Patents by Inventor Farnaz Erfan

Farnaz Erfan 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).

  • Providing persistent refined intermediate results selected from dynamic iterative filtering
    Patent number: 8521711
    Abstract: A persistent filter refining system places a search result comprising objects in a dynamic non-persistent bucket and displays the search result in a dynamic non-persistent bucket display for selection of the objects by a user. The system transfers a selected object from the dynamic non-persistent bucket to a persistent bucket and displays the transferred selected object in a persistent bucket display. The system iteratively provides additional search results to the user for selection and transfer of additional selected objects to the persistent bucket to provide access by a user to take action on the transferred selected object and additional selected objects. In one embodiment, the present system displays one or more additional search results for comparison and selection of objects by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tanya Couch, Farnaz Erfan, Thomas Friedrich, Daina Edvina Pupons Wickham, Alexander Daniel Robinson
  • System and Method for Providing Persistent Refined Intermediate Results Selected from Dynamic Iterative Filtering
    Publication number: 20080147632
    Abstract: A persistent filter refining system places a search result comprising objects in a dynamic non-persistent bucket and displays the search result in a dynamic non-persistent bucket display for selection of the objects by a user. The system transfers a selected object from the dynamic non-persistent bucket to a persistent bucket and displays the transferred selected object in a persistent bucket display. The system iteratively provides additional search results to the user for selection and transfer of additional selected objects to the persistent bucket to provide access by a user to take action on the transferred selected object and additional selected objects. In one embodiment, the present system displays one or more additional search results for comparison and selection of objects by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tanya Couch, Farnaz Erfan, Thomas Friedrich, Daina Edvina Pupons Wickham, Alexander Daniel Robinson