represent incremental refinements relative to a given navigation state, and methods of implementing the preceding features.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2005Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Endeca Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Adam J. Ferrari, Frederick C. Knabe, Vinay Seth Mohta, Jason Paul Myatt, Benjamin S. Scarlet, Daniel Tunkelang, John S. Walter, Joyce Wang, Michael Tucker
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Patent number: 7912823Abstract: A data-driven, hierarchical information navigation system and method enable search of sets of documents or other materials by certain common attributes that characterize the materials. The invention includes several aspects of a data-driven, hierarchical navigation system that employs this navigation mode. The navigation system of the present invention includes features of an interface, a knowledge base and a taxonomy definition process and a classification process for generating the knowledge base, a graph-based navigable data structure and method for generating the data structure, World Wide Web-based applications of the system, and methods of implementing the system. Users are able to search or browse a particular collection of documents by selecting desired values for the attributes.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Endeca Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Adam J. Ferrari, David Gourley, Keith Johnson, Frederick C. Knabe, Daniel Tunkelang, John S. Walter
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Patent number: 7567957Abstract: A data-driven, hierarchical information search and navigation system and method enable search and navigation of sets of documents or other materials by certain common attributes that characterize the materials. The invention includes several aspects of a data-driven, hierarchical search and navigation system that employs this search and navigation mode. The search and navigation system of the present invention includes features of an navigation interface, a search interface, a knowledge base and a taxonomy definition process and a classification process for generating the knowledge base, a graph-based navigable data structure and method for generating the data structure, World Wide Web-based applications of the system, and methods of implementing the system. Users are able to search or browse a particular collection of documents by selecting desired values for the attributes or by searching the attribute-value pairs.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2006Date of Patent: July 28, 2009Assignee: Endeca Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Adam J. Ferrari, David J. Gourley, Keith A. Johnson, Frederick C. Knabe, Vinay B. Mohta, Daniel Tunkelang, John S. Walter
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Patent number: 7428528Abstract: A data-driven, hierarchical information search and navigation system and method enable search and navigation of sets of materials by certain common attributes that characterize the materials. A rules engine provides for manipulation of the content displayed to the user based on the query entered by the user. The rules engine includes one or more rules with a trigger and an action. The action of a rule is performed only if the trigger is satisfied. A trigger may be specified in terms of expressions of attribute-value pairs and is evaluated against a given query or navigation state. The actions can include various techniques for content manipulation, such as supplementing content, rendering content in a particular way, and sorting content in a particular way. An action may be specified in terms of navigation states. The rules engine may include a script for processing the rules.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2004Date of Patent: September 23, 2008Assignee: Endeca Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Adam J. Ferrari, Andrew M. Lau, Vinay B. Mohta, Daniel Tunkelang, John S. Walter
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Publication number: 20080134100Abstract: A data-driven, hierarchical information navigation system and method enable search of sets of documents or other materials by certain common attributes that characterize the materials. The invention includes several aspects of a data-driven, hierarchical navigation system that employs this navigation mode. The navigation system of the present invention includes features of an interface, a knowledge base and a taxonomy definition process and a classification process for generating the knowledge base, a graph-based navigable data structure and method for generating the data structure, World Wide Web-based applications of the system, and methods of implementing the system. Users are able to search or browse a particular collection of documents by selecting desired values for the attributes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: June 5, 2008Applicant: ENDECA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Adam J. FERRARI, David GOURLEY, Keith JOHNSON, Frederick C. KNABE, Daniel TUNKELANG, John S. WALTER
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Patent number: 7325201Abstract: A data-driven, hierarchical information search and navigation system and method enable search and navigation of sets of materials by certain common attributes that characterize the materials. A rules engine provides for manipulation of the content displayed to the user based on the query entered by the user. The rules engine includes one or more rules with a trigger and an action. The action of a rule is performed only if the trigger is satisfied. A trigger may be specified in terms of expressions of attribute-value pairs and is evaluated against a given query or navigation state. The actions can include various techniques for content manipulation, such as supplementing content, rendering content in a particular way, and sorting content in a particular way. An action may be specified in terms of navigation states. The rules engine may include a script for processing the rules.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2002Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Endeca Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Adam J. Ferrari, David J. Gourley, Keith A. Johnson, Frederick C. Knabe, Vinay B. Mohta, Daniel Tunkelang, John S. Walter, Andrew Lau
