Patents by Inventor Greg Hetherington

Greg Hetherington 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).

  • Method and apparatus for processing free-format data
    Publication number: 20020010714
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing free-format data (301) to produce a “text object” associated with the free-format data. The text object comprises a plurality of “component nodes” (302-312) containing attribute-type identifiers for elements of the free-format text and other data facilitating access to the text object to obtain information and/or change or add the free-format data. This arrangement obviates the need for the provision of separate database fields for each element of the information. Free-format data can therefore be processed in a similar manner to the way a human being processes free-format data. All elements can be accessed via the constructed text object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventor: Greg Hetherington
  • Method and apparatus for processing free-format data
    Patent number: 6272495
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing free-format data (301) to produce a “text object” associated with the free-format data. The text object comprises a plurality of “component nodes” (302-312) containing attribute-type identifiers for elements of the free-format text and other data facilitating access to the text object to obtain information and/or change or add the free-format data. This arrangement obviates the need for the provision of separate database fields for each element of the information. Free-format data can therefore be processed in a similar manner to the way a human being processes free-format data. All elements can be accessed via the constructed text object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Inventor: Greg Hetherington