Patents by Inventor Douglas M. Boulware

Douglas M. Boulware 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 improved web scraping
    Patent number: 7072890
    Abstract: Method and apparatus to enable the parser component of a web search engine to adapt in response to frequent web page format changes at web sites. Parser “learns” from a set of defined HTTP links, how to find and parse web pages returned from a search engine query. The invention intelligently locates various token/strings that will correctly extract attributes associated with the returned item. Present invention may operate either automatically or in a user-assisted fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: John J. Salerno, Douglas M. Boulware
  • Method and apparatus for improved internet searching
    Patent number: 7024405
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for improved Internet searching. A user defines their search objective using topic trees. The user is provided a set of tools that allow for the creation and modification of these topic trees and storage for later use. From the topic tree, a user can select a single item, a collection of items or the entire topic tree to collect upon. Results from the selected search engines are returned, stored and displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: John J. Salerno, David R. Couzelis, Douglas M. Boulware, Carmen M. Malagisi, John E. Myers
  • Method and apparatus for improved web scraping
    Publication number: 20040167876
    Abstract: Method and apparatus to enable the parser component of a web search engine to adapt in response to frequent web page format changes at web sites. Parser “learns” from a set of defined HTTP links, how to find and parse web pages returned from a search engine query. The invention intelligently locates various token/strings that will correctly extract attributes associated with the returned item. Present invention may operate either automatically or in a user-assisted fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: John J. Salerno, Douglas M. Boulware
  • Method and apparatus for improved internet searching
    Publication number: 20040015485
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for improved Internet searching. A user defines their search objective using topic trees. The user is provided a set of tools that allow for the creation and modification of these topic trees and storage for later use. From the topic tree, a user can select a single item, a collection of items or the entire topic tree to collect upon. Results from the selected search engines are returned, stored and displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: John J. Salerno, David R. Couzelis, Douglas M. Boulware, Carmen M. Malagisi, John E. Myers