Patents by Inventor James J. Stephens, Jr.

James J. Stephens, Jr. 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 representing and navigating search results
    Patent number: 6636853
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for representing and navigating search results from a database on a computer system. A graphical user interface is generated to receive user input including a data source to search for information and a query indicating information which is desired from the data source. The user input is transmitted to the data source, the search is performed and information responsive to the query resulting from the search is received from the data source. The search results include characteristics of the responsive information. The responsive information is clustered into a plurality groups based on selected characteristic information and the user may select at least one group of the responsive information to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Morphism, LLC
    Inventor: James J. Stephens, Jr.
  • Method and apparatus for representing and navigating search results
    Patent number: RE42262
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for representing and navigating search results from a database on a computer system. A graphical user interface is generated to receive user input including a data source to search for information and a query indicating information which is desired from the data source. The user input is transmitted to the data source, the search is performed and information responsive to the query resulting from the search is received from the data source. The search results include characteristics of the responsive information. The responsive information is clustered into a plurality groups based on selected characteristic information and the user may select at least one group of the responsive information to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Frederick Monocacy LLC
    Inventor: James J. Stephens, Jr.