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Patent number: 7062483Abstract: A data-driven, hierarchical information search and navigation system and method enable search and navigation of sets of documents or other materials by certain common attributes that characterize the materials. The invention includes several aspects of a data-driven, hierarchical search and navigation system that employs this search and navigation mode. The search and navigation system of the present invention includes features of an navigation interface, a search interface, a knowledge base and a taxonomy definition process and a classification process for generating the knowledge base, a graph-based navigable data structure and method for generating the data structure, World Wide Web-based applications of the system, and methods of implementing the system. Users are able to search or browse a particular collection of documents by selecting desired values for the attributes or by searching the attribute-value pairs.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2001Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Assignee: Endeca Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Adam J. Ferrari, David J. Gourley, Keith A. Johnson, Frederick C. Knabe, Vinay B. Mohta, Daniel Tunkelang, John S. Walter
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Patent number: 7035864Abstract: A data-driven, hierarchical information navigation system and method enable search of sets of documents or other materials by certain common attributes that characterize the materials. The invention includes several aspects of a data-driven, hierarchical navigation system that employs this navigation mode. The navigation system of the present invention includes features of an interface, a knowledge base and a taxonomy definition process and a classification process for generating the knowledge base, a graph-based navigable data structure and method for generating the data structure, World Wide Web-based applications of the system, and methods of implementing the system. Users are able to search or browse a particular collection of documents by selecting desired values for the attributes.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2000Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: Endeca Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Adam J. Ferrari, David Gourley, Keith Johnson, Frederick C. Knabe, Daniel Tunkelang, John S. Walter
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Publication number: 20040117366Abstract: A query interpretation method and system uses a combination of context-independent and contextual evaluation to compute interpretations for multiple-term queries. The present invention can be used to search a collection of items, each of which is associated with one or more terms. In certain embodiments, query interpretation involves generating several candidate multiple-term interpretations and scoring them to select one or more interpretations. In certain embodiments, query interpretation involves identifying single-term interpretations for the terms in the query, determining context-independent scores for those single-term interpretations, identifying a plurality of candidate multiple-term interpretations, determining a contextual score for each candidate multiple-term interpretation, and generating one or more multiple-term interpretations that are optimal with respect to a combination of the context-independent and contextual scoring functions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2002Publication date: June 17, 2004Inventors: Adam J. Ferrari, Daniel Tunkelang
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Publication number: 20030097357Abstract: A data-driven, hierarchical information search and navigation system and method enable search and navigation of sets of materials by certain common attributes that characterize the materials. A rules engine provides for manipulation of the content displayed to the user based on the query entered by the user. The rules engine includes one or more rules with a trigger and an action. The action of a rule is performed only if the trigger is satisfied. A trigger may be specified in terms of expressions of attribute-value pairs and is evaluated against a given query or navigation state. The actions can include various techniques for content manipulation, such as supplementing content, rendering content in a particular way, and sorting content in a particular way. An action may be specified in terms of navigation states. The rules engine may include a script for processing the rules.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2002Publication date: May 22, 2003Inventors: Adam J. Ferrari, David J. Gourley, Keith A. Johnson, Frederick C. Knabe, Vinay B. Mohta, Daniel Tunkelang, John S. Walter, Andrew Lau
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Publication number: 20020083039Abstract: A data-driven, hierarchical information search and navigation system and method enable search and navigation of sets of documents or other materials by certain common attributes that characterize the materials. The invention includes several aspects of a data-driven, hierarchical search and navigation system that employs this search and navigation mode. The search and navigation system of the present invention includes features of an navigation interface, a search interface, a knowledge base and a taxonomy definition process and a classification process for generating the knowledge base, a graph-based navigable data structure and method for generating the data structure, World Wide Web-based applications of the system, and methods of implementing the system. Users are able to search or browse a particular collection of documents by selecting desired values for the attributes or by searching the attribute-value pairs.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2001Publication date: June 27, 2002Inventors: Adam J. Ferrari, David J. Gourley, Keith A. Johnson, Frederick C. Knabe, Vinay B. Mohta, Daniel Tunkelang, John S. Walter