Patents by Inventor Michael Myer

Michael Myer 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).

  • Usage based strength between related help topics and context based mapping thereof in a help information retrieval system
    Publication number: 20060101077
    Abstract: An information retrieval system allows a user to navigate through a plurality of informational items for a desired informational item, and upon selection of an information item, presents other informational items related to the selected informational item. The information retrieval system in accordance with principles of the present invention maintains a database that defines a relational association between a plurality of informational items in the system. The relational association is based on historical navigational behavior of users in the information retrieval system, and includes a relationship type, which is based on the characteristics similarities between the informational items, and relationship strength, which is based on the historical frequency of any related informational items being selected by a user within the same information retrieval session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Douglas Warner, Michael Myer
  • Usage based strength between related information in an information retrieval system
    Publication number: 20050182753
    Abstract: An information retrieval system allows a user to navigate through a plurality of informational items for a desired informational item, and upon selection of an information item, presents other informational items related to the selected informational item. The information retrieval system in accordance with the principles of the present invention maintains a database that defines a relational association between a plurality of informational items in the system. The relational association is based on historical navigational behavior of users of the information retrieval system, and includes a relationship type, which is based on the characteristic similarities between the informational items, and relationship strength, which is based on the historical frequency of any related informational items being selected by a user within the same information retrieval session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Douglas Warner, Michael Myer