Patents by Inventor Ralph Carlson

Ralph Carlson 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 the identification of latent relationships amongst data elements in large databases
    Patent number: 6751607
    Abstract: A database tool comprises a computer-implemented method for quick low-intensity processing to identify latent relationships among data elements in very large databases and to determine whether a keyword or character string is contained in a document which is part of a large collection of documents. Text in data fields of source documents are enciphered into surrogate vectors comprising wide binary numbers. Each keyword of text will set a corresponding group of bits in the associated surrogate vector. Any non-true bit required in the enciphered word is a quick indication the word cannot possibly be found in the associated document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas A. Kraay, Charles E. Brisbin, Ralph Carlson
  • System and method for the identification of latent relationships amongst data elements in large databases
    Publication number: 20020147707
    Abstract: A database tool comprises a computer-implemented method for quick low-intensity processing to identify latent relationships among data elements in very large databases and to determine whether a keyword or character string is contained in a document which is part of a large collection of documents. Text in data fields of source documents are enciphered into surrogate vectors comprising wide binary numbers. Each keyword of text will set a corresponding group of bits in the associated surrogate vector. Any non-true bit required in the enciphered word is a quick indication the word cannot possibly be found in the associated document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas A. Kraay, Charles E. Brisbin, Ralph Carlson