Patents by Inventor Loren L. Voss

Loren L. Voss 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).

  • System, method and article of manufacture for concept based information searching
    Patent number: 6910003
    Abstract: A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for allowing concept based information searching. Textual information is collected utilizing a network. The textual information is parsed to create topic specific information packets, which are stored in an information cache. The system parses a user query and compares the parsed user query with the information packets in the information cache to locate matching information packets and displays the matching information packets to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Discern Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: James F. Arnold, David J. Israel, W. Mabry Tyson, John S. Bear, Loren L. Voss
  • System and method for incorporating concept-based retrieval within boolean search engines
    Patent number: 6745161
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for linguistic pattern recognition of information. Initially, textual information is retrieved from a data source utilizing a network. The textual information is then segmented into a plurality of phrases, which are then scanned for patterns of interest. For each pattern of interest found a corresponding event structure is built. Event structures that provide information about essentially the same incident are then merged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Discern Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: James F. Arnold, Loren L. Voss