Patents by Inventor Clyde Lee Cain, Jr.

Clyde Lee 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).

  • Creating an ontology using an online encyclopedia and tag cloud
    Patent number: 8316006
    Abstract: A method for generating an ontology may include selecting, by a processing device, a tag in a tag cloud. The method may also include searching, by the processing device, an online encyclopedia for content corresponding to the selected tag and determining, by the processing device, at least one category to which the content belongs in the online encyclopedia in response to finding the content corresponding to the selected tag in the online encyclopedia. The method may additionally include adding, by the processing device, a class to the ontology corresponding to the at least one category of the content in the online encyclopedia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Clyde Lee Cain, Jr., Feng-Wei Chen, Yoo Y. Lee, Margaret J. Mago, Nikhil Parekh, William D. Reed
  • CREATING AN ONTOLOGY USING AN ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA AND TAG CLOUD
    Publication number: 20120005195
    Abstract: A method for generating an ontology may include selecting, by a processing device, a tag in a tag cloud. The method may also include searching, by the processing device, an online encyclopedia for content corresponding to the selected tag and determining, by the processing device, at least one category to which the content belongs in the online encyclopedia in response to finding the content corresponding to the selected tag in the online encyclopedia. The method may additionally include adding, by the processing device, a class to the ontology corresponding to the at least one category of the content in the online encyclopedia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: CLYDE LEE CAIN, JR., FENG-WEI CHEN, JOO Y. LEE, MARGARET H. MAGO, NIKHIL PAREKH, WILLIAM D. REED