Patents by Inventor David Woosley

David Woosley 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).

  • Method and apparatus for improved relevance of search results
    Patent number: 8244725
    Abstract: A method and system for information retrieval are provided whereby at least one search criterion is received from a user; a query is created based on the at least one search criterion; the query is executed to generate results, each of the results corresponding to a respective data entity which satisfies the at least one search criterion; the results are arranged into an order, the order being determined at least in part by a characteristic of the data entity corresponding to each result and a previous act by a user with respect to the data entity corresponding to each result; and the results are displayed to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Iron Mountain Incorporated
    Inventors: David Woosley, Michael Every
  • Method and apparatus for improved relevance of search results
    Publication number: 20050203888
    Abstract: A method and system for information retrieval are provided whereby at least one search criterion is received from a user; a query is created based on the at least one search criterion; the query is executed to generate results, each of the results corresponding to a respective data entity which satisfies the at least one search criterion; the results are arranged into an order, the order being determined at least in part by a characteristic of the data entity corresponding to each result and a previous act by a user with respect to the data entity corresponding to each result; and the results are displayed to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: Iron Mountain Incorporated
    Inventors: David Woosley, Michael Every