Patents by Inventor Brian Eugene Macy

Brian Eugene Macy 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).

  • Probabilistic link strength reduction
    Patent number: 10108616
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for resolving relationships in a relationship graph of identities. A strength of at least one link from a node of the relationship graph may be reduced, based on at least a count of the links from the node. Further, the reduction may be based on one or more predefined threshold counts. The node having a reduced link strength may be evaluated to identify whether a relationship between the node and a specified node meets predefined criteria for a relationship of interest. A user may be alerted of any identified relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas Bradley Allen, Brian Eugene Macy
  • Method, apparatus and article for assigning a similarity measure to names
    Patent number: 9026514
    Abstract: A method, article and apparatus for calculating a measure of similarity between names is disclosed. Generally, name elements from an inbound name may be matched to name elements in a candidate matching name. A measure of similarity for the inbound name and candidate matching name may be calculated based on the number of matching name elements, an inbound name word count, a candidate name word count, and the number of transpositions that occur in matching name elements with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Bradley Allen, Michael Henry D'Amico, Dominique Jeremy Evans, Brand Lee Hunt, Brian Eugene Macy
  • PROBABILISTIC LINK STRENGTH REDUCTION
    Publication number: 20110016114
    Abstract: Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for resolving relationships in a relationship graph of identities. A strength of at least one link from a node of the relationship graph may be reduced, based on at least a count of the links from the node. Further, the reduction may be based on one or more predefined threshold counts. The node having a reduced link strength may be evaluated to identify whether a relationship between the node and a specified node meets predefined criteria for a relationship of interest. A user may be alerted of any identified relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: THOMAS BRADLEY ALLEN, Brian Eugene Macy
  • METHOD, APPARATUS AND ARTICLE FOR ASSIGNING A SIMILARITY MEASURE TO NAMES
    Publication number: 20080091674
    Abstract: A method, article and apparatus for calculating a measure of similarity between names is disclosed. Generally, name elements from an inbound name may be matched to name elements in a candidate matching name. A measure of similarity for the inbound name and candidate matching name may be calculated based on the number of matching name elements, an inbound name word count, a candidate name word count, and the number of transpositions that occur in matching name elements with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Bradley Allen, Michael Henry D'Amico, Dominique Jeremy Evans, Brand Lee Hunt, Brian Eugene Macy