Patents by Inventor Brian Blanchard

Brian Blanchard 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).

  • SYNTHESIZING INFORMATION-BEARING CONTENT FROM MULTIPLE CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20080071753
    Abstract: A computing system and method receive a query; separate a plurality of information sources into individual elements of content (EOC); tag each EOC with metadata that indicate source, date, and other relevant information; pattern match each EOC; calculate the respective distance function from every EOC to every other EOC; and output EOC to a set of virtual buffers (404) containing appropriately related EOC less than a given distance value. The method further creates virtual summary buffers (406); then concatenates the EOC in each virtual buffer (404); applies a comparative analysis filter (318) to remove redundant sub-elements; and presents the results as summary digests (408).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventors: Arnon Amir, Gal Ashour, Brian Blanchard, Matthew Denesuk, Reiner Kraft
  • Synthesizing information-bearing content from multiple channels
    Publication number: 20070016568
    Abstract: A computing system and method receive a query; separate a plurality of information sources into individual elements of content (EOC); tag each EOC with metadata that indicate source, date, and other relevant information; pattern match each EOC; calculate the respective distance function from every EOC to every other EOC; and output EOC to a set of virtual buffers (404) containing appropriately related EOC less than a given distance value. The method further creates virtual summary buffers (406); then concatenates the EOC in each virtual buffer (404); applies a comparative analysis filter (318) to remove redundant sub-elements; and presents the results as summary digests (408).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Arnon Amir, Gal Ashour, Brian Blanchard, Matthew Denesuk, Reiner Kraft