Patents by Inventor Douglas T. Reid

Douglas T. Reid 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).

  • Correlating genealogy records systems and methods
    Patent number: 7870139
    Abstract: A method of consolidating genealogy records includes partitioning the records using at least one index file to form one or more partitions, sorting the records in a partition based on a data element in the records, comparing records within a sort range, based on the comparison, identifying same person records, consolidating information in the same person records, receiving a request from a user to view at least a portion of the consolidated information for a particular group of same person records, and sending a file that includes the portion to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
    Inventors: Bennett Cookson, Jr., Ken Boyer, Jerry Collings, James Mark Hamilton, Kendall J. Jefferson, Grant Parkinson, Douglas T. Reid, Daren Thayne, Michael J. Wolfgramm
  • Correlating genealogy records systems and methods
    Patent number: 7249129
    Abstract: A method of consolidating genealogy records includes partitioning the records using at least one index file to form one or more partitions, sorting the records in a partition based on a data element in the records, comparing records within a sort range, based on the comparison, identifying same person records, consolidating information in the same person records, receiving a request from a user to view at least a portion of the consolidated information for a particular group of same person records, and sending a file that includes the portion to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: The Generations Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Bennett Cookson, Jr., Ken Boyer, Jerry Collings, James Mark Hamilton, Kendall J. Jefferson, Grant Parkinson, Douglas T. Reid, Daren Thayne, Michael J. Wolfgramm