Patents by Inventor Pat Velderman

Pat Velderman 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: 8037061
    Abstract: A system and computer readable medium for providing a set of refinement categories for a set of search results generated in response to a search query. The system comprises: a category identifier system that analyzes each search result and identifies at least one category from a hierarchy of categories for each search result, thereby providing a list of identified categories; a ranking system that ranks each category in the list of identified categories; and a selection system that selects a predetermined number of the highest ranking categories from the list of identified categories to generate the set of refinement categories, wherein the selection system eliminates categories from the set of refinement categories if the category has a parent in the set of refinement categories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen C. Gates, Alexander W. Holt, Michael E. Moran, Pat Velderman
  • Publication number: 20090125491
    Abstract: A system and computer readable medium for providing a set of refinement categories for a set of search results generated in response to a search query. The system comprises: a category identifier system that analyzes each search result and identifies at least one category from a hierarchy of categories for each search result, thereby providing a list of identified categories; a ranking system that ranks each category in the list of identified categories; and a selection system that selects a predetermined number of the highest ranking categories from the list of identified categories to generate the set of refinement categories, wherein the selection system eliminates categories from the set of refinement categories if the category has a parent in the set of refinement categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Stephen C. Gates, Alexander W. Holt, Michael E. Moran, Pat Velderman
  • Patent number: 7523095
    Abstract: A system for enhancing search results generated in response to a search query. The system comprises: a category identifier system that analyzes each search result and identifies at least one category from a hierarchy of categories for each search result, thereby providing a list of identified categories; a ranking system that ranks each category in the list of identified categories; and a selection system that selects a predetermined number of the highest ranking categories from the list of identified categories to generate the set of refinement categories, wherein the selection system eliminates categories from the set of refinement categories if the category has a parent in the set of refinement categories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen C. Gates, Alexander W. Holt, Michael E. Moran, Pat Velderman
  • Publication number: 20040220902
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a set of refinement categories for a set of search results generated in response to a search query. The system comprises: a category identifier system that analyzes each search result and identifies at least one category from a hierarchy of categories for each search result, thereby providing a list of identified categories; a ranking system that ranks each category in the list of identified categories; and a selection system that selects a predetermined number of the highest ranking categories from the list of identified categories to generate the set of refinement categories, wherein the selection system eliminates categories from the set of refinement categories if the category has a parent in the set of refinement categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen C. Gates, Alexander W. Holt, Michael E. Moran, Pat Velderman