Patents by Inventor Gray Watson

Gray Watson 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).

  • Information synthesis engine
    Patent number: 7548913
    Abstract: A method of generating a report from multiple sources includes obtaining a topic based on input queries relating to the topic, obtaining information about the topic from the multiple sources, where the information includes excerpts from the multiple sources that meet one or more criteria, and generating the report using the excerpts. Generating the report includes obtaining subtopics for the excerpts, organizing the excerpts based on the subtopics, and editing text in the excerpts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Lycos, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Ekberg, Brian Ulicny, Gray Watson, Steven Quince, Alden Dorosario, Vladimir Zelevinsky, Stavros Michael MacRakis
  • Information synthesis engine
    Publication number: 20070050353
    Abstract: A method of generating a report from multiple sources includes obtaining a topic based on input queries relating to the topic, obtaining information about the topic from the multiple sources, where the information includes excerpts from the multiple sources that meet one or more criteria, and generating the report using the excerpts. Generating the report includes obtaining subtopics for the excerpts, organizing the excerpts based on the subtopics, and editing text in the excerpts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Christopher Ekberg, Brian Ulicny, Gray Watson, Steven Quince, Alden Dorosario, Vladimir Zelevinsky, Stavros MacRakis
  • Computer system with user-controlled relevance ranking of search results
    Patent number: 6012053
    Abstract: A computer system for performing searches on a collection of information includes a mechanism through which results from a search query are ranked according to user specified relevance factors to allow the user to control how the search results are presented. The relevance factors are applied to the results achieved for each query. That is, each item returned by the search has a set of attributes. Each of these attributes is assigned a weight according to the specified relevance factors. These weights are combined to provide a score for the item. Search results are provided to the user, ordered according to scores. The application of the relevance factors does not alter the query performed on the collection of information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Lycos, Inc.
    Inventors: Sangam Pant, David L. Andre, Gray Watson, Richard M. Green, Michael J. Schiegg