Patents by Inventor Liam Clement Davies

Liam Clement Davies 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).

  • Automatic method for quantifying the relevance of intra-document search results
    Patent number: 6718323
    Abstract: A method for finding and ranking portions of documents responsive to a query is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: providing at least one database containing documents; providing a query relating to information sought by a user, the query containing at least one search term; assigning a value to each document responsive to at least one search term contained in the query indicating the relevance of the document; defining regions within the documents, each region corresponding to a selected one of the search terms; assigning a value to each region responsive to at least one search term contained in the query indicating the relevance of the region; and displaying at least one region of at least one document in order of relevance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Liam Clement Davies, Matthew Thomas Moores
  • Automatic method for quantifying the relevance of intra-document search results
    Publication number: 20020095404
    Abstract: A method for finding and ranking portions of documents responsive to a query is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: providing at least one database containing documents; providing a query relating to information sought by a user, the query containing at least one search term; assigning a value to each document responsive to at least one search term contained in the query indicating the relevance of the document; defining regions within the documents, each region corresponding to a selected one of the search terms; assigning a value to each region responsive to at least one search term contained in the query indicating the relevance of the region; and displaying at least one region of at least one document in order of relevance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Liam Clement Davies, Matthew Thomas Moores