Patents by Inventor Alastair Chisholm

Alastair Chisholm 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).

  • Patent number: 8504908
    Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method of presenting data which has been automatically extracted from a digital representation of a document to a curator for review, the extracted data comprising annotation entity data concerning one or more instances of entities which have been identified in the digital representation of a document, the annotation entity data comprising data specifying the location of the identified instances of entities within the digital representation of a document, the method comprising the steps of (i) displaying in a first region of a display screen a user selectable portion of the digital representation of a document with said instances of entities which are specified by the annotation entity data as being located within the displayed portion of the digital representation of a document highlighted at the location specified by the annotation entity data; (ii) displaying in a second region of the display screen a list of a plurality of instances of entities which have been identifie
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: ITI Scotland, Limited
    Inventor: Alastair Chisholm
  • Publication number: 20130013390
    Abstract: There is disclosed a system has a POS terminal comprising a display output interface and an identification input interface, the POS terminal being programmed: to receive identification data via the identification input interface, the identification data identifying a selected product for processing by the POS terminal, to process the identification data to generate alphanumeric text data encoding a description of the selected product, and to output the alphanumeric text data via the display output interface; a display unit; and a controller, programmed: to receive the alphanumeric text data from the POS terminal display output interface, to process the alphanumeric text data to generate further identification data identifying the selected product, to process the further identification data to select graphical data appropriate for the selected product, and to output the graphical data to the display unit. A controller, method, computer readable medium and computer are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: EDESIX LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher PAULSON-ELLIS, Alastair CHISHOLM, Hamish MARTIN, Stuart BOUTELL, Robin Anthony IDDON, Richard MCBRIDE
  • Publication number: 20120011428
    Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method of presenting data which has been automatically extracted from a digital representation of a document to a curator for review, the extracted data comprising annotation entity data concerning one or more instances of entities which have been identified in the digital representation of a document, the annotation entity data comprising data specifying the location of the identified instances of entities within the digital representation of a document, the method comprising the steps of (i) displaying in a first region of a display screen a user selectable portion of the digital representation of a document with said instances of entities which are specified by the annotation entity data as being located within the displayed portion of the digital representation of a document highlighted at the location specified by the annotation entity data; (ii) displaying in a second region of the display screen a list of a plurality of instances of entities which have been identifie
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: ITI SCOTLAND LIMITED
    Inventor: Alastair Chisholm
  • Publication number: 20110320459
    Abstract: A method of assigning an identifier to a mention of an entity in a document carried out by computing apparatus including a display and one or more user operable input devices. A plurality of candidate identifiers are received from a term identification module in respect of a mention of an entity in a document, each candidate identifier being a reference to an entity in connection with which entity property data is stored in one or more entity databases. A list is displayed in a first region of the display, the list having a plurality of user-selectable entries, each entry in the list concerning the entity referred to by one of the said plurality of candidate identifiers, each entry comprising properties of the respective entity. At least one of the said properties is retrieved from the said one or more entity databases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: ITI SCOTLAND LIMITED
    Inventor: Alastair Chisholm