Patents by Inventor Neale Hayward-Shott

Neale Hayward-Shott 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).

  • Patent number: 6052693
    Abstract: Traditional information extraction processes are usually implemented on a programmed general purpose computer. The process looks for certain information, and organizes the information into a database record. The database created is usually stored in a searchable format such as a structured relational database or an object-orientated structured database, which can be accessed, research, and analyzed by computer-implemented database research systems. However, generic information extraction processes only input the extracted information into the database, in the last step of the process and do not address the problem of compiling large and comprehensive database from a plurality of source documents. Furthermore, information extraction processes are not focused on how the information extracted will be used in the construction of a large database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Harlequin Group Plc
    Inventors: Michael J. Smith, Alan C. May, Barton D. Wright, Adrian J. Wilson, Neale Hayward-Shott