Patents by Inventor Michael T. Winters

Michael T. Winters 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, device and software for querying and presenting search results
    Patent number: 8321400
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method, device, and software for presenting search results in a response to an end-user query. Search results are combined from results from a plurality of indexes, each of the search results having an associated key field. Index entries of each of the plurality of indexes are queried using an index-specific search algorithm to obtain a set of matching search results for each index, each matching search result having a quality of match specific to its index. A relative priority is determined for each of the plurality of indexes and the matching search results from the plurality of indexes are combined into a merged list of ordered search results based on the determined priority. A search result from a lower priority index is discarded in favor of any matching search result from a higher priority index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Vortaloptics, Inc.
    Inventors: David B. Gosse, Tym D. Feindel, Jungho Kim, Justin R. Nutzman, Jason P. Nutzman, Michael T. Winters, Jennifer L. Gosse
  • Method, device and software for querying and presenting search results
    Publication number: 20100131484
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method, device, and software for presenting search results in a response to an end-user query. Search results are combined from results from a plurality of indexes, each of the search results having an associated key field. Index entries of each of the plurality of indexes are queried using an index-specific search algorithm to obtain a set of matching search results for each index, each matching search result having a quality of match specific to its index. A relative priority is determined for each of the plurality of indexes and the matching search results from the plurality of indexes are combined into a merged list of ordered search results based on the determined priority. A search result from a lower priority index is discarded in favor of any matching search result from a higher priority index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: David B. Gosse, Tym D. Feindel, Jungho Kim, Justin R. Nutzman, Michael T. Winters, Jennifer L. Gosse
  • Method, device and software for querying and presenting search results
    Patent number: 7603342
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method, device, and software for presenting search results in a response to an end-user query. Search results are combined from results from a plurality of indexes, each of the search results having an associated key field. Index entries of each of the plurality of indexes are queried using an index-specific search algorithm to obtain a set of matching search results for each index, each matching search result having a quality of match specific to its index. A relative priority is determined for each of the plurality of indexes and the matching search results from the plurality of indexes are combined into a merged list of ordered search results based on the determined priority. A search result from a lower priority index is discarded in favor of any matching search result from a higher priority index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Vortaloptics, Inc.
    Inventors: David B. Gosse, Tym D. Feindel, Jungho Kim, Justin R. Nutzman, Jason P. Nutzman, Michael T. Winters, Jennifer L. Gosse