Patents by Inventor Yoelle Maarek
Yoelle Maarek 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: 7318057Abstract: A method for searching a corpus of documents, such as the World Wide Web, includes defining a knowledge domain and identifying a set of reference documents in the corpus pertinent to the domain. Upon inputting a query, the corpus is searched using the set of reference documents to find one or more of the documents in the corpus that contain information in the domain relevant to the query. The set of reference documents is updated with the found documents that are most relevant to the domain. The updated set is used in searching the corpus for information in the domain relevant to subsequent queries.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2003Date of Patent: January 8, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yariv Aridor, David Carmel, Michael Herscovici, Yoelle Maarek-Smadja, Aya Soffer, Ronny Lempel
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Patent number: 7139752Abstract: Disclosed is a system architecture, components and a searching technique for an Unstructured Information Management System (UIMS). The UIMS may be provided as middleware for the effective management and interchange of unstructured information over a wide array of information sources. The architecture generally includes a search engine, data storage, analysis engines containing pipelined document annotators and various adapters. The searching technique makes use of a two-level searching technique. Also disclosed is system, method and computer program product to process document data. The method includes inputting a document and operating at least one text analysis engine that comprises a plurality of coupled annotators for tokenizing document data for identifying and annotating a particular type of semantic content. Operating the at least one text analysis engine generates a plurality of views of a document, where each of the plurality of views are derived from a different tokenization of the document.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2003Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Andrei Z Broder, David Carmel, Arthur C Ciccolo, David Ferrucci, Yoelle Maarek, Yosi Mass, Aya Soffer, Wlodek W Zadrozny
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Patent number: 7072827Abstract: A method for morphological disambiguation includes receiving an input string and morphologically analyzing the string to generate a list of candidate analyses of the string, each candidate analysis including a respective word and a linguistic pattern of the word. The pattern of each of the analyses is evaluated against a predefined criterion in order to select one or more of the analyses from the list. The method is suitable particularly for computerized analysis and searching in Hebrew and other Semitic languages.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2000Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Carmel, Yoelle Maarek-Smadja, Victoria Skoblikov
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Patent number: 7043472Abstract: A XML-aware file system exploits attributes encoded in a XML document. The file system presents a dynamic directory structure to the user, and breaks the conventional tight linkage between sets of files and the physical directory structure, thus allowing different users to see files organized in a different fashion. The dynamic structure is based upon content, which is extracted using an inverted index according to attributes and values defined by the XML structure. In one application, a dynamically changing federated repository is searchable using a system of local and merged master indices, wherein query results are presented as virtual directory paths that are semantically organized.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2002Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yariv Aridor, Alain Charles Azagury, Michael Edward Factor, Yoelle Maarek, Benjamin Mandler
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Patent number: 7035926Abstract: A method for monitoring activity on a computer network includes providing a map of a group of resources, which are accessible via the computer network, and tracking access of the resources in the group by computer users, so as to identify one or more of the users with respective resources that they are accessing. An identification of the one or more users and their respectively-accessed resources is registered with the map.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1999Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Doron Cohen, Michal Jacovi, Yoelle Maarek-Smadja, Vladimir Soroka
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Publication number: 20050233755Abstract: Systems and methods of mobile information discovery are provided in which a mobile device is used which has a display means and an input means. A server manages an information request sent from the mobile device. The information request is input once into the mobile device and is capable of being sent singly or in parallel to a choice of multiple information discovery channels managed by the server. The multiple information discovery channels can include search means, messaging means and discussion means. The server includes storage means for the results of the information request and means for returning the results to the mobile device. The mobile device has connection means for connection to the server wherein the connection means supports a persistent connection to a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2004Publication date: October 20, 2005Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michal Jacovi, Terho Laakso, Yoelle Maarek, Sagee Rosen, Vladimir Soroka, Sigalit Ur
