Patents by Inventor Paul Stansbury

Paul Stansbury 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).

  • Apparatus and methods for finding information that satisfies a profile and producing output therefrom
    Patent number: 6505202
    Abstract: A system for evaluating information. The system defines a set of properties and one or more values for each property and then assigns property-value combinations to items of information and to profiles. Information is then evaluated by determining how the property-value combinations assigned to the items of information match those assigned to a profile. Assignments of property-value combinations have ratings and validities associated with them. In assignments to information items, the rating represents the relevance of the information item to the property-value pair; in assignments to profiles, it represents the relevance of the property-value pair to the profile. The validity for an assignment indicates a judgment concerning the strength of the assignment. The system further defines relationships between property-value combinations. When a property-value combination in a relationship is assigned, so are the related property-value combinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Inventors: Linda Allan Mosquera, Duane Steward, Brian C. Clark, Paul Stansbury