Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Suzanne Rountree
  • Exhaustive search system and method using space-filling curves
    Patent number: 6636847
    Abstract: A search system and method for one agent or for multiple agents using a space-filling curve provides a way to control one or more agents to cover an area of any space of any dimensionality using an exhaustive search pattern. An example of the space-filling curve is a Hilbert curve. The search area can be a physical geography, a cyberspace search area, or an area searchable by computing resources. The search agent can be one or more physical agents, such as a robot, and can be software agents for searching cyberspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventor: Shannon V. Spires