Patents by Inventor Robert Drumheller

Robert Drumheller 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).

  • Computer program products and methods for query collection optimization
    Patent number: 8620902
    Abstract: Computer program products and methods for query collection optimization and executing a query collection against one or more electronic documents are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method of executing a query collection having a plurality of full term queries against an electronic document includes receiving the query collection, determining common terms, and searching the electronic document for the common terms in accordance with a frequency that the common terms appear in the query collection. The method further includes, for each common term found in the electronic document, searching the electronic document for full term queries that include the common term that was found in the electronic document. The method further includes, for each common term not found in the electronic document, preventing a search of the electronic document for the full term queries that include the common term that was not found in the electronic document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Drumheller
  • COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR QUERY COLLECTION OPTIMIZATION
    Publication number: 20120310920
    Abstract: Computer program products and methods for query collection optimization and executing a query collection against one or more electronic documents are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method of executing a query collection having a plurality of full term queries against an electronic document includes receiving the query collection, determining common terms, and searching the electronic document for the common terms in accordance with a frequency that the common terms appear in the query collection. The method further includes, for each common term found in the electronic document, searching the electronic document for full term queries that include the common term that was found in the electronic document. The method further includes, for each common term not found in the electronic document, preventing a search of the electronic document for the full term queries that include the common term that was not found in the electronic document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: LEXISNEXIS, A DIVISION OF REED ELSEVIER INC.
    Inventor: Robert Drumheller