Patents by Inventor Francois Noirot-Nerin

Francois Noirot-Nerin 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).

  • Maintaining a history of query results
    Patent number: 9111284
    Abstract: A method and system for maintaining history of query results is provided. In one aspect, a query and corresponding results retrieved for providing to the requestor are intercepted and saved. Related information about the query and the results are gathered and saved with the query and the results. The saved information may be filtered, consolidated, or otherwise processed and stored in a query storage. The saved information may be queried and be the basis of information from which results to other queries are obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Francois Noirot-Nerin
  • System and method for comparing objects
    Patent number: 7353510
    Abstract: A method for comparing objects includes selecting a first object and a second object, each object associated with an instance of at least one primary parameter and an instance of at least one secondary parameter, each secondary parameter associated with one of the primary parameters. At least a portion of the first object and at least a portion of the second object are compared to identify one or more differences between the selected objects. At least a portion of the differences are identified as ignorable based, at least in part, on the one or more primary parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventor: Francois Noirot-Nerin
  • Maintaining a History of Query Results
    Publication number: 20070219962
    Abstract: A method and system for maintaining history of query results is provided. In one aspect, a query and corresponding results retrieved for providing to the requestor are intercepted and saved. Related information about the query and the results are gathered and saved with the query and the results. The saved information may be filtered, consolidated, or otherwise processed and stored in a query storage. The saved information may be queried and be the basis of information from which results to other queries are obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventor: Francois Noirot-Nerin
  • System and method for comparing objects
    Publication number: 20050010905
    Abstract: A method for comparing objects includes selecting a first object and a second object, each object associated with an instance of at least one primary parameter and an instance of at least one secondary parameter, each secondary parameter associated with one of the primary parameters. At least a portion of the first object and at least a portion of the second object are compared to identify one or more differences between the selected objects. At least a portion of the differences are identified as ignorable based, at least in part, on the one or more primary parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventor: Francois Noirot-Nerin