Patents by Inventor Alon R. J. Novy

Alon R. J. Novy 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).

  • Method and apparatus for generating relevance-sensitive collation keys
    Patent number: 8086614
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating collation keys that can be used by sorting methods so as to arrange a sequence of data objects in order of their semantic relevance to the user or their relevance to an operating context. The constituent data values of each data object are “weighted” according to semantic relevance and a composite collation key is generated that reflects the data object's overall relevance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Think Software Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Alon R. J. Novy
  • Interacting with a computer-based management system
    Patent number: 7669138
    Abstract: A method, and apparatus, and a software product for implementing a method for interacting with a computer-based management system including authoring and communicating composite data messages, each composite data message comprising both free-text and structured data, such that the structured data represents the intended meaning of the free-text in a form understandable by the computer-based management system. In one version, authoring includes converting free-text to structured data. One version includes communicating the composite message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Liaise, Inc.
    Inventor: Alon R. J. Novy
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING RELEVANCE-SENSITIVE COLLATION KEYS
    Publication number: 20090259660
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating collation keys that can be used by sorting methods so as to arrange a sequence of data objects in order of their semantic relevance to the user or their relevance to an operating context. The constituent data values of each data object are “weighted” according to semantic relevance and a composite collation key is generated that reflects the data object's overall relevance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventor: Alon R.J. Novy