Patents by Inventor Laurent Julliard

Laurent Julliard 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).

  • Shared document repository with coupled recommender system
    Patent number: 6999962
    Abstract: A web-based shared document repository includes recommender system functions to allow users of the repository to input reviews of documents contained in the repository and to read inputted reviews. The recommender system functions appear as a seamless integration in the document repository by loosely coupling the shared document repository to a web-based recommender system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Laurent Julliard, Jean-Luc Meunier, Scott D Weber, Manfred Dardenne
  • Shared document repository with coupled recommender system
    Publication number: 20040034631
    Abstract: A web-based shared document repository includes recommender system functions to allow users of the repository to input reviews of documents contained in the repository and to read inputted reviews. The recommender system functions appear as a seamless integration in the document repository by loosely coupling the shared document repository to a web-based recommender system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Laurent Julliard, Jean-Luc Meunier, Scott D. Weber, Manfred Dardenne
  • Linguistic search system
    Patent number: 6202064
    Abstract: A method of searching for information in a text database, comprising: receiving (s1) at least one user input, the user input(s) defining a natural language expression, converting (s2, s3) the natural language expression to a tagged form (50, 51) including part-of-speech tags, applying (s4) to the tagged form (51) one or more grammar rules of the language of the natural language expression (49), to derive a regular expression (52), and analyzing (s5) the text database to determine whether there is a match between said regular expression (52) and a portion of said text database. An apparatus for carrying out this techniques is also disclosed. Users may find portions of a text which match multiword expressions given by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Laurent Julliard