Patents by Inventor Nelson Wiggins

Nelson Wiggins 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).

  • Patent number: 10061815
    Abstract: A disclosed computer-implemented method for displaying search results may include (1) receiving a query to search a document database that stores a document family containing a parent document and a child document embedded within the parent document, (2) in response to receiving the search query, identifying (a) an individual relevance score that quantifies the relevance of the parent document to the search query and (b) a family relevance score that quantifies the overall relevance of the entire document family to the search query, and (3) simultaneously depicting both the individual relevance score and the family relevance score in response to the search query. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Veritas Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Michael Coyle, Terence Chang, Anil Khadka, Nelson Wiggins
  • Patent number: 9483535
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for expanding search results may include (1) determining that a user is attempting to perform a search, (2) presenting an option to the user to include, within results of the search, a document family associated with a found document, (3) determining that the user has selected to include the document family associated with the document, and (4) including the document family in the search results in response to determining that the user has selected to include the document family associated with the document. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Veritas Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Michael Coyle, Rohit Dinakar, Virali Sheth, Nelson Wiggins
  • Patent number: 9058327
    Abstract: An exemplary predictive coding system can be programmed to update a plurality of training documents based on a portion of a training document selected by a user. The predictive coding system generates a machine learning engine based on the updated plurality of training documents. The predictive coding system predicts a classification for one or more remaining documents from the plurality of training documents using the machine learning engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Lehrman, Venkat Rangan, Nelson Wiggins, Malay Desai