Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Timothy D. Broms
  • Document categorization and evaluation via cross-entrophy
    Patent number: 6397205
    Abstract: A computerized data processing system for categorizing documents that applies candidate functions, such as entropy, cross-entropy, and KL-distance, to data classification is disclosed. A computerized method for categorizing documents employing the candidate functions is also disclosed. The computerized data processing system and method of this invention allows for the automatic categorization, retrieval, and filtration of documents based upon the degree and/or rate of divergence from a reference standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Duquesne University of the Holy Ghost
    Inventor: Patrick Juola