Patents Assigned to Manning & Napier Information Services, LLC.
  • Patent number: 8595031
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for coordinating payment of healthcare expenses is disclosed. The method comprises determining a co-payment amount based on a customer's insurance coverage, determining the availability of funds from a plurality of the consumer's prioritized accounts, and deducting at least a portion of the co-payment from the highest priority account having available funds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Manning & Napier Information Services, LLC
    Inventors: Michael P. Heffley, Michael J. Colson, Scott Strozyk, Robert M. States
  • Patent number: 8219420
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for coordinating payment of healthcare expenses is disclosed. The method comprises determining a co-payment amount based on a customer's insurance coverage, determining the availability of funds from a plurality of the consumer's prioritized accounts, and deducting at least a portion of the co-payment from the highest priority account having available funds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Manning & Napier Information Services, LLC
    Inventors: Michael P. Heffley, Robert M. States, Michael J. Colson
  • Patent number: 8024331
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for producing a semantic representation of information in a semantic space. The information is first represented in a table that stores values which indicate a relationship with predetermined categories. The categories correspond to dimensions in the semantic space. The significance of the information with respect to the predetermined categories is then determined. A trainable semantic vector (TSV) is constructed to provide a semantic representation of the information. The TSV has dimensions equal to the number of predetermined categories and represents the significance of the information relative to each of the predetermined categories. Various types of manipulation and analysis, such as searching, classification, and clustering, can subsequently be performed on a semantic level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Manning & Napier Information Services, LLC.
    Inventors: Randall J. Calistri-Yeh, Bo Yuan, George B. Osborne, David L. Snyder
  • Publication number: 20080281814
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for producing a semantic representation of information in a semantic space. The information is first represented in a table that stores values which indicate a relationship with predetermined categories. The categories correspond to dimensions in the semantic space. The significance of the information with respect to the predetermined categories is then determined. A trainable semantic vector (TSV) is constructed to provide a semantic representation of the information. The TSV has dimensions equal to the number of predetermined categories and represents the significance of the information relative to each of the predetermined categories. Various types of manipulation and analysis, such as searching, classification, and clustering, can subsequently be performed on a semantic level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: MANNING & NAPIER INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Randall J. Calistri-Yeh, Bo Yuan, George B. Osborne, David L. Snyder
  • Patent number: 7444356
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for producing a semantic representation of information in a semantic space. The information is first represented in a table that stores values which indicate a relationship with predetermined categories. The categories correspond to dimensions in the semantic space. The significance of the information with respect to the predetermined categories is then determined. A trainable semantic vector (TSV) is constructed to provide a semantic representation of the information. The TSV has dimensions equal to the number of predetermined categories and represents the significance of the information relative to each of the predetermined categories. Various types of manipulation and analysis, such as searching, classification, and clustering, can subsequently be performed on a semantic level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Manning & Napier Information Services, LLC.
    Inventors: Randall J. Calistri-Yeh, Bo Yuan, George B. Osborne, David L. Snyder
  • Patent number: 7406456
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for producing a semantic representation of information in a semantic space. The information is first represented in a table that stores values which indicate a relationship with predetermined categories. The categories correspond to dimensions in the semantic space. The significance of the information with respect to the predetermined categories is then determined. A trainable semantic vector (TSV) is constructed to provide a semantic representation of the information. The TSV has dimensions equal to the number of predetermined categories and represents the significance of the information relative to each of the predetermined categories. Various types of manipulation and analysis, such as searching, classification, and clustering, can subsequently be performed on a semantic level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Manning & Napier Information Services, LLC.
    Inventors: Randall J. Calistri-Yeh, Bo Yuan, George B. Osborne, David L. Snyder
  • Patent number: 7299247
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for producing a semantic representation of information in a semantic space. The information is first represented in a table that stores values which indicate a relationship with predetermined categories. The categories correspond to dimensions in the semantic space. The significance of the information with respect to the predetermined categories is then determined. A trainable semantic vector (TSV) is constructed to provide a semantic representation of the information. The TSV has dimensions equal to the number of predetermined categories and represents the significance of the information relative to each of the predetermined categories. Various types of manipulation and analysis, such as searching, classification, and clustering, can subsequently be performed on a semantic level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Manning & Napier Information Services, LLC.
