Patents by Inventor Robin Duncan Hill

Robin Duncan Hill 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 creating customized ontologies
    Patent number: 7505989
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to a system and method for creating custom multi-relational ontologies. The invention includes a system and method for creating a master ontology and the application of one or more customizing constraints to the master ontology. Also provided are methods for creating custom ontologies using path-finding and creation of custom ontologies by applying customizing constraints to extraction, assembly, curation, and publication processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: BioWisdom Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Philip Gardner, Robin Duncan Hill, Conor McMenamin, Matthew David Eldridge, Benjamin Davis, Neil Andrew Miller Blue, Jonathan Kim Chambers
  • Creating a multi-relational ontology having a predetermined structure
    Patent number: 7496593
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to a system and method for creating one or more structured multi-relational ontologies. The invention may include ontologies comprising assertions made up of concept-relationship-concept triplets. The invention may also include predefined sets of concept and relationship types as well as concept type hierarchies and concept-relationship association parameters. The invention may further include properties as concepts, synonyms of concepts as concepts, and documents or parts thereof as concepts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: BioWisdom Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Philip Gardner, Conor McMenamin, Robin Duncan Hill, Nicholas Sean Tilford, Gordon Smith Baxter
  • System and method for parsing and/or exporting data from one or more multi-relational ontologies
    Patent number: 7493333
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for parsing and/or exporting one or more multi-relational ontologies. The system may apply a set of export constraints to one or more master ontologies to produce a redacted data subset. The redacted data subset may then be exported to a specified location or application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: BioWisdom Limited
    Inventors: Robin Duncan Hill, Conor McMenamin, Stephen Philip Gardner, Benjamin Davis, Matthew David Eldridge, Neil Andrew Miller Blue