Patents by Inventor Richard Brian Segal

Richard Brian Segal 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).

  • Automated assistant for organizing electronic documents
    Patent number: 7051277
    Abstract: A method of assisting a user with the task of categorizing a received electronic document into a collection includes the steps of classifying the document to obtain one or more most likely categorical labels; displaying, to the user, a representation of the one or more most likely categorical labels; receiving data, from the user, representative of a selected categorical label; and labeling the document within the collection with the selected categorical label. The electronic document can include an electronic mail message, a web page bookmark, an audio file or a video file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Owen Kephart, Richard Brian Segal, Steve Richard White
  • AN AUTOMATED ASSISTANT FOR ORGANIZING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS
    Publication number: 20010042087
    Abstract: A method of assisting a user with the task of categorizing a received electronic document into a collection includes the steps of classifying the document to obtain one or more most likely categorical labels; displaying, to the user, a representation of the one or more most likely categorical labels; receiving data, from the user, representative of a selected categorical label; and labeling the document within the collection with the selected categorical label. The electronic document can include an electronic mail message, a web page bookmark, an audio file or a video file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 1998
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: JEFFREY OWEN KEPHART, RICHARD BRIAN SEGAL, STEVE RICHARD WHITE