Patents by Inventor Kalev Leetaru

Kalev Leetaru 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: 7716352
    Abstract: An editing system that allows a user, when browsing the web, to select a web page, which is currently being viewed, to be edited. When a user navigates to a web page that the user can edit, the editing system displays an appropriate indication that the page can be edited. When the user selects to edit the currently displayed web page, the editing system enters an editing mode that allows the user to edit the web page within a browsing context. When in editing mode, the editing system may enable various toolbars and buttons within the window of the browser to facilitate the editing. When the user has completed the editing of the web page, the editing system automatically updates the web page at the web site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Kalev Leetaru, Alan Craig
  • Patent number: 7650335
    Abstract: A method and system for allowing end users to create a database and a user interface to interact with database data are provided. The database management system provides a database abstraction layer that hides the complexities of a database and vendor-specific implementation details from the end user, while still allowing the end user to perform powerful database tasks. The database management system allows an end user with little or no knowledge about databases to create, edit, and maintain a database without understanding the details behind the database. The database management system also provides a facility for the easy creation of web pages to access the database to provide features such as searching, data entry, and browsing data stored in the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Kalev Leetaru, Alan Craig
  • Patent number: 7555472
    Abstract: A method and system for augmenting a corpus with documents on concepts not sufficiently covered within the corpus is provided. The augmentation system generates a corpus concept graph from the documents of a corpus. A corpus concept graph represents concepts of the documents as nodes and related concepts as links between nodes. To generate a corpus concept graph, the augmentation system identifies the concepts that are related within each document of the corpus and adds nodes and links to the corpus concept graph for related concepts. The augmentation system analyzes the corpus concept graph to determine whether the relatedness of concepts of the documents of the corpus is sufficient. If the relatedness of a pair of concepts is not sufficient, then the augmentation system attempts to identify documents not already in the corpus that are related to the concepts that are not sufficiently related.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Alan Craig, Kalev Leetaru
  • Publication number: 20070094210
    Abstract: A method and system for augmenting a corpus with documents on concepts not sufficiently covered within the corpus is provided. The augmentation system generates a corpus concept graph from the documents of a corpus. A corpus concept graph represents concepts of the documents as nodes and related concepts as links between nodes. To generate a corpus concept graph, the augmentation system identifies the concepts that are related within each document of the corpus and adds nodes and links to the corpus concept graph for related concepts. The augmentation system analyzes the corpus concept graph to determine whether the relatedness of concepts of the documents of the corpus is sufficient. If the relatedness of a pair of concepts is not sufficient, then the augmentation system attempts to identify documents not already in the corpus that are related to the concepts that are not sufficiently related.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Alan Craig, Kalev Leetaru
  • Publication number: 20060242189
    Abstract: A method and system for allowing end users to create a database and a user interface to interact with database data are provided. The database management system provides a database abstraction layer that hides the complexities of a database and vendor-specific implementation details from the end user, while still allowing the end user to perform powerful database tasks. The database management system allows an end user with little or no knowledge about databases to create, edit, and maintain a database without understanding the details behind the database. The database management system also provides a facility for the easy creation of web pages to access the database to provide features such as searching, data entry, and browsing data stored in the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Kalev Leetaru, Alan Craig
  • Publication number: 20050240869
    Abstract: An editing system that allows a user, when browsing the web, to select a web page, which is currently being viewed, to be edited. When a user navigates to a web page that the user can edit, the editing system displays an appropriate indication that the page can be edited. When the user selects to edit the currently displayed web page, the editing system enters an editing mode that allows the user to edit the web page within a browsing context. When in editing mode, the editing system may enable various toolbars and buttons within the window of the browser to facilitate the editing. When the user has completed the editing of the web page, the editing system automatically updates the web page at the web site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Kalev Leetaru, Alan Craig
  • Publication number: 20050240864
    Abstract: An editing system that allows a user, when browsing the web, to select a web page, which is currently being viewed, to be edited. When a user navigates to a web page that the user can edit, the editing system displays an appropriate indication that the page can be edited. When the user selects to edit the currently displayed web page, the editing system enters an editing mode that allows the user to edit the web page within a browsing context. When in editing mode, the editing system may enable various toolbars and buttons within the window of the browser to facilitate the editing. When the user has completed the editing of the web page, the editing system automatically updates the web page at the web site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Kalev Leetaru, Alan Craig