Patents by Inventor Christopher Spooner

Christopher Spooner 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).

  • System and method for spatial organization
    Publication number: 20040210546
    Abstract: A method for determining the spatial location of an object within a containing space, comprising iteratively sub-dividing the containing space into parent and child spaces and evaluating whether the object is completely contained within the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Christopher Spooner, Richard Spooner
  • Operating system using dynamic multi-dimensional trees
    Publication number: 20020059157
    Abstract: An operating system includes means for interacting with a user, means for storing information, the information being organized using nuclear trees, means for interacting with underlying hardware, and means for initiating an application to run on the underlying hardware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Christopher Spooner, Richard Spooner
  • Computer architecture using self-manipulating trees
    Publication number: 20020029204
    Abstract: A computer architecture operates a computer using self-manipulating trees. A source is input and is matched to a self-manipulating tree using open-ended inviting to match identities to portions of the source. After activating the root node of the self-manipulating tree, the self-manipulating tree self-manipulates according to the instructions for self-manipulating contained in the identities pointed to by the nodes of the self-manipulating tree. The invention may be used as a natural language search engine for electronic data bases, a natural language programming language, a parser-free computer operating system, a computer problem solving system, and as an enhancement feature for general purpose computers and general purpose computer applications, such as a translator and a help engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventors: Christopher Spooner, Richard Spooner
  • Computer architecture using self-manipulating trees
    Patent number: 6256618
    Abstract: A computer architecture operates a computer using self-manipulating trees. A source is input and is matched to a self-manipulating tree using open-ended inviting to match identities to portions of the source. After activating the root node of the self-manipulating tree, the self-manipulating tree self-manipulates according to the instructions for self-manipulating contained in the identities pointed to by the nodes of the self-manipulating tree. The invention may be used as a natural language search engine for electronic data bases, a natural language programming language, a parser-free computer operating system, a computer problem solving system, and as an enhancement feature for general purpose computers and general purpose computer applications, such as a translator and a help engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Inventors: Christopher Spooner, Richard Spooner