Patents by Inventor Nelson Murray Wiggins

Nelson Murray Wiggins 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: 10255334
    Abstract: A count of documents similar to a reference document is determined based on a plurality of similarity ratings. Each similarity rating may be based on a number of co-occurring terms between the reference document and the corresponding similar documents. A graphical user interface (GUI) may be provided. The GUI may include a GUI element that is associated with the similar documents. Furthermore, the GUI element may include a visual representation of a number of documents for each similarity rating that are retrievable based on a selection of the corresponding similarity rating. The GUI element may be provided prior to retrieving one of the similar documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Veritas Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Nelson Murray Wiggins, Karen Williams, Gary Steven Lehrman, Kurt Leafstrand
  • Patent number: 9501566
    Abstract: A computing device identifies concept terms related to an input phrase based on data in a data set. The input phrase defines an initial scope of a concept search. The computing device presents the concept terms in a graphical user interface (GUI) and a GUI element in the GUI to represent the input phrase. Upon a selection of at least one concept term, the computing device presents a visual representation of a relationship between the selected concept term(s) and the input phrase in the GUI using the GUI element, and a count of documents available to be retrieved in the GUI based on the relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Veritas Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Nelson Murray Wiggins, Chitrang Shah, Gary Steven Lehrman, Kurt Leafstrand
  • Patent number: 9075498
    Abstract: A computing device determines counts of documents that are similar to a reference document for a set of similarity ratings. Each similarity rating is based on a number of co-occurring terms between the reference document and corresponding similar documents. The computing device present the reference document and a GUI element pertaining to the documents similar to the reference document in a graphical user interface (GUI). Upon a selection of the GUI element, the computing device presents a visual representation of a correlation between the counts of similar documents and the similarity ratings in the GUI. The visual representation is provided prior to displaying at least one of the similar documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Nelson Murray Wiggins, Karen Williams, Gary Steven Lehrman, Kurt Leafstrand