Patents by Inventor Matthew G. Sachs

Matthew G. Sachs 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).

  • User-directed search refinement
    Patent number: 7698328
    Abstract: A search query is used to search on a corpus of documents. A statistical collocation analysis is performed on the search results. A list of collocations is determined and can be presented to a user. The search can be refined by modifying the search query, so that the search results include documents with desirable collocations or exclude documents with undesirable collocations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew G. Sachs, Jonathan A. Sagotsky
  • User-directed search refinement
    Publication number: 20080040325
    Abstract: A search query is used to search on a corpus of documents. A statistical collocation analysis is performed on the search results. A list of collocations is determined and can be presented to a user. The search can be refined by modifying the search query, so that the search results include documents with desirable collocations or exclude documents with undesirable collocations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Matthew G. Sachs, Jonathan A. Sagotsky