Patents by Inventor Anna Khasin

Anna Khasin 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 assigning a cultural classification to a name using country-of-association information
    Patent number: 7996403
    Abstract: A method and system for performing a search request for a name among a database including a plurality of names. In one implementation, the method includes receiving the search request on the name, determining a geographic location associated with the name, assigning a cultural classification to the name based on the geographic location associated with the name, and completing the search request by searching for the name among the plurality of names within the database based on the cultural classification assigned to the name.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Anna Khasin, Frankie Elizabeth Patman Maguire, Leonard Arthur Shaefer, Jr., Stephen John Watjen, Charles Kinston Williams
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING A CULTURAL CLASSIFICATION TO A NAME USING COUNTRY-OF-ASSOCIATION INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20090089283
    Abstract: A method and system for performing a search request for a name among a database including a plurality of names. In one implementation, the method includes receiving the search request on the name, determining a geographic location associated with the name, assigning a cultural classification to the name based on the geographic location associated with the name, and completing the search request by searching for the name among the plurality of names within the database based on the cultural classification assigned to the name.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Anna KHASIN, Frankie Elizabeth PATMAN MAGUIRE, Leonard Arthur SHAEFER, JR., Stephen John WATJEN, Charles Kinston WILLIAMS