Patents by Inventor Jean-Claude Michelou

Jean-Claude Michelou 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).

  • Dynamic query expansion
    Patent number: 6411950
    Abstract: A dynamic search result refinement for refining a general search query into a more specific search query. For a general search query, a user is presented with a list of more specific queries. The entries in the list selected from a log-file of queries according to the index frequency of each query. The user can choose a new query from the list of more specific queries and run a database search. The user also has the option to be presented with a list of even more specific queries based on the chosen query and to have a database search run with one of these queries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Compaq Information Technologies Group, LP
    Inventors: Michael Z. Moricz, Louis M. Monier, Jean-Claude Michelou