Patents by Inventor David C. Wachtel

David C. Wachtel 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).

  • Method and apparatus for intelligent data assimilation
    Patent number: 6847974
    Abstract: An intelligent data assimilation system including an ontology description, workflows, and logical search objects. The logical search objects operably connect to external and internal data providers and return search results using an ontology describing atomic data objects and semantic objects. The semantic objects are grouped into larger semantic structures by workflows to create customized services that return search results termed data products. Services are accessed through an application server capable of responding to service requests from different types of data clients. Graphical user interfaces provide facilities for creating logical search objects and aggregating logical search objects into workflows and services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: US Search.Com INC
    Inventor: David C. Wachtel
  • Method and apparatus for intelligent data assimilation
    Publication number: 20020194181
    Abstract: An intelligent data assimilation system including an ontology description, workflows, and logical search objects. The logical search objects operably connect to external and internal data providers and return search results using an ontology describing atomic data objects and semantic objects. The semantic objects are grouped into larger semantic structures by workflows to create customized services that return search results termed data products. Services are accessed through an application server capable of responding to service requests from different types of data clients. Graphical user interfaces provide facilities for creating logical search objects and aggregating logical search objects into workflows and services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventor: David C. Wachtel