Patents by Inventor Andra Willits

Andra Willits 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).

  • RESPONSE RELEVANCE DETERMINATION FOR A COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION SEARCH AND INDEXING METHOD, SOFTWARE AND DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110289081
    Abstract: In a computer implemented method, a plurality of Boolean expressions are stored, and one of the plurality of Boolean expressions is associated with each of a plurality of possible responses. Each of the plurality of Boolean expressions identifies at least one condition to be satisfied by a text query, to which its associated one of the plurality of responses is to be provided. In response to a provided query a response is returned. Text of the provided query is compared to the text of a returned response to determine a measure of relevance of the returned response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventor: Andra Willits