Patents by Inventor Darren T. MacDonald

Darren T. MacDonald 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).

  • Generating custom text documents from multidimensional sources of text
    Patent number: 9372856
    Abstract: An example method includes receiving a multidimensional query term on one or more selected sources of text in a data source, and executing a query on the one or more selected sources of text in the data source based on the multidimensional query term. The method further includes retrieving a query result set comprising elements of text responsive to the multidimensional query term from the one or more selected sources of text in the data source, generating a custom text document based at least in part on the query result set, and providing the custom text document via an output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Darren T. MacDonald
  • GENERATING CUSTOM TEXT DOCUMENTS FROM MULTIDIMENSIONAL SOURCES OF TEXT
    Publication number: 20130239036
    Abstract: An example method includes receiving a multidimensional query term on one or more selected sources of text in a data source, and executing a query on the one or more selected sources of text in the data source based on the multidimensional query term. The method further includes retrieving a query result set comprising elements of text responsive to the multidimensional query term from the one or more selected sources of text in the data source, generating a custom text document based at least in part on the query result set, and providing the custom text document via an output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Darren T. MacDonald