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Patent number: 6948116Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for creating a meta-document. The method collects at least one hyperlinked document based on a seed document and cross-references the documents within the collection. Cross-referencing includes resolving an anchor and an object, and indexing the resolved anchor and object based on respective locations within a meta-document. The method organizes the collected documents and seed documents. The method also publishes the meta-document including the cross-referenced documents. Preferably, the method of collecting includes accepting the seed document having an anchor pointing to an object, and adding a document containing the object to the collection. In addition, collecting includes the step of manually modifying the collection. The meta-document is a collection of the seed document and the hyperlinked document. Further, the index is one of a footnote, an end note, a table of contents, and an appendix.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2000Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brent Tzion Hailpern, Yoelle Maarek, Philip Shi-lung Yu
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Publication number: 20050097508Abstract: A collaborative development environment includes an integrated development environment and a collaboration client integrated into the environment. There also is a Help menu of a software application which includes sections to provide information about the software application and a peer support section to provide access to a collaboration server.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2003Publication date: May 5, 2005Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michal Jacovi, Yoelle Maarek, Amnon Ribak, Vladimir Soroka
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Patent number: 6874024Abstract: A method for monitoring activity on a computer network includes providing a map of a group of resource, which are accessible via the computer network, and tracking access of the resources in the group by computer users, so as to identify one or more of the users with respective resources that they are accessing. An identification of the one or more users and their respectively-accessed resources is registered with the map.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2003Date of Patent: March 29, 2005Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Doron Cohen, Michal Jacovi, Yoelle Maarek-Smadja, Sigalit Ur
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Publication number: 20050015293Abstract: A collaboration enhanced workflow system includes an interface unit at least to provide an interface to a workflow system for performing a selected workflow and an interface to a collaboration system within which the actors of the current instance of the selected workflow can collaborate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2003Publication date: January 20, 2005Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Horst Henn, Matthias Kloppmann, Frank Leymann, Yoelle Maarek, Michael Rodeh, Juergen Schaeck, Thomas Schaeck, Dafna Sheinwald
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Publication number: 20040243645Abstract: Disclosed is a system architecture, components and a searching technique for an Unstructured Information Management System (UIMS). The UIMS may be provided as middleware for the effective management and interchange of unstructured information over a wide array of information sources. The architecture generally includes a search engine, data storage, analysis engines containing pipelined document annotators and various adapters. The searching technique makes use of a two-level searching technique. Also disclosed is system, method and computer program product to process document data. The method includes inputting a document and operating at least one text analysis engine that comprises a plurality of coupled annotators for tokenizing document data for identifying and annotating a particular type of semantic content. Operating the at least one text analysis engine generates a plurality of views of a document, where each of the plurality of views are derived from a different tokenization of the document.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2003Publication date: December 2, 2004Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Andrei Z. Broder, David Carmel, Arthur C. Ciccolo, David Ferrucci, Yoelle Maarek, Yosi Mass, Aya Soffer, Wlodek W. Zadrozny
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Publication number: 20040215600Abstract: A XML-aware file system exploits attributes encoded in a XML document. The file system presents a dynamic directory structure to the user, and breaks the conventional tight linkage between sets of files and the physical directory structure, thus allowing different users to see files organized in a different fashion. The dynamic structure is based upon content, which is extracted using an inverted index according to attributes and values defined by the XML structure. In one application, a dynamically changing federated repository is searchable using a system of local and merged master indices, wherein query results are presented as virtual directory paths that are semantically organized.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2002Publication date: October 28, 2004Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yariv Aridor, Alain Charles Azagury, Michael Edward Factor, Yoelle Maarek, Benjamin Mandler
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Publication number: 20040205046Abstract: A method for indexing text on a personal digital assistant (PDA). The method may include the steps of transferring dynamic documents from the PDA to an off line mediary, creating off-line, from the dynamic documents, a static index and transferring the off-line static index to the PDA. The off-line mediary may be a mediary, such as a desktop, a server, and a web server.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2001Publication date: October 14, 2004Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Doron Cohen, Michael Herscovici, Aya Soffer, Yoelle Maarek-Smadja
