Patents by Inventor James Sterling Shapiro Harter

James Sterling Shapiro Harter 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).

  • Using a graph database to match entities by evaluating boolean expressions
    Patent number: 10013481
    Abstract: A method of matching a first entity to a second entity by evaluating Boolean expressions includes identifying a set of criteria vertices for a second entity vertex by traversing a graph database in a manner constrained to fact vertices identified for the second entity. The graph database relates fact vertices to the criteria vertices by edges corresponding to Boolean expressions for satisfying criteria for matching first entities to second entities. The method additionally includes selecting one of the first entities based on the criteria vertices of the set. The method further includes matching the first entity to the second entity based on the selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Research Now Group, Inc.
    Inventors: James Sterling Shapiro Harter, Eric Steven Herfield, Nicholas Alexander Stuart, Nien-Chung Lee, Stephen Allen Myers, Jeremy Scott Antoniuk, Melanie Denise Courtright, Daren Moneta, Peter David Flower
  • USING A GRAPH DATABASE TO MATCH ENTITIES BY EVALUATING BOOLEAN EXPRESSIONS
    Publication number: 20160314196
    Abstract: A method of matching a first entity to a second entity by evaluating Boolean expressions includes identifying a set of criteria vertices for a second entity vertex by traversing a graph database in a manner constrained to fact vertices identified for the second entity. The graph database relates fact vertices to the criteria vertices by edges corresponding to Boolean expressions for satisfying criteria for matching first entities to second entities. The method additionally includes selecting one of the first entities based on the criteria vertices of the set. The method further includes matching the first entity to the second entity based on the selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: James Sterling Shapiro HARTER, Eric Steven HERFIELD, Nicholas Alexander STUART, Nien-Chung LEE, Stephen Allen MYERS, Jeremy Scott ANTONIUK, Melanie Denise COURTRIGHT, Daren MONETA, Peter David FLOWER
  • Using a graph database to match entities by evaluating boolean expressions
    Patent number: 9390195
    Abstract: A method of matching a first entity to a second entity by evaluating Boolean expressions includes identifying a set of criteria vertices for a second entity vertex by traversing a graph database in a manner constrained to fact vertices identified for the second entity. The graph database relates fact vertices to the criteria vertices by edges corresponding to Boolean expressions for satisfying criteria for matching first entities to second entities. The method additionally includes selecting one of the first entities based on the criteria vertices of the set. The method further includes matching the first entity to the second entity based on the selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Research Now Group, Inc.
    Inventors: James Sterling Shapiro Harter, Eric Steven Herfield, Nicholas Alexander Stuart, Nien-Chung Lee
  • Quota Cell Priority Determination to Match a Panelist to a Market Research Project
    Publication number: 20140188553
    Abstract: A method of matching a panelist to a market research project includes assigning, by one or more computer processors, priorities to quota cells. The method additionally includes accessing, by the one or more computer processors, a set of the prioritized quota cells identified for the panelist. The method also includes selecting, by the one or more computer processors, one of the quota cells based at least in part on the priorities. The method further includes matching, by the one or more computer processors, the panelist to the market research project based on the selected quota cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: James Sterling Shapiro Harter, Stephen Allen Myers, Eric Steven Herfield, Jeremy Scott Antoniuk, Melanie Denise Courtright, Daren Moneta, Peter David Flower