Patents by Inventor David Edward Biesenbach

David Edward Biesenbach 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).

  • System and method for improved name matching using regularized name forms
    Patent number: 7599921
    Abstract: A system and method for improved name matching using regularized name forms is presented. A regularization rule engine uses culture-specific regularization rules to iteratively convert candidate names and query names to a canonical form, which are regularized candidate names and regularized query names, respectively. The regularization rules are context-sensitive or context-free rules that pertain to a name's originating culture. Subsequently, a name search engine compares the regularized query name with the regularized candidate names and identifies the regularized candidate names that meet a particular regularization matching threshold. In turn, name search engine selects the candidate names that correspond to the identified regularized candidate names and provides the selected candidate names to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Edward Biesenbach, Richard Theodore Gillam, Frankie Elizabeth Patman Maguire, Leonard Arthur Shaefer, Jr., Charles Kinston Williams
  • System and Method for Improved Name Matching Using Regularized Name Forms
    Publication number: 20080215562
    Abstract: A system and method for improved name matching using regularized name forms is presented. A regularization rule engine uses culture-specific regularization rules to iteratively convert candidate names and query names to a canonical form, which are regularized candidate names and regularized query names, respectively. The regularization rules are context-sensitive or context-free rules that pertain to a name's originating culture. Subsequently, a name search engine compares the regularized query name with the regularized candidate names and identifies the regularized candidate names that meet a particular regularization matching threshold. In turn, name search engine selects the candidate names that correspond to the identified regularized candidate names and provides the selected candidate names to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: David Edward Biesenbach, Richard Theodore Gillam, Frankie Elizabeth Patman Maguire, Leonard Arthur Shaefer, Charles Kinston Williams