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Publication number: 20040158580Abstract: An apparatus is provided for performing a method (FIG. 2) for pruning an index of a corpus of text documents, wherein the method includes steps for ranking (50) the postings in the index and pruning (48) from the index the postings below a given level in the ranking. The pruning methods of the invention are lossy, since some document postings are removed from the full index; however, the user cannot differentiate the lossy index from the full index.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2004Publication date: August 12, 2004Inventors: David Carmel, Doron Cohen, Ronald Fagin, Eitan Farchi, Michael Herscovici, Yoelle Maarek, Aya Soffer
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Publication number: 20040034706Abstract: A method for monitoring activity on a computer network includes providing a map of a group of resource, which are accessible via the computer network, and tracking access of the resources in the group by computer users, so as to identify one or more of the users with respective resources that they are accessing. An identification of the one or more users and their respectively-accessed resources is registered with the map.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2003Publication date: February 19, 2004Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Doron Cohen, Michal Jacovi, Yoelle Maarek-Smadja, Sigalit Ur
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Publication number: 20040030688Abstract: A method for searching a corpus of documents, such as the World Wide Web, includes defining a knowledge domain and identifying a set of reference documents in the corpus pertinent to the domain. Upon inputting a query, the corpus is searched using the set of reference documents to find one or more of the documents in the corpus that contain information in the domain relevant to the query. The set of reference documents is updated with the found documents that are most relevant to the domain. The updated set is used in searching the corpus for information in the domain relevant to subsequent queries.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2003Publication date: February 12, 2004Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yariv Aridor, David Carmel, Michael Herscovici, Yoelle Maarek-Smadja, Aya Soffer, Ronny Lempel
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Patent number: 6636848Abstract: A method for searching a corpus of documents, such as the World Wide Web, includes defining a knowledge domain and identifying a set of reference documents in the corpus pertinent to the domain. Upon inputting a query, the corpus is searched using the set of reference documents to find one or more of the documents in the corpus that contain information in the domain relevant to the query. The set of reference documents is updated with the found documents that are most relevant to the domain. The updated set is used in searching the corpus for information in the domain relevant to subsequent queries.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2000Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yariv Aridor, David Carmel, Michael Herscovici, Yoelle Maarek-Smadja, Aya Soffer, Ronny Lempel
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Publication number: 20020069229Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for creating a meta-document. The method collects at least one hyperlinked document based on a seed document and cross-references the documents within the collection. Cross-referencing includes resolving an anchor and an object, and indexing the resolved anchor and object based on respective locations within a meta-document. The method organizes the collected documents and seed documents. The method also publishes the meta-document including the cross-referenced documents. Preferably, the method of collecting includes accepting the seed document having an anchor pointing to an object, and adding a document containing the object to the collection. In addition, collecting includes the step of manually modifying the collection. The meta-document is a collection of the seed document and the hyperlinked document. Further, the index is one of a footnote, an end note, a table of contents, and an appendix.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2000Publication date: June 6, 2002Inventors: Brent Tzion Hailpern, Yoelle Maarek, Philip Shi-lung Yu
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Patent number: 6104400Abstract: System for the visualization of a large tree structure in which the selection of a center object (40) amongst the objects of the large tree structure enables n levels of descendants from the center object to be visualized on a screen together with the center object, the system has a visualization control in computer memory enabling the objects of a given level corresponding to the children of a parent object of the immediate higher level to be visualized in a fan-shaped area centered around the parent object. A scrollbar associated with the parent object enables all the children of a parent object to be scrolled in a fan. Fan control buttons on the screen enable the aperture of the fans to be modified so that a variable number of children can be visualized in each fan.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1998Date of Patent: August 15, 2000Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Avi Halachmi, Michal Jacovi, Menachem Shtalhaim, Sigalit Ur, Yoelle Maarek