Patents Represented by Attorney Paul D. Heydon
  • Patent number: 6980986
    Abstract: The refinement of existing search output. The present invention further improves upon the prior art in that: (1) it provides a means for employing the automation of the selection process; (2) it further provides for the elimination of the need to manually reformulate the search, which is very tedious; and (3) the use of weighted logic processes to refine the search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kelvin Roderick Lawrence, Edward L. Kunzinger, III, Herman Rodriguez, Jay A. Tunkel