Patents by Inventor Philip S. Topham

Philip S. Topham 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).

  • Generating a subgraph of key entities in a network and categorizing the subgraph entities into different types using social network analysis
    Patent number: 9195962
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-program product for generating a subgraph of key entities in a network and organizing entities in the subgraph are disclosed. The technique uses social network analysis centrality metrics to identify key entities in a network. The technique also uses social network analysis centrality metrics to categorize key entities into different types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Inventors: Philip S. Topham, Senthil Kumar Purushothaman, Ryan Peeler, Anthony M. Page, Daniel Vesely
  • Extracting and normalizing organization names from text
    Patent number: 8370361
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for extracting and normalizing organization names from text. The method uses regular expressions, certain rules and dictionaries to identify potential organization names in text, then uses word similarity metrics, clustering, and other considerations to group normalized organization names.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Lnx Research, LLC
    Inventors: Philip S. Topham, Siddhartha Jonnalagadda
  • Extracting And Normalizing Organization Names From Text
    Publication number: 20120185478
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for extracting and normalizing organization names from text. The method uses regular expressions, certain rules and dictionaries to identify potential organization names in text, then uses word similarity metrics, clustering, and other considerations to group normalized organization names.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Philip S. Topham, Siddhartha Jonnalagadda
  • Generating A Subgraph Of Key Entities In A Network And Categorizing The Subgraph Entities Into Different Types Using Social Network Analysis
    Publication number: 20110066714
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-program product for generating a subgraph of key entities in a network and organizing entities in the subgraph are disclosed. The technique uses social network analysis centrality metrics to identify key entities in a network. The technique also uses social network analysis centrality metrics to categorize key entities into different types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Philip S. Topham, Senthil Kumar Purushothaman, Ryan Peeler, Anthony M. Page, Daniel Vesely