    Inventors: Randall J. Calistri-Yeh, Bo Yuan, George B. Osborne, David L. Snyder
  • Patent number: 6999914
    Abstract: The invention includes a method and a device for determining an emotive index for a message. In the method, a message is received and words in the message are identified for analysis. An emotive index corresponding to the identified words is then determined. The emotive index is preferably a function of a word count index corresponding to the number of identified words, an affinity index and an antagonism index. A device according to the present invention includes a computer readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer readable instructions capable of instructing a computer to carry out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Manning And Napier Information Services LLC
    Inventors: Peer Boerner, James Frey
  • Publication number: 20040199505
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for producing a semantic representation of information in a semantic space. The information is first represented in a table that stores values which indicate a relationship with predetermined categories. The categories correspond to dimensions in the semantic space. The significance of the information with respect to the predetermined categories is then determined. A trainable semantic vector (TSV) is constructed to provide a semantic representation of the information. The TSV has dimensions equal to the number of predetermined categories and represents the significance of the information relative to each of the predetermined categories. Various types of manipulation and analysis, such as searching, classification, and clustering, can subsequently be performed on a semantic level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: MANNING & NAPIER INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Randall J. Calistri-Yeh, Bo Yuan, George B. Osborne, David L. Snyder
  • Publication number: 20040199546
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for producing a semantic representation of information in a semantic space. The information is first represented in a table that stores values which indicate, a relationship with predetermined categories. The categories correspond to dimensions in the semantic space. The significance of the information with respect to the predetermined categories is then determined. A trainable semantic vector (TSV) is constructed to provide a semantic representation of the information. The TSV has dimensions equal to the number of predetermined categories and represents the significance of the information relative to each of the predetermined categories. Various types of manipulation and analysis, such as searching, classification, and clustering, can subsequently be performed on a semantic level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: MANNING & NAPIER INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Randall J. Calistri-Yeh, Bo Yuan, George B. Osborne, David L. Snyder
  • Publication number: 20040193414
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for producing a semantic representation of information in a semantic space. The information is first represented in a table that stores values which indicate a relationship with predetermined categories. The categories correspond to dimensions in the semantic space. The significance of the information with respect to the predetermined categories is then determined. A trainable semantic vector (TSV) is constructed to provide a semantic representation of the information. The TSV has dimensions equal to the number of predetermined categories and represents the significance of the information relative to each of the predetermined categories. Various types of manipulation and analysis, such as searching, classification, and clustering, can subsequently be performed on a semantic level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: MANNING & NAPIER INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Randall J. Calistri-Yeh, Bo Yuan, George B. Osborne, David L. Snyder
  • Patent number: 6751621
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for producing a semantic representation of information in a semantic space. The information is first represented in a table that stores values which indicate a relationship with predetermined categories. The categories correspond to dimensions in the semantic space. The significance of the information with respect to the predetermined categories is then determined. A trainable semantic vector (TSV) is constructed to provide a semantic representation of the information. The TSV has dimensions equal to the number of predetermined categories and represents the significance of the information relative to each of the predetermined categories. Various types of manipulation and analysis, such as searching, classification, and clustering, can subsequently be performed on a semantic level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Manning & Napier Information Services, LLC.
    Inventors: Randall J. Calistri-Yeh, Bo Yuan, George B. Osborne, David L. Snyder
  • Patent number: 6041331
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a method for extracting information from a plurality of documents for display. Information is extracted from a set of documents according to a set of pre-defined categories. A visual representation of the extracted information is provided to a user, who can apply one or more filters to the information in order to produce for display a visual representation of information content in the filtered information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Manning and Napier Information Services, LLC
    Inventors: Michael L. Weiner, John Jacob Kolb V, Todd Chronis