Patents by Inventor Ralph Furmaniak

Ralph Furmaniak 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).

  • Media material analysis of continuing article portions
    Patent number: 7899249
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for analyzing media material having articles continuing across multiple pages. A media material analyzer includes a segmenter and an article composer. The segmenter identifies block segments associated with columnar body test in the media material. The article composer determines which of the identified block segments belong to a continuing article extending across multiple pages in the media material based on language statistics information and continuation transition information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph Furmaniak, Ray Smith, Luc Vincent, Dan Bloomberg, Dar-Shyang Lee
  • Methods and systems for analyzing data in media material having layout
    Patent number: 7801358
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for analyzing media material having a layout. A media material analyzer includes a segmenter and an article composer. The segmenter identifies block segments associated with columnar body text in the media material. The article composer determines which of the identified block segments belong to one or more articles in the media material. The article composer can determine whether candidate block segments belong to a same article based on language statistics information, layout transition information, or both language statistics information and layout transition information. A system for searching media material having a layout over a network is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph Furmaniak, Ray Smith, Luc Vincent, Dan Bloomberg, Dar-Shyang Lee
  • Methods and systems for analyzing data in media material having layout
    Publication number: 20080107337
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for analyzing media material having a layout. A media material analyzer includes a segmenter and an article composer. The segmenter identifies block segments associated with columnar body text in the media material. The article composer determines which of the identified block segments belong to one or more articles in the media material. The article composer can determine whether candidate block segments belong to a same article based on language statistics information, layout transition information, or both language statistics information and layout transition information. A system for searching media material having a layout over a network is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph Furmaniak, Ray Smith, Luc Vincent, Dan Bloomberg, Dar-Shyang Lee
  • Media material analysis of continuing article portions
    Publication number: 20080107338
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for analyzing media material having articles continuing across multiple pages. A media material analyzer includes a segmenter and an article composer. The segmenter identifies block segments associated with columnar body test in the media material. The article composer determines which of the identified block segments belong to a continuing article extending across multiple pages in the media material based on language statistics information and continuation transition information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph Furmaniak, Ray Smith, Luc Vincent, Dan Bloomberg, Dar-Shyang Lee