Patents by Inventor DAVID O. BEEN

DAVID O. BEEN 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).

  • Indexing multiple types of data to facilitate rapid re-indexing of one or more types of data
    Patent number: 11829324
    Abstract: A method and indexing system indexes the content of a body of documents into a content index, and the metadata of the documents into a metadata index which is a parallel index to the content index. The metadata is copied into a data store that is easily accessible by the indexing system and is stored in native form. The indexing system can dynamically re-index the metadata from the native metadata in the data store to produce a new metadata index which is used to replace the original metadata index. Search queries received by a search engine associated with the indexing system are applied to both the content and metadata index and the results are merged for return.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David O. Been, Michael Busch, Osamu Furusawa, Frederick S. Grennan, Fumihiko Terui, Justo L. Perez
  • Indexing multiple types of data to facilitate rapid re-indexing of one or more types of data
    Patent number: 10394754
    Abstract: A method and indexing system indexes the content of a body of documents into a content index, and the metadata of the documents into a metadata index which is a parallel index to the content index. The metadata is copied into a data store that is easily accessible by the indexing system and is stored in native form. The indexing system can dynamically re-index the metadata from the native metadata in the data store to produce a new metadata index which is used to replace the original metadata index. Search queries received by a search engine associated with the indexing system are applied to both the content and metadata index and the results are merged for return.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David O. Been, Michael Busch, Osamu Furusawa, Frederick S. Grennan, Fumihiko Terui, Justo L. Perez
  • INDEXING MULTIPLE TYPES OF DATA TO FACILITATE RAPID RE-INDEXING OF ONE OR MORE TYPES OF DATA
    Publication number: 20190258603
    Abstract: A method and indexing system indexes the content of a body of documents into a content index, and the metadata of the documents into a metadata index which is a parallel index to the content index. The metadata is copied into a data store that is easily accessible by the indexing system and is stored in native form. The indexing system can dynamically re-index the metadata from the native metadata in the data store to produce a new metadata index which is used to replace the original metadata index. Search queries received by a search engine associated with the indexing system are applied to both the content and metadata index and the results are merged for return.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: David O. Been, Michael Busch, Osamu Furusawa, Frederick S. Grennan, Fumihiko Terui, Justo L. Perez
  • INDEXING MULTIPLE TYPES OF DATA TO FACILITATE RAPID RE-INDEXING OF ONE OR MORE TYPES OF DATA
    Publication number: 20110219008
    Abstract: A method and indexing system indexes the content of a body of documents into a content index, and the metadata of the documents into a metadata index which is a parallel index to the content index. The metadata is copied into a data store that is easily accessible by the indexing system and is stored in native form. The indexing system can dynamically re-index the metadata from the native metadata in the data store to produce a new metadata index which is used to replace the original metadata index. Search queries received by a search engine associated with the indexing system are applied to both the content and metadata index and the results are merged for return.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: DAVID O. BEEN, MICHAEL BUSCH, OSAMU FURUSAWA, FREDERICK S. GRENNAN, FUMIHIKO TERUI, JUSTO L. PEREZ