Patents by Inventor Benjamin S. Farber

Benjamin S. Farber 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).

  • Patent number: 9317584
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for profiling a subject's search engine keywords and results based on relevancy feedback. Because the system is based on the search behavior of the user, the profiling is language independent and balances the specificity of search terms against the profiled interests of the user. The system can also score keywords on their search effectiveness and eliminate ineffective keywords from the keyword index. The system can also synthesize new keyword combinations to assist the user in refining the search or acquiring related content. The system has application in text mining, personalization, behavioral search, search engine optimization, and content acquisition, to name but a few applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: CERTONA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Geoffrey J. Hueter, Benjamin S. Farber
  • Patent number: 9147159
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed which predicts the relative occurrence or presence of an event or item based on sample data consisting of samples which contain and samples which do not contain the event or item. The samples also consist of any number of descriptive attributes, which may be continuous variables, binary variables, or categorical variables. Given the sampled data, the system automatically creates statistically optimal segments from which a functional input/output relationship can be derived. These segments can either be used directly in the form of a lookup table or in some cases as input data to a secondary modeling system such as a linear regression module, a neural network, or other predictive system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: CERTONA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Geoffrey J. Hueter, Benjamin S. Farber