Patents by Inventor Douglas L. Sorensen

Douglas L. Sorensen 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 explaining search logic and results
    Publication number: 20030071837
    Abstract: Systems and methods help explain search logic and search results to a user, who performed a search. The search is part of any application, such as email, word processing, e-commerce, database queries, Internet search engines, website searches, document management. Systems and methods of displaying similarity profiles and manipulating the profile of a relevancy search help a user to understand how a search is performed and why the results are what they are. In this way, a user learns more quickly and searches more efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas L. Sorensen, Clair Michael Bowman, David L. Goodwin