Patents by Inventor James E. Brei

James E. Brei 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).

  • Systems, methods, software, and interfaces for analyzing, mapping, and depicting search results in a topical space
    Patent number: 8949259
    Abstract: The present inventor devised, among other things, information retrieval systems, methods, software, and related interfaces that help users assess and if necessary bolster the quality of their manual selections from search results. One exemplary system receives a set of documents selected from search results for an input query, identifies key subjects in the selected documents, and outputs a graphic, such as a pie chart, that shows not only how well these selected documents relate to the query, but also whether there are gaps in the topical scope of the selected documents related to the input query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Cengage Learning, Inc.
    Inventor: James E. Brei
  • Systems, methods, and interfaces for reducing executions of overly broad user queries
    Patent number: 8024338
    Abstract: The present inventor devised, among other things, an exemplary information retrieval system that promises to reduce the execution of overly broad queries. One exemplary system detects overly broad queries and presents users one or more potentially relevant portions of a hierarchical subject matter classification system, instead of executing the query against the targeted database. The system also presents users the option of accessing one or more relevant documents to the query via an interface for the classification system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Inventor: James E. Brei