Patents by Inventor Stavros Michael MacRakis

Stavros Michael MacRakis 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).

  • Information synthesis engine
    Patent number: 7548913
    Abstract: A method of generating a report from multiple sources includes obtaining a topic based on input queries relating to the topic, obtaining information about the topic from the multiple sources, where the information includes excerpts from the multiple sources that meet one or more criteria, and generating the report using the excerpts. Generating the report includes obtaining subtopics for the excerpts, organizing the excerpts based on the subtopics, and editing text in the excerpts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Lycos, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Ekberg, Brian Ulicny, Gray Watson, Steven Quince, Alden Dorosario, Vladimir Zelevinsky, Stavros Michael MacRakis