Patents by Inventor Richard Barnett Allen

Richard Barnett Allen 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).

  • Systems and Methods for User-Constructed Hierarchical Interest Profiles and Information Retrieval Using Same
    Publication number: 20090307216
    Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering Web content are provided. The systems and methods include a mechanism for providing interest data that may be applied to filter Web content at the provider side. A hierarchical data set of user-identified interests in received from the user's Web client. The hierarchical data set is parsed, and responsive thereto, one or more keyword attribute values are extracted from the hierarchical data set. The extracted keyword values are applied to filter content for delivery to a requesting Web client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Barnett Allen, Thomas Alexander Bellwood, Robert Bryant Chumbley, Matthew Francis Rutkowski
  • Systems and methods for user-constructed hierarchical interest profiles and information retrieval using same
    Publication number: 20080235197
    Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering Web content are provided. The systems and methods include a mechanism for providing interest data that may be applied to filter Web content at the provider side. A hierarchical data set of user-identified interests in received from the user's Web client. The hierarchical data set is parsed, and responsive thereto, one or more keyword attribute values are extracted from the hierarchical data set. The extracted keyword values are applied to filter content for delivery to a requesting Web client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Barnett Allen, Thomas Alexander Bellwood, Robert Bryant Chumbley, Matthew Francis Rutkowski
  • Systems and methods for user-constructed hierarchical interest profiles and information retrieval using same
    Patent number: 7426508
    Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering Web content are provided. The systems and methods include a mechanism for providing interest data that may be applied to filter Web content at the provider side. A hierarchical data set of user-identified interests in received from the user's Web client. The hierarchical data set is parsed, and responsive thereto, one or more keyword attribute values are extracted from the hierarchical data set. The extracted keyword values are applied to filter content for delivery to a requesting Web client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Barnett Allen, Thomas Alexander Bellwood, Robert Bryant Chumbley, Matthew Francis Rutkowski