Patents by Inventor Mohammed Shami

Mohammed Shami 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).

  • Entity expansion and grouping
    Patent number: 8312018
    Abstract: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to convert an entity to a standard form including normalized attributes, a tag reference and a feature. The entity is expanded with corresponding variants. The standard form and corresponding variants are combined to form an annotated entity in a first processing step. The entity is assigned to a group in a second processing step that accesses the annotated entity. The entity is processed in a single pass comprising the first processing step and the second processing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Business Objects Software Limited
    Inventors: Mohammed Shami, Tri Do, Kevin Wright, Hemant Puranik, George Chitouras