Patents by Inventor Philip Wittmer
Philip Wittmer 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: 11080315Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying a visualizable results list in response to an electronic search request are disclosed. A method includes accessing metadata for each of a plurality of search results that result from a search query, annotating one or more locations in each search result with first and second indicators for each of one or more grouped search terms in first and second units based on the metadata, and displaying a visualizable results list that includes the plurality of search results and a corresponding hit pattern for each search result. The hit pattern includes the first indicator and the second indicator.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: RELX Inc.Inventors: Richard D. Miller, Jacob Aaron Myers, Todd J. Frascone, Gaurav Mehra, Ronald C. Haines, Philip Wittmer, Yangguang Li
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Patent number: 11036747Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying a visualizable results list are disclosed. A method includes receiving, by a processing device, a search query including a plurality of search terms, grouping, by the processing device, the search terms into a plurality of units, where each unit includes a related one or more of the search terms, accessing, by the processing device, metadata for each document in a plurality of search results that corresponds to the search query, annotating, by the processing device, one or more locations in each document with a first indicator for each of the search terms in a first unit and a second indicator for each of the search terms in a second unit based on the metadata, and displaying, by the processing device, a visualizable results list comprising the search results with the first indicator and the second indicator.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: RELX Inc.Inventors: Richard D. Miller, Jacob Aaron Myers, Todd J. Frascone, Gaurav Mehra, Ronald C. Haines, Philip Wittmer, Yangguang Li
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Publication number: 20200012672Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying a visualizable results list in response to an electronic search request are disclosed. A method includes accessing metadata for each of a plurality of search results that result from a search query, annotating one or more locations in each search result with first and second indicators for each of one or more grouped search terms in first and second units based on the metadata, and displaying a visualizable results list that includes the plurality of search results and a corresponding hit pattern for each search result. The hit pattern includes the first indicator and the second indicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicant: RELX Inc.Inventors: Richard D. Miller, Jacob Aaron Myers, Todd J. Frascone, Gaurav Mehra, Ronald C. Haines, Philip Wittmer, Yangguang Li
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Publication number: 20190391984Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying a visualizable results list are disclosed. A method includes receiving, by a processing device, a search query including a plurality of search terms, grouping, by the processing device, the search terms into a plurality of units, where each unit includes a related one or more of the search terms, accessing, by the processing device, metadata for each document in a plurality of search results that corresponds to the search query, annotating, by the processing device, one or more locations in each document with a first indicator for each of the search terms in a first unit and a second indicator for each of the search terms in a second unit based on the metadata, and displaying, by the processing device, a visualizable results list comprising the search results with the first indicator and the second indicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: RELX Inc.Inventors: Richard D. Miller, Jacob Aaron Myers, Todd J. Frascone, Gaurav Mehra, Ronald C. Haines, Philip Wittmer, Yangguang Li
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Patent number: 10445355Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying a visualizable results list in response to an electronic search request are disclosed. A method includes accessing metadata for each of a plurality of search results that result from a search query, annotating one or more locations in each search result with first and second indicators for each of one or more grouped search terms in first and second units based on the metadata, and displaying a visualizable results list that includes the plurality of search results and a corresponding hit pattern for each search result. The hit pattern includes the first indicator and the second indicator.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: RELX INC.Inventors: Richard D. Miller, Jacob Aaron Myers, Todd J. Frascone, Gaurav Mehra, Ronald C. Haines, Philip Wittmer, Yangguang Li
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Patent number: 10445327Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying a visualizable results list are disclosed. A method includes receiving, by a processing device, a search query including a plurality of search terms, grouping, by the processing device, the search terms into a plurality of units, where each unit includes a related one or more of the search terms, accessing, by the processing device, metadata for each document in a plurality of search results that corresponds to the search query, annotating, by the processing device, one or more locations in each document with a first indicator for each of the search terms in a first unit and a second indicator for each of the search terms in a second unit based on the metadata, and displaying, by the processing device, a visualizable results list comprising the search results with the first indicator and the second indicator.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: RELX INC.Inventors: Richard D. Miller, Jacob Aaron Myers, Todd J. Frascone, Gaurav Mehra, Ronald C. Haines, Philip Wittmer, Yangguang Li
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Patent number: 9953062Abstract: Systems and methods for providing for display hierarchical views of content organization nodes associated with captured content and for determining organizational identifiers for captured content are disclosed. A method includes providing a hierarchical taxonomy including a plurality of nodes. The method further includes receiving a plurality of captured content items. The method further includes associating a plurality of content organization nodes from the plurality of nodes with the plurality of captured content items. Each of the plurality of captured content items is associated with at least one of the plurality of content organization nodes. The method further includes providing for display a hierarchical view including the plurality of content organization nodes. The hierarchical view includes, for each of the plurality of content organization nodes, a graphical representation that the content organization node is associated with at least one of the plurality of captured content items.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.Inventors: Richard D. Miller, Philip Wittmer, Michael Sluterbeck, Jacob Aaron Myers
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Publication number: 20170293685Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying a visualizable results list in response to an electronic search request are disclosed. A method includes accessing metadata for each of a plurality of search results that result from a search query, annotating one or more locations in each search result with first and second indicators for each of one or more grouped search terms in first and second units based on the metadata, and displaying a visualizable results list that includes the plurality of search results and a corresponding hit pattern for each search result. The hit pattern includes the first indicator and the second indicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2016Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.Inventors: Richard D. Miller, Jacob Aaron Myers, Todd J. Frascone, Gaurav Mehra, Ronald C. Haines, Philip Wittmer, Yangguang Li
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Publication number: 20170293622Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying a visualizable results list are disclosed. A method includes receiving, by a processing device, a search query including a plurality of search terms, grouping, by the processing device, the search terms into a plurality of units, where each unit includes a related one or more of the search terms, accessing, by the processing device, metadata for each document in a plurality of search results that corresponds to the search query, annotating, by the processing device, one or more locations in each document with a first indicator for each of the search terms in a first unit and a second indicator for each of the search terms in a second unit based on the metadata, and displaying, by the processing device, a visualizable results list comprising the search results with the first indicator and the second indicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2016Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.Inventors: Richard D. Miller, Jacob Aaron Myers, Todd J. Frascone, Gaurav Mehra, Ronald C. Haines, Philip Wittmer, Yangguang Li
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Publication number: 20160048518Abstract: Systems and methods for providing for display hierarchical views of content organization nodes associated with captured content and for determining organizational identifiers for captured content are disclosed. A method includes providing a hierarchical taxonomy including a plurality of nodes. The method further includes receiving a plurality of captured content items. The method further includes associating a plurality of content organization nodes from the plurality of nodes with the plurality of captured content items. Each of the plurality of captured content items is associated with at least one of the plurality of content organization nodes. The method further includes providing for display a hierarchical view including the plurality of content organization nodes. The hierarchical view includes, for each of the plurality of content organization nodes, a graphical representation that the content organization node is associated with at least one of the plurality of captured content items.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2014Publication date: February 18, 2016Applicant: LEXISNEXIS, A DIVISION OF REED ELSEVIER INC.Inventors: Richard D. Miller, Philip Wittmer, Michael Sluterbeck, Jacob Aaron Myers