Patents by Inventor John Harney

John Harney 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).

  • Patent number: 8229733
    Abstract: There are provided methods and apparatus for linguistic independent parsing and for dynamic learning in natural language systems. A parsing method for a natural language system includes the step of parsing an input phrase to identify at least one source phrase within the input phrase for which replacement phrase synonyms exist. The method further includes the step of substituting the replacement phrase synonyms in place of the identified at source phrase, in descending order by text length, to provide a modified input phrase. The method also includes the step of repeating the parsing and substituting steps until no more source phrases exist or a pre-specified number of times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Inventors: John Harney, Janet Dwyer
  • Patent number: 7702621
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for automatically matching the profile of unstructured electronic documents to objective sets of criteria. The is accomplished by evaluating text in the documents, comparing it to a set of weighted keyword criteria, generating a rating based on adherence to the criteria, rating and categorizing the results, sorting and viewing the results based on user defined criteria. The rating may be assigned based on the number of keywords present in a document in relation to the average number of keywords present in a group of documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Inventors: John Harney, Janet Dwyer
  • Patent number: 7587395
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for automatically matching the profile of unstructured electronic documents to objective sets of criteria. The is accomplished by evaluating text in the documents, comparing it to a set of weighted keyword criteria, generating a rating based on adherence to the criteria, rating and categorizing the results, sorting and viewing the results based on user defined criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Inventors: John Harney, Janet Dwyer
  • Publication number: 20070185702
    Abstract: There are provided methods and apparatus for parsing and for self-learning in natural language systems. A parsing method for a natural language system includes the step of parsing an input phrase to identify at least one word or phrase in the input phrase for which synonyms exist. The method further includes the step of substituting the synonyms in place of the identified at least one word or phrase, in descending order by text length, to provide a modified input phrase. The method also includes the step of repeating the parsing and substituting steps one of until the synonyms no longer exist or a pre-specified number of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: John Harney, Janet Dwyer
  • Publication number: 20070136270
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for automatically matching the profile of unstructured electronic documents to objective sets of criteria. The is accomplished by evaluating text in the documents, comparing it to a set of weighted keyword criteria, generating a rating based on adherence to the criteria, rating and categorizing the results, sorting and viewing the results based on user defined criteria. The rating may be assigned based on the number of keywords present in a document in relation to the average number of keywords present in a group of documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: John Harney, Janet Dwyer
  • Publication number: 20070027859
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for automatically matching the profile of unstructured electronic documents to objective sets of criteria. The is accomplished by evaluating text in the documents, comparing it to a set of weighted keyword criteria, generating a rating based on adherence to the criteria, rating and categorizing the results, sorting and viewing the results based on user defined criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: John Harney, Janet Dwyer