Patents by Inventor Edward Marcus Batchelder

Edward Marcus Batchelder 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).

  • Text abstraction method and apparatus
    Patent number: 5691708
    Abstract: A text message abstraction system and method allowing for the selection of important pieces of information based upon a number of criteria and for the removal of unnecessary components of a message. The abstraction system of the present invention is provided with an input message, a command set and a maximum message length and attempts to generate a message conveying all of the important information contained within the text message but within the maximum message length constraint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Lotus Development Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Marcus Batchelder, R. Pito Salas