Patents by Inventor Jon Michael Van Winkle

Jon Michael Van Winkle 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).

  • Search system and method
    Patent number: 7783668
    Abstract: A search system and method are provided that uses taxonomies, entities, facets, and ontologies to provide a user with a more comprehensive set of search results in response to a query. The search system has an indexing engine that performs one or more indexing steps that permit the search engine to return a comprehensive set of search results. For example, the indexing engine may index a document according to a set of synsets so that the search engine may use the synsets, during retrieval of results to a query, to return a more comprehensive set of search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Convera Corporation
    Inventors: Claude Vogel, Paul Gardner, Jr., Eric Germundson, Joshua Michael Powers, Joel Wayne Robertson, Jon Michael Van Winkle
  • Search system and method
    Patent number: 7668825
    Abstract: A search system and method are provided that uses taxonomies, entities, facets, and ontologies to provide a user with a more comprehensive set of search results in response to a query. The search system has an indexing engine that performs one or more indexing steps that permit the search engine to return a comprehensive set of search results. For example, the indexing engine may index a document according to a set of synsets so that the search engine may use the synsets, during retrieval of results to a query, to return a more comprehensive set of search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Convera Corporation
    Inventors: Claude Vogel, Paul Gardner, Jr., Eric Germundson, Joshua Michael Powers, Joel Wayne Robertson, Jon Michael Van Winkle
  • SEARCH SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20080133585
    Abstract: A search system and method are provided that uses taxonomies, entities, facets, and ontologies to provide a user with a more comprehensive set of search results in response to a query. The search system has an indexing engine that performs one or more indexing steps that permit the search engine to return a comprehensive set of search results. For example, the indexing engine may index a document according to a set of synsets so that the search engine may use the synsets, during retrieval of results to a query, to return a more comprehensive set of search results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: Convera Corporation
    Inventors: Claude Vogel, Paul Gardner,, Eric Germundson, Joshua Michael Powers, Joel Wayne Robertson, Jon Michael Van Winkle