Patents by Inventor Maia Navarrete

Maia Navarrete 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).

  • Method, system and storage medium for arranging a database
    Patent number: 6741984
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment is a method, system and storage medium for arranging a database corresponding to a first Web site accessed by a user. The system includes a host system for preparing a plurality of groups of keywords, each of the plurality of groups having a corresponding relevancy weight, wherein each of the plurality of groups includes keywords based on a specificity ranking, receiving a question including a term, determining whether the term in the question corresponds to one of the plurality of groups, assigning the corresponding relevancy weight to the term, determining a link to a second Web site based on the assigning and presenting the link. A network is coupled to the host system, and a database is coupled to the host system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lisa Zaiken, Maia Navarrete, Peter Kurto
  • Method, system and storage medium for arranging a database
    Publication number: 20020152192
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment is a method, system and storage medium for arranging a database corresponding to a first Web site accessed by a user. The system includes a host system for preparing a plurality of groups of keywords, each of the plurality of groups having a corresponding relevancy weight, wherein each of the plurality of groups includes keywords based on a specificity ranking, receiving a question including a term, determining whether the term in the question corresponds to one of the plurality of groups, assigning the corresponding relevancy weight to the term, determining a link to a second Web site based on the assigning and presenting the link. A network is coupled to the host system, and a database is coupled to the host system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Lisa Zaiken, Maia Navarrete, Peter Kurto