Patents by Inventor Edel Greevy

Edel Greevy 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).

  • Building and contracting a linguistic dictionary
    Patent number: 8234108
    Abstract: A method for building and contracting a linguistic dictionary, the linguistic dictionary comprising a list of surface forms and a list of normalized forms, each normalized form being associated with a surface form, the method comprising the steps of: comparing each character of a surface form with each character of the surface form's normalized form; in response to the comparing step, determining an edit operation for each character compared; and generating a transform code from the set of the edit operations in order to transform the surface form to its normalized form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hisham Emad Elshishiny, Edel Greevy, Pai-Fang Franny Hsiao, Alexey Nevidomskiy, Alexander Troussov, Pavel Volkov
  • BUILDING AND CONTRACTING A LINGUISTIC DICTIONARY
    Publication number: 20120084077
    Abstract: A method for building and contracting a linguistic dictionary, the linguistic dictionary comprising a list of surface forms and a list of normalized forms, each normalized form being associated with a surface form, the method comprising the steps of: comparing each character of a surface form with each character of the surface form's normalized form; in response to the comparing step, determining an edit operation for each character compared; and generating a transform code from the set of the edit operations in order to transform the surface form to its normalized form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: HISHAM EMAD ELSHISHINY, EDEL GREEVY, PAI-FANG FRANNY HSIAO, ALEXEY NEVIDOMSKIY, ALEXANDER TROUSSOV, PAVEL VOLKOV
  • Method and system for building and contracting a linguistic dictionary
    Patent number: 8090571
    Abstract: A method for building and contracting a linguistic dictionary, the linguistic dictionary comprising a list of surface forms and a list of normalized forms, each normalized form being associated with a surface form, the method comprising the steps of: comparing each character of a surface form with each character of the surface form's normalized form; in response to the comparing step, determining an edit operation for each character compared; and generating a transform code from the set of the edit operations in order to transform the surface form to its normalized form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hisham Emad Elshishiny, Edel Greevy, Pai-Fang Franny Hsiao, Alexey Nevidomskiy, Alexander Troussov, Pavel Volkov
  • Method and System for Building and Contracting a Linguistic Dictionary
    Publication number: 20060293880
    Abstract: A method for building and contracting a linguistic dictionary, the linguistic dictionary comprising a list of surface forms and a list of normalized forms, each normalized form being associated with a surface form, the method comprising the steps of: comparing each character of a surface form with each character of the surface form's normalized form; in response to the comparing step, determining an edit operation for each character compared; and generating a transform code from the set of the edit operations in order to transform the surface form to its normalized form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisham Elshishiny, Edel Greevy, Pai-Fang Hsiao, Alexey Nevidomskiy, Alexander Troussov, Pavel Volkov