Patents by Inventor Anna Gibson

Anna Gibson 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).

  • Repository-based enterprise search with user customizations
    Patent number: 9262489
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a search string is received from a user and the search type of the search is determined from the search string. Based on the search type, an order of repositories to search is determined and each repository is searched. The search results from each repository are displayed for the user in separate panels for each repository and the panels are ordered based on search type and the search results within each panel are ordered using that respective repository's relevancy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Tanner, Anna Gibson, Ashley Church, Samuel Craig Johnson
  • REPOSITORY-BASED ENTERPRISE SEARCH WITH USER CUSTOMIZATIONS
    Publication number: 20150026171
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a search string is received from a user and the search type of the search is determined from the search string. Based on the search type, an order of repositories to search is determined and each repository is searched. The search results from each repository are displayed for the user in separate panels for each repository and the panels are ordered based on search type and the search results within each panel are ordered using that respective repository's relevancy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: David A. Tanner, Anna Gibson, Ashley Church, Samuel Craig Johnson
  • Equipment management method and system for hospitals
    Publication number: 20060031259
    Abstract: An asset management system includes a database with a plurality of tables each containing a plurality of fields of information, selected of the fields in one table corresponding to fields in at least one of the other tables with lines of communication so that activation of a selected field in one of the tables will enable activation of a corresponding field in one of the other tables, and each table may contain one or more fields which are linked together with corresponding fields in other tables and permit linking back and forth between fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Joseph Gibson, Anna Gibson