Patents by Inventor Sherif A. Elfayoumy

Sherif A. Elfayoumy 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).

  • System, method and computer program product for concept-based searching and analysis
    Patent number: 7788251
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer programs for performing concept-based searches and for creating content are described. According to one embodiment, a method is described wherein one or more concepts are identified and a search query is formed based on the identified concepts. The search query is used to perform one or more searches that retrieve one or more search results. According to another embodiment, a method is described wherein one or more concepts are identified in a first content source. Context related to at least one of the one or more concepts is extracted from the first content source, and a second content source is populated with at least a portion of the context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: IxReveal, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert John Carlson, Charles Andrew Clarkson, Sherif A. Elfayoumy, Rengaswamy Mohan, Usha Mohan, Sripriya Mukundan
  • Method and computer program product for converting ontologies into concept semantic networks
    Patent number: 7676485
    Abstract: A method and computer program product for producing a concept semantic network (CSN) from an ontology. Each class, subclass, object, restriction, and property of the ontology is converted into a concept of the CSN. Each hierarchy in the ontology is converted to a concept hierarchy of the CSN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Ixreveal, Inc.
    Inventors: Sherif A. Elfayoumy, Rengaswamy Mohan
  • System, method & computer program product for concept-based searching & analysis
    Publication number: 20080065603
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer programs for performing concept-based searches and for creating content are described. According to one embodiment, a method is described wherein one or more concepts are identified and a search query is formed based on the identified concepts. The search query is used to perform one or more searches that retrieve one or more search results. According to another embodiment, a method is described wherein one or more concepts are identified in a first content source. Context related to at least one of the one or more concepts is extracted from the first content source, and a second content source is populated with at least a portion of the context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Robert John Carlson, Charles Andrew Clarkson, Sherif A. Elfayoumy, Rengaswamy Mohan, Usha Mohan, Sripriya Mukundan
  • Method and computer program product for converting ontologies into concept semantic networks
    Publication number: 20070192272
    Abstract: A method and computer program product for producing a concept semantic network (CSN) from an ontology. Each class, subclass, object, restriction, and property of the ontology is converted into a concept of the CSN. Each hierarchy in the ontology is converted to a concept hierarchy of the CSN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: Intelligenxia, Inc.
    Inventors: Sherif Elfayoumy, Rengaswamy Mohan