Patents by Inventor Lambert Scott Berentsen

Lambert Scott Berentsen 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: 11042574
    Abstract: A search term used in an online search is analyzed to determine a concept corresponding to the search term, the concept being present in an ontology related to a subject-matter domain of the search term. A set of concepts is selected from the ontology, including a related concept related to the concept in the organization of the ontology. A set of subscriber data sources is determined where a subscriber data source in the set subscribes to a concept in the set of concepts. From the set of subscriber data sources, a subset of those subscriber data sources is identified whose data is not participating in a result set corresponding to the search term. A non-participation message is sent to a subscriber data source in the subset of subscriber data sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lambert Scott Berentsen, Gregory J. Boss, Sachin K. Mahajan, John E. Moore, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10114894
    Abstract: For online searching, data of a user activity is analyzed where the user activity occurs at an application other than a search application and the search application is used for the online searching. In response to the analyzing, a topic of interest of the user is identified. A search term input is detected at the search application. A subject of the search term is identified. The search term is modified using a modifier. The modifier is a term related to the topic of interest, and the online searching occurs in response to the modified search term.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lambert Scott Berentsen, Gregory J. Boss, Sachin K. Mahajan, John E. Moore, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20180096054
    Abstract: A search term used in an online search is analyzed to determine a concept corresponding to the search term, the concept being present in an ontology related to a subject-matter domain of the search term. A set of concepts is selected from the ontology, including a related concept related to the concept in the organization of the ontology. A set of subscriber data sources is determined where a subscriber data source in the set subscribes to a concept in the set of concepts. From the set of subscriber data sources, a subset of those subscriber data sources is identified whose data is not participating in a result set corresponding to the search term. A non-participation message is sent to a subscriber data source in the subset of subscriber data sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lambert Scott Berentsen, Gregory J. Boss, Sachin K. Mahajan, John E. Moore, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170091325
    Abstract: For online searching, data of a user activity is analyzed where the user activity occurs at an application other than a search application and the search application is used for the online searching. In response to the analyzing, a topic of interest of the user is identified. A search term input is detected at the search application. A subject of the search term is identified. The search term is modified using a modifier. The modifier is a term related to the topic of interest, and the online searching occurs in response to the modified search term.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lambert Scott Berentsen, Gregory J. Boss, Sachin K. Mahajan, John E. Moore, JR.