Patents by Inventor Kurt D. Bollacker

Kurt D. Bollacker 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).

  • Autonomous citation indexing and literature browsing using citation context
    Patent number: 6738780
    Abstract: An autonomous citation indexing system which can be used as an assistant agent automates and enhances the task of finding publications in electronic form, including publications located on the world wide web. The system parses citations from papers and identifies citations to the same paper that may differ in syntax. The system also extracts and provides the context of citations to a given paper, allowing a researcher to determine what is published in other papers about a given paper. Common citations and word or string vector distance similarity are used to find related articles in a search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen R. Lawrence, Kurt D. Bollacker, C. Lee Giles
  • Autonomous citation indexing and literature browsing using citation context
    Publication number: 20020156760
    Abstract: An autonomous citation indexing system which can be used as an assistant agent automates and enhances the task of finding publications in electronic form, including publications located on the world wide web. The system parses citations from papers and identifies citations to the same paper that may differ in syntax. The system also extracts and provides the context of citations to a given paper, allowing a researcher to determine what is published in other papers about a given paper. Common citations and word or string vector distance similarity are used to find related articles in a search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: NEC Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen R. Lawrence, C. Lee Giles, Kurt D. Bollacker
  • Autonomous citation indexing and literature browsing using citation context
    Patent number: 6289342
    Abstract: An autonomous citation indexing system which can be used as an assistant agent automates and enhances the task of finding publications in electronic form, including publications located on the world wide web. The system parses citations from papers and identifies citations to the same paper that may differ in syntax. The system also extracts and provides the context of citations to a given paper, allowing a researcher to determine what is published in other papers about a given paper. Common citations and word or string vector distance similarity are used to find related articles in a search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: NEC Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen R. Lawrence, C. Lee Giles, Kurt D. Bollacker