Patents by Inventor Howard Turtle

Howard Turtle 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).

  • EFFICIENT SEARCH AND ANALYSIS BASED ON A RANGE INDEX
    Publication number: 20170060856
    Abstract: The present invention relates to searching documents based on a range index. A range index may comprise range-searchable elements having explicit data types, such as integers, real numbers, geographic locations, dates, times, etc. The data type determines what operators can be used in expressions. Each element of the range index corresponds to an occurrence of an item in the document collection that satisfies the range expression. In addition, range indexes can be aggregated into a set of aggregate indexes to facilitate evaluation. Aggregation may depend on the field's type or the distribution of values. For example, date fields might have a range indexed by day, by month at one level, and then by year at another level. Thus, these new file structures and evaluation techniques result in a new inverted list structure that allows efficient query evaluation using expressions that operate on typed data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: Chiliad Publishing Incorporated
    Inventors: HOWARD TURTLE, VASANTHAKUMAR R. SAKREPATNA, ROBERT C. COOK
  • System and method for processing formatted text documents in a database
    Patent number: 9483472
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically determining a plurality of pieces of different information about a textual document from the text of the textual document are provided in which one or more particular characteristics of the text of the textual document are identified to generate a file containing the text of the textual document with the particular characteristics marked up within the text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Thomson Reuters Global Resources
    Inventors: Forrest Rhoads, Dan Dabney, Bob Haschart, Jack G. Conrad, Howard Turtle, Kinley Larntz, Bokyung Yang-Stephens, Daniel Gannon
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING FORMATTED TEXT DOCUMENTS IN A DATABASE
    Publication number: 20140180935
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically determining a plurality of pieces of different information about a textual document from the text of the textual document are provided in which one or more particular characteristics of the text of the textual document are identified to generate a file containing the text of the textual document with the particular characteristics marked up within the text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: WEST SERVICES INC.
    Inventors: Forrest Rhoads, Dan Dabney, Bob Haschart, Jack G. Conrad, Howard Turtle, Kinley Larntz, Bokyung Yang-Stephens, Daniel Gannon
  • System and method for processing formatted text documents in a database
    Patent number: 8600974
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically determining a plurality of pieces of different information about a textual document from the text of the textual document are provided in which one or more particular characteristics of the text of the textual document are identified to generate a file containing the text of the textual document with the particular characteristics marked up within the text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: West Services Inc.
    Inventors: Forrest Rhoads, Daniel Dabney, Robert J. Haschart, Jack G. Conrad, Howard Turtle, Kinley Larntz, Bokyung Yang-Stephens, Daniel Gannon
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING FORMATTED TEXT DOCUMENTS IN A DATABASE
    Publication number: 20100005388
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically determining a plurality of pieces of different information about a textual document from the text of the textual document are provided in which one or more particular characteristics of the text of the textual document are identified to generate a file containing the text of the textual document with the particular characteristics marked up within the text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: Bob Haschart, Jack Conrad, Forrest Rhoads, Dan Dabney, Howard Turtle, Kinley Larntz, Po (Bokyung) Yang-Stephens, Dan Gannon
  • System and method for processing formatted text documents in a database
    Patent number: 7529756
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically determining a plurality of pieces of different information about a textual document from the text of the textual document are provided in which one or more particular characteristics of the text of the textual document are identified to generate a file containing the text of the textual document with the particular characteristics marked up within the text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: West Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Bob Haschart, Jack Conrad, Forrest Rhoads, Dan Dabney, Howard Turtle, Kinley Larntz, Po Yang Bokyung Yang Stephens, Dan Gannon