Patents by Inventor Claude J. Ellie

Claude J. Ellie 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).

  • Control for Persistent Search Results and Iterative Searching
    Publication number: 20150058318
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a method for control for persistent search results and iterative searching where a query from a user is received via a web browser and a web search for the query is performed with a processor. Search results of the web search are displayed in a toolbar of the web browser, wherein at least one of the search results in the toolbar includes a refinement option. The refinement option can include a show me more like this refinement option and/or a show me less like this refinement option. A selected refinement option is received from the user with a user interface; and, refined search results are displayed in the toolbar based on the selected refinement option.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jason M. Blackwell, Kevin Chiu, Claude J. Ellie, Kimberly Knight, Beverly M. Lovelace, John E. MacDonald, IV, Matthew Starr, Marc Wisniewski