Patents by Inventor Peer Boerner

Peer Boerner 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).

  • Device and method of determining emotive index corresponding to a message
    Patent number: 6999914
    Abstract: The invention includes a method and a device for determining an emotive index for a message. In the method, a message is received and words in the message are identified for analysis. An emotive index corresponding to the identified words is then determined. The emotive index is preferably a function of a word count index corresponding to the number of identified words, an affinity index and an antagonism index. A device according to the present invention includes a computer readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer readable instructions capable of instructing a computer to carry out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Manning And Napier Information Services LLC
    Inventors: Peer Boerner, James Frey