Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Benno

Stephen A. Benno 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 identifying relationships between database records
    Patent number: 7349928
    Abstract: A system for identifying relationships between database records includes a memory operable to store a plurality of records comprising a first record and at least one second record. Each record comprises at least one of a plurality of tokens. The system also includes one or more processors collectively operable to determine a weight associated with each of the tokens, compare at least one second record to the first record, and determine at least one relationship indicator based on the comparison and at least one of the weights. The at least one relationship indicator identifies a level of relationship between the first record and at least one second record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Syngence Corporation
    Inventors: P. Nick Lawrence, Kenneth W. Loafman, Stephen A. Benno
  • System and method for identifying relationships between database records
    Patent number: 7246129
    Abstract: A system for identifying relationships between database records includes a memory operable to store a plurality of records comprising a first record and at least one second record. Each record comprises at least one of a plurality of tokens. The system also includes one or more processors collectively operable to determine a weight associated with each of the tokens, compare at least one second record to the first record, and determine at least one relationship indicator based on the comparison and at least one of the weights. The at least one relationship indicator identifies a level of relationship between the first record and at least one second record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Inventors: P. Nick Lawrence, Kenneth W. Loafman, Stephen A. Benno
  • System and method for identifying relationships between database records
    Publication number: 20060123036
    Abstract: A system for identifying relationships between database records includes a memory operable to store a plurality of records comprising a first record and at least one second record. Each record comprises at least one of a plurality of tokens. The system also includes one or more processors collectively operable to determine a weight associated with each of the tokens, compare at least one second record to the first record, and determine at least one relationship indicator based on the comparison and at least one of the weights. The at least one relationship indicator identifies a level of relationship between the first record and at least one second record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: P. Nick Lawrence, Kenneth Loafman, Stephen Benno
  • System and method for identifying relationships between database records
    Patent number: 7031969
    Abstract: A system for identifying relationships between database records includes a memory operable to store a plurality of records comprising a first record and at least one second record. Each record comprises at least one of a plurality of tokens. The system also includes one or more processors collectively operable to determine a weight associated with each of the tokens, compare at least one second record to the first record, and determine at least one relationship indicator based on the comparison and at least one of the weights. The at least one relationship indicator identifies a level of relationship between the first record and at least one second record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Lawrence Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: P. Nick Lawrence, Kenneth W. Loafman, Stephen A. Benno
  • System and method for identifying relationships between database records
    Publication number: 20060010144
    Abstract: A system for identifying relationships between database records includes a memory operable to store a plurality of records comprising a first record and at least one second record. Each record comprises at least one of a plurality of tokens. The system also includes one or more processors collectively operable to determine a weight associated with each of the tokens, compare at least one second record to the first record, and determine at least one relationship indicator based on the comparison and at least one of the weights. The at least one relationship indicator identifies a level of relationship between the first record and at least one second record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: P. Lawrence, Kenneth Loafman, Stephen Benno
  • System and method for identifying relationships between database records
    Publication number: 20030158850
    Abstract: A system for identifying relationships between database records includes a memory operable to store a plurality of records comprising a first record and at least one second record. Each record comprises at least one of a plurality of tokens. The system also includes one or more processors collectively operable to determine a weight associated with each of the tokens, compare at least one second record to the first record, and determine at least one relationship indicator based on the comparison and at least one of the weights. The at least one relationship indicator identifies a level of relationship between the first record and at least one second record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: Lawrence Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventors: P. Nick Lawrence, Kenneth W. Loafman, Stephen A. Benno