Patents by Inventor Peter McCombs

Peter McCombs 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).

  • System and method for capturing relevant information from a printed document
    Patent number: 9053362
    Abstract: A city directory, having a listing of names and associated information of residents in a city (or similar location), is digitized. Zones of text having information not useful to users of the digitized directory are removed, and lines of information corresponding to residents are reconstructed, to make the digitized directory more easily accessed and reviewed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
    Inventors: Peter McCombs, Spence Koehler, Laryn Brown
  • System and method for extracting categories of data
    Patent number: 8949110
    Abstract: Lines of data that are from a historical document, such as a digitized city directory, have information extracted and stored in searchable data fields. Words and phrases within the lines of data are identified and tagged. Rendering rules are applied to the tagged words and phrases to extract names, addresses, occupations, spouse information and other data, and store that data in the searchable fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
    Inventors: Peter McCombs, Spencer Koehler, Laryn Brown
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING RELEVANT INFORMATION FROM A PRINTED DOCUMENT
    Publication number: 20140247988
    Abstract: A city directory, having a listing of names and associated information of residents in a city (or similar location), is digitized. Zones of text having information not useful to users of the digitized directory are removed, and lines of information corresponding to residents are reconstructed, to make the digitized directory more easily accessed and reviewed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: ANCESTRY.COM OPERATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Peter McCombs, Spence Koehler, Laryn Brown
  • System and method for capturing relevant information from a printed document
    Patent number: 8687890
    Abstract: A city directory, having a listing of names and associated information of residents in a city (or similar location), is digitized. Zones of text having information not useful to users of the digitized directory are removed, and lines of information corresponding to residents are reconstructed, to make the digitized directory more easily accessed and reviewed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
    Inventors: Peter McCombs, Spencer Koehler, Laryn Brown
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING CATEGORIES OF DATA
    Publication number: 20130080149
    Abstract: Lines of data that are from a historical document, such as a digitized city directory, have information extracted and stored in searchable data fields. Words and phrases within the lines of data are identified and tagged. Rendering rules are applied to the tagged words and phrases to extract names, addresses, occupations, spouse information and other data, and store that data in the searchable fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Ancestry.Com Operations Inc.
    Inventors: Peter McCombs, Spencer Koehler, Laryn Brown
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING RELEVANT INFORMATION FROM A PRINTED DOCUMENT
    Publication number: 20130077863
    Abstract: A city directory, having a listing of names and associated information of residents in a city (or similar location), is digitized. Zones of text having information not useful to users of the digitized directory are removed, and lines of information corresponding to residents are reconstructed, to make the digitized directory more easily accessed and reviewed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
    Inventors: Peter McCombs, Spencer Koehler, Laryn Brown