Patents by Inventor Mark Koussa

Mark Koussa 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: 11556550
    Abstract: The method of no fail searching may include receiving a set of keywords from an input set of search fields within a GUI, retrieving a set of search results based on the set of keywords from the input set of search fields, organizing the set of search results according to a set of content types, ranking each search field according to the set of content types, removing the lowest ranked search field from the set of keywords to create a broadened set of search fields when at least one content type has zero results, repeating the retrieving, organizing, ranking, and removing steps until either each content type contains a threshold amount of search results or all search fields have been removed, wherein the broadened set of search fields is used as the input set of search fields in subsequent retrieving steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: RELX INC.
    Inventors: Mark Koussa, Michael Oberle
  • Publication number: 20220335050
    Abstract: The method of no fail searching may include receiving a set of keywords from an input set of search fields within a GUI, retrieving a set of search results based on the set of keywords from the input set of search fields, organizing the set of search results according to a set of content types, ranking each search field according to the set of content types, removing the lowest ranked search field from the set of keywords to create a broadened set of search fields when at least one content type has zero results, repeating the retrieving, organizing, ranking, and removing steps until either each content type contains a threshold amount of search results or all search fields have been removed, wherein the broadened set of search fields is used as the input set of search fields in subsequent retrieving steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: RELX Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Koussa, Michael Oberle