Patents by Inventor Richard T. Gillam

Richard T. Gillam 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: 8855998
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for parsing a name. A name to be parsed is received. A culture of the name is identified. One or more name phrases from the name are identified. Statistics for the one or more name phrases are identified. It is determined whether to perform a first parsing technique that parses different types of name elements within at least one field of the name. In response to determining that the first parsing technique is to be performed, the name is parsed using the statistics and the first parsing technique. In response to determining that the first parsing technique is not to be performed, the name is parsed using the statistics and a second parsing technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard T. Gillam, Frankie E. Patman Maguire, Leonard A. Shaefer, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8812300
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for identifying related names. A collection of names from different languages is stored, wherein each of the names has a native orthographic form and a romanized form. An input name is received in a known encoding scheme. An alphabet of the input name is determined based on the known encoding scheme. One or more romanized names are generated based on the query name and the determined query name alphabet. Culture-sensitive regularization rules are applied to create an additional romanized name. The one or more romanized names and the additional romanized name are matched against the romanized names in the collection of names from the different languages. Data store records that have romanized names that match the one or more romanized names or the additional romanized name are returned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard T. Gillam, Frankie E. Patman Maguire, Leonard A. Shaefer, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20120016660
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for parsing a name. A name to be parsed is received. A culture of the name is identified. One or more name phrases from the name are identified. Statistics for the one or more name phrases are identified. It is determined whether to perform a first parsing technique that parses different types of name elements within at least one field of the name. In response to determining that the first parsing technique is to be performed, the name is parsed using the statistics and the first parsing technique. In response to determining that the first parsing technique is not to be performed, the name is parsed using the statistics and a second parsing technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard T. Gillam, Frankie E. Patman Maguire, Leonard A. Shaefer, JR.
  • Publication number: 20120016663
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for identifying related names. A collection of names from different languages is stored, wherein each of the names has a native orthographic form and a romanized form. An input name is received in a known encoding scheme. An alphabet of the input name is determined based on the known encoding scheme. One or more romanized names are generated based on the query name and the determined query name alphabet. Culture-sensitive regularization rules are applied to create an additional romanized name. The one or more romanized names and the additional romanized name are matched against the romanized names in the collection of names from the different languages. Data store records that have romanized names that match the one or more romanized names or the additional romanized name are returned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard T. Gillam, Frankie E. Patman Maguire, Leonard A. Shaefer, JR.