Patents by Inventor Bennett Cookson, Jr.

Bennett Cookson, Jr. 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).

  • Providing alternatives within a family tree systems and methods
    Patent number: 8768970
    Abstract: A method of creating a family tree includes receiving a request from a user to return a file that includes the family tree and using a plurality of primary source records to construct the family tree based on the request. The records indicate multiple alternatives for at least one branch of the family tree. The method also includes sending a file that includes the family tree to the user. The file includes the alternatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
    Inventors: Bennett Cookson, Jr., Ken Boyer, James Mark Hamilton, Kendall J. Jefferson, Daren Thayne, Michael J. Wolfgramm
  • GENEALOGY INVESTIGATION AND DOCUMENTATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20130268564
    Abstract: A method of creating a family tree includes receiving genealogy data from at least one primary source and creating one or more node records and one or more link records using the genealogy data. Individual node records may be compared to identity pairs of records having similar data. For each identified pair of individual node records, the method includes comparing related individual node records and deciding based on predetermined criteria whether the identified pair of individual node records represent the same person. The method also includes consolidating the information from a plurality of records determined to represent the same person into a single person record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Bennett Cookson, JR., Ken Boyer, James Mark Hamilton, Kendall J. Jefferson, Daren Thayne, Michael J. Wolfgramm
  • PROVIDING ALTERNATIVES WITHIN A FAMILY TREE SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20120131061
    Abstract: A method of creating a family tree includes receiving a request from a user to return a file that includes the family tree and using a plurality of primary source records to construct the family tree based on the request. The records indicate multiple alternatives for at least one branch of the family tree. The method also includes sending a file that includes the family tree to the user. The file includes the alternatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
    Inventors: Bennett Cookson, JR., Ken Boyer, James Mark Hamilton, Kendall J. Jefferson, Daren Thayne, Michael J. Wolfgramm
  • Providing alternatives within a family tree systems and methods
    Patent number: 8095567
    Abstract: A method of creating a family tree includes receiving a request from a user to return a file that includes the family tree and using a plurality of primary source records to construct the family tree based on the request. The records indicate multiple alternatives for at least one branch of the family tree. The method also includes sending a file that includes the family tree to the user. The file includes the alternatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Myfamily.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Bennett Cookson, Jr., Ken Boyer, James Mark Hamilton, Kendall J. Jefferson, Daren Thayne, Michael J. Wolfgramm
  • Correlating genealogy records systems and methods
    Patent number: 7870139
    Abstract: A method of consolidating genealogy records includes partitioning the records using at least one index file to form one or more partitions, sorting the records in a partition based on a data element in the records, comparing records within a sort range, based on the comparison, identifying same person records, consolidating information in the same person records, receiving a request from a user to view at least a portion of the consolidated information for a particular group of same person records, and sending a file that includes the portion to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
    Inventors: Bennett Cookson, Jr., Ken Boyer, Jerry Collings, James Mark Hamilton, Kendall J. Jefferson, Grant Parkinson, Douglas T. Reid, Daren Thayne, Michael J. Wolfgramm
  • Correlating genealogy records systems and methods
    Patent number: 7249129
    Abstract: A method of consolidating genealogy records includes partitioning the records using at least one index file to form one or more partitions, sorting the records in a partition based on a data element in the records, comparing records within a sort range, based on the comparison, identifying same person records, consolidating information in the same person records, receiving a request from a user to view at least a portion of the consolidated information for a particular group of same person records, and sending a file that includes the portion to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: The Generations Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Bennett Cookson, Jr., Ken Boyer, Jerry Collings, James Mark Hamilton, Kendall J. Jefferson, Grant Parkinson, Douglas T. Reid, Daren Thayne, Michael J. Wolfgramm