Patents by Inventor Meyer Billmers

Meyer Billmers 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).

  • RETE network with provisional satisfaction of node conditions
    Patent number: 5072405
    Abstract: An expression comprising conditions is evaluated based on values of data elements presented to a network of a kind in which the conditions are represented by nodes and the relationships among conditions in the expression are represented by links among the nodes, by storing information that identifies which conditions represented by at least some of the nodes have been satisfied by the values of the data elements, and testing the stored information in accordance with the expression as a basis for evaluating said expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Kamesh Ramakrishna, Meyer Billmers, Daniel Theriault, deceased
  • System and method for producing discrimination nets for expert systems
    Patent number: 5023807
    Abstract: An expression comprising conditions is evaluated based on values of data elements presented to a network of a kind in which the conditions are represented by nodes and the relationships among conditions in the expression are represented by links among the nodes, by storing information that identifies which conditions represented by at least some of the nodes have been satisfied by the values of the data elements, and testing the stored information in accordance with the expression as a basis for evaluating said expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1991
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Kamesh Ramakrishna, Meyer Billmers, Daniel Theriault, deceased