Patents by Inventor Barrington R. Young

Barrington R. Young 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).

  • Grouping documents based on document concepts
    Patent number: 10169353
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving at least one electronic document, and identifying one or more words, phrases, or patterns used within the electronic document and that are based on a lexicon. Mapping, using a concept library, the one or more words, phrases, or patterns to a concept intended to be conveyed by the one or more words, phrases, or patterns according to the lexicon. Generating concept data based on the mapping, and storing the concept data in association with data identifying the electronic document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Timothy L. Riley, Barrington R. Young
  • Method and system for determining correlated geographic areas
    Patent number: 9904690
    Abstract: A method of determining a geographic area having similar characteristics to a first geographic area associated with a user includes receiving a plurality of inputs related to characteristics of a plurality of geographic areas and constructing a feature vector for each of the geographic areas based on the plurality of inputs. The method also includes receiving a plurality of inputs related to characteristics of the first geographic area and constructing a feature vector for the first geographic area associated with the user. The method further includes receiving an input from the user related to a city of interest, comparing the feature vector for the first geographic area to feature vectors associated with geographic areas located in or adjacent to the city of interest, and ranking the geographic areas located in or adjacent to the city of interest using the comparing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: John Robert Thomas Ferries, Barrington R. Young, Michael Patrick Bueche, Jr.
  • Method and system for determining correlated geographic areas
    Patent number: 8732219
    Abstract: A method of determining a geographic area having similar characteristics to a first geographic area associated with a user includes receiving a plurality of inputs related to characteristics of a plurality of geographic areas and constructing a feature vector for each of the geographic areas based on the plurality of inputs. The method also includes receiving a plurality of inputs related to characteristics of the first geographic area and constructing a feature vector for the first geographic area associated with the user. The method further includes receiving an input from the user related to a city of interest, comparing the feature vector for the first geographic area to feature vectors associated with geographic areas located in or adjacent to the city of interest, and ranking the geographic areas located in or adjacent to the city of interest using the comparing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: John Robert Thomas Ferries, Barrington R. Young, Michael Patrick Bueche, Jr.