Patents by Inventor Brian K. Blanchard

Brian K. 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).

  • Patent number: 7945564
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Amon Amir, Gal Ashour, Brian K. Blanchard, Matthew Denesuk, Reiner Kraft
  • Patent number: 7711731
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Arnon Amir, Gal Ashour, Brian K. Blanchard, Matthew Denesuk, Reiner Kraft
  • Patent number: 7512598
    Abstract: A method receives a query; separates a plurality of information sources into individual elements of content (EOC); tags each EOC with metadata that indicate source, date, and other relevant information; pattern matches each EOC; calculates the respective distance function from every EOC to every other EOC; and outputs 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); concatenates the EOC in each virtual buffer (404); applies a comparative analysis filter (318) to remove redundant sub-elements extracts context-preserving EOC, determined based upon a respective degree of corroboration of the context preserving EOC, from each respective concatenated EOC. The method synthesizes the content-preserving EOC extracted from each respective concatenated EOC into summary digests; and presents the results as summary digests (408).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Arnon Amir, Gal Ashour, Brian K. Blanchard, Matthew Denesuk, Reiner Kraft
  • Publication number: 20090019045
    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: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: ARNON AMIR, Gal Ashour, Brian K. Blanchard, Matthew Denesuk, Reiner Kraft
  • Patent number: 7117200
    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 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: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Arnon Amir, Gal Ashour, Brian K. Blanchard, Matthew Denesuk, Reiner Kraft
  • Publication number: 20030135488
    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 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: January 11, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Arnon Amir, Gal Ashour, Brian K. Blanchard, Matthew Denesuk, Reiner Kraft