Patents by Inventor John S. Bear

John S. Bear 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: 6910003
    Abstract: A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for allowing concept based information searching. Textual information is collected utilizing a network. The textual information is parsed to create topic specific information packets, which are stored in an information cache. The system parses a user query and compares the parsed user query with the information packets in the information cache to locate matching information packets and displays the matching information packets to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Discern Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: James F. Arnold, David J. Israel, W. Mabry Tyson, John S. Bear, Loren L. Voss
  • Patent number: 6601026
    Abstract: A natural language information querying system includes an indexing facility configured to automatically generate indices of updated textual sources based on one or more predefined grammars and a database coupled to the indexing facility to store the indices for subsequent searching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Discern Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas E. Appelt, James Frederick Arnold, John S. Bear, Jerry Robert Hobbs, David J. Israel, Megumi Kameyama, David L. Martin, Karen Louise Myers, Gopalan Ravichandran, Mark Edward Stickel, William Mabry Tyson
  • Publication number: 20030078766
    Abstract: A natural language information querying system includes an indexing facility configured to automatically generate indices of updated textual sources based on one or more predefined grammars and a database coupled to the indexing facility to store the indices for subsequent searching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 1999
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: DOUGLAS E. APPELT, JAMES FREDRICK ARNOLD, JOHN S BEAR, JERRY ROBERT HOBBS, DAVID J. ISRAEL, MEGUMI KAMEYAMA, DAVID L. MARTIN, KAREN LOUIS MYERS, GOPALAN RAVICHANDRAN, MARK EDWARD STICKEL, WILLIAM MABRY TYSON