Patents by Inventor Aymeric Riverieulx de Varax

Aymeric Riverieulx de Varax 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).

  • Methods of and apparatus for refining descriptors
    Patent number: 6507841
    Abstract: A database containing data items, such as images, text, audio records or video records, in both summary and complete forms, is searched by reference to descriptors associated with the data items, in response to user requests. The search result contains the summary form of the selected items. Responses from users indicative of the utility of the search results (implicit in the users' subsequent actions in requesting the complete forms of specific selected items) are used to refine the descriptors to alter subsequent search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventor: Aymeric Riverieulx de Varax
  • METHODS OF REFINING DESCRIPTORS
    Publication number: 20020083031
    Abstract: A database containing data items, such as images, text, audio records or video records, in both summary and complete forms, is searched by reference to descriptors associated with the data items, in response to user requests. The search result contains the summary form of the selected items. Responses from users indicative of the utility of the search results (implicit in the users' subsequent actions in requesting the complete forms of specific selected items) are used to refine the descriptors to alter subsequent search results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventor: AYMERIC RIVERIEULX DE VARAX