Patents by Inventor Conor McMenamin

Conor McMenamin 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: 7505989
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to a system and method for creating custom multi-relational ontologies. The invention includes a system and method for creating a master ontology and the application of one or more customizing constraints to the master ontology. Also provided are methods for creating custom ontologies using path-finding and creation of custom ontologies by applying customizing constraints to extraction, assembly, curation, and publication processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: BioWisdom Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Philip Gardner, Robin Duncan Hill, Conor McMenamin, Matthew David Eldridge, Benjamin Davis, Neil Andrew Miller Blue, Jonathan Kim Chambers
  • Patent number: 7496593
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to a system and method for creating one or more structured multi-relational ontologies. The invention may include ontologies comprising assertions made up of concept-relationship-concept triplets. The invention may also include predefined sets of concept and relationship types as well as concept type hierarchies and concept-relationship association parameters. The invention may further include properties as concepts, synonyms of concepts as concepts, and documents or parts thereof as concepts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: BioWisdom Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Philip Gardner, Conor McMenamin, Robin Duncan Hill, Nicholas Sean Tilford, Gordon Smith Baxter
  • Patent number: 7493333
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for parsing and/or exporting one or more multi-relational ontologies. The system may apply a set of export constraints to one or more master ontologies to produce a redacted data subset. The redacted data subset may then be exported to a specified location or application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: BioWisdom Limited
    Inventors: Robin Duncan Hill, Conor McMenamin, Stephen Philip Gardner, Benjamin Davis, Matthew David Eldridge, Neil Andrew Miller Blue
  • Publication number: 20060074833
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for electronic notification of multi-relational ontology dynamics. The system may include providing alerts to one or more users upon changes in the content of one or more ontologies. Alerts may be provided according to individual user profiles that may specify alert frequency, content, and/or format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: BioWisdom Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Gardner, Conor McMenamin, Benjamin Davis, Matthew Eldridge
  • Publication number: 20060074832
    Abstract: The invention relates to the structure of an upper ontology and a system and method for utilizing an upper ontology in the creation of one or more multi-relational ontologies. The invention includes an upper ontology of predefined concept and relationship types, and a predefined set or relationships that may be used to connect particular pairs of concepts. The concept and relationship types may be dictated by the knowledge domains in which the resultant ontology is to reside. The invention may also include a hierarchy of concept types wherein the relationships that may exist between concept types is specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: BioWisdom Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Gardner, Robin Hill, Conor McMenamin, Matthew Eldridge, Nicholas Tilford, Julie Barnes, Michelle Maxwell
  • Publication number: 20060053151
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to a system and method for creating one or more structured multi-relational ontologies. The invention may include ontologies comprising assertions made up of concept-relationship-concept triplets. The invention may also include predefined sets of concept and relationship types as well as concept type hierarchies and concept-relationship association parameters. The invention may further include properties as concepts, synonyms of concepts as concepts, and documents or parts thereof as concepts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: Bio Wisdom Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Gardner, Conor McMenamin, Robin Hill, Nicholas Tilford, Gordon Baxter
  • Publication number: 20060053172
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for creating, editing, using one or more multi-relational ontologies and applying knowledge contained in one or more ontologies to one or more applications. The system may extract concepts, relationships, assertions and other information from a domain specific corpus of documents. The system may also create rule-based assertions that are then curated and published as one or more ontologies that can be used in various ways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: BioWisdom Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Gardner, Matthew Eldridge, Conor McMenamin, Robin Hill, Simon Beaumont, Benjamin Davis, Gordon Baxter, Julie Barnes
  • Publication number: 20060053174
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for data extraction and management in multi-relational ontology creation. The system of the invention includes selecting a corpus of documents containing information relevant to a targeted knowledge domain, extracting assertions and their constituent concepts and relationships from the corpus, and storing the assertions, wherein the extraction processes may rules and utilize natural language processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: Bio Wisdom Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Gardner, Conor McMenamin, Robin Hill, Benjamin Davis, Matthew Eldridge, Jonathan Chambers, Simon Beaumont
  • Publication number: 20060053170
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for parsing and/or exporting one or more multi-relational ontologies. The system may apply a set of export constraints to one or more master ontologies to produce a redacted data subset. The redacted data subset may then be exported to a specified location or application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: Bio Wisdom Limited
    Inventors: Robin Hill, Conor McMenamin, Stephen Gardner, Benjamin Davis, Matthew Eldridge, Neil Miller Blue
  • Publication number: 20060053098
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to a system and method for creating custom multi-relational ontologies. The invention includes a system and method for creating a master ontology and the application of one or more customizing constraints to the master ontology. Also provided are methods for creating custom ontologies using path-finding and creation of custom ontologies by applying customizing constraints to extraction, assembly, curation, and publication processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: Bio Wisdom Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Gardner, Robin Hill, Conor McMenamin, Matthew Eldridge, Benjamin Davis, Neil Miller Blue, Jonathan Chambers
  • Publication number: 20060053099
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for knowledge capture using multi-relational ontologies. The system may enable an ontology service provider to ascertain the scope of an entity's knowledge capture needs, create one or more base ontologies from publicly available sources, and incorporate the entity's private data into one or more value-added custom ontologies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: BioWisdom Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Gardner, Robin Hill, Conor McMenamin, Matthew Eldridge, Benjamin Davis, Nicholas Tilford, Julie Barnes, Michelle Maxwell, Jonathan Chambers
  • Publication number: 20060053175
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer-implemented system and method for creating, editing, and utilizing one or more rules for multi-relational ontology creation and maintenance. The system may enable the creation and testing of various rules against a known “test-corpus.” The system may then utilize these various rules to extract and curate assertions into one or more multi-relational ontologies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: BioWisdom Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Gardner, Simon Beaumont, Benjamin Davis, Conor McMenamin, Jonathan Chambers, Julie Barnes
  • Publication number: 20060053382
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for facilitating user interaction with multi-relational ontologies. The invention includes a graphical user interface for enabling user visualization and navigation through one or more multi-relational ontologies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: BioWisdom Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Gardner, Matthew Eldridge, Benjamin Davis, Conor McMenamin