Patents by Inventor Katherine J. Brainard

Katherine J. Brainard 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).

  • Regular expression word verification
    Patent number: 9336201
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of verifying a compound word. The method includes receiving an input signal indicative of a textual input and accessing a rule and a lexical data structure from data stores. The rule is applied to the textual input to determine whether the textual input is a valid compound word. An output signal is provided that is indicative of whether the textual input is a compound word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Van Caldwell, Ravi Chandru Shahani, Katherine J. Brainard
  • REGULAR EXPRESSION WORD VERIFICATION
    Publication number: 20140122061
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of verifying a compound word. The method includes receiving an input signal indicative of a textual input and accessing a rule and a lexical data structure from data stores. The rule is applied to the textual input to determine whether the textual input is a valid compound word. An output signal is provided that is indicative of whether the textual input is a compound word.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Van Caldwell, Ravi Chandru Shahani, Katherine J. Brainard
  • Regular expression word verification
    Patent number: 8630841
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of verifying a compound word. The method includes receiving an input signal indicative of a textual input and accessing a rule and a lexical data structure from data stores. The rule is applied to the textual input to determine whether the textual input is a valid compound word. An output signal is provided that is indicative of whether the textual input is a compound word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Van Caldwell, Ravi Chandru Shahani, Katherine J. Brainard
  • Regular expression word verification
    Publication number: 20090006079
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of verifying a compound word. The method includes receiving an input signal indicative of a textual input and accessing a rule and a lexical data structure from data stores. The rule is applied to the textual input to determine whether the textual input is a valid compound word. An output signal is provided that is indicative of whether the textual input is a compound word.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Van Caldwell, Ravi Chandru Shahani, Katherine J. Brainard