Patents by Inventor Clyde L. Cain, JR.

Clyde L. Cain, JR. 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).

  • Relevance content searching for knowledge bases
    Patent number: 9256672
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a novel and non-obvious method, server and computer program product for finding relevant content in a knowledge base. A method for finding items that are related to a user selected item in a knowledge base is provided. The method can include generating a first list of knowledge base items with a defined relationship to the user selected item and generating a second list of knowledge base items that belong to the same category as a category of the user selected item. The method can further include generating a third list of knowledge base items having one or more tags identical to one or more tags of the user selected item and selecting a first set of knowledge base items that are present in the first, second or third lists. The method can further include displaying the first set of knowledge base items as most relevant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Clyde L. Cain, Jr., Feng-Wei Chen, Ju Y. Lee, Margaret H. Mago, Nikhil R. Parekh, William D. Reed
  • RELEVANCE CONTENT SEARCHING FOR KNOWLEDGE BASES
    Publication number: 20100114886
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a novel and non-obvious method, server and computer program product for finding relevant content in a knowledge base. A method for finding items that are related to a user selected item in a knowledge base is provided. The method can include generating a first list of knowledge base items with a defined relationship to the user selected item and generating a second list of knowledge base items that belong to the same category as a category of the user selected item. The method can further include generating a third list of knowledge base items having one or more tags identical to one or more tags of the user selected item and selecting a first set of knowledge base items that are present in the first, second or third lists. The method can further include displaying the first set of knowledge base items as most relevant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Clyde L. Cain, JR., Feng-Wei Chen, Ju Y. Lee, Margaret H. Mago, Nikhil R. Parekh, William D. Reed