Patents by Inventor STEPHEN L. HARDT

STEPHEN L. HARDT 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).

  • Patent number: 9904681
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for assembling a set of documents related to a triggering item. One embodiment of a method for assembling a set of electronic documents related to an electronic triggering item detected by a computing device being operated by a user includes automatically extracting by the computing device a set of features from the triggering item, without receiving a request by the user to assemble the set of electronic documents, and assembling as the set of electronic documents a plurality of documents that is relevant to the set of features, wherein the plurality of documents is retrieved from a plurality of different types of electronic sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SRI INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Kenneth Nitz, David Dunkley, Thierry Donneau-Golencer, Adam Cheyer, Leslie Pound, Stephen L. Hardt
  • Publication number: 20160188578
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for assembling a set of documents related to a triggering item. One embodiment of a method for assembling a set of electronic documents related to an electronic triggering item detected by a computing device being operated by a user includes automatically extracting by the computing device a set of features from the triggering item, without receiving a request by the user to assemble the set of electronic documents, and assembling as the set of electronic documents a plurality of documents that is relevant to the set of features, wherein the plurality of documents is retrieved from a plurality of different types of electronic sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: KENNETH NITZ, David Dunkley, Thierry Donneau-Golencer, Adam Cheyer, Leslie Pound, Stephen L. Hardt
  • Patent number: 9195640
    Abstract: A method and system for finding content having a desired similarity to an input or source content includes using a similarity model including information and associations derived from content processed by one or more content analyzers to find and/or arrange content having a desired type and/or degree of similarity to the input or source content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: SRI INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Thierry D. Donneau-Golencer, Stephen L. Hardt
  • Publication number: 20120131020
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for assembling a set of documents related to a triggering item. One embodiment of a method for assembling a set of electronic documents related to an electronic triggering item detected by a computing device being operated by a user includes automatically extracting by the computing device a set of features from the triggering item, without receiving a request by the user to assemble the set of electronic documents, and assembling as the set of electronic documents a plurality of documents that is relevant to the set of features, wherein the plurality of documents is retrieved from a plurality of different types of electronic sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: KENNETH NITZ, David Dunkley, Thierry Donneau-Golencer, Adam Cheyer, Leslie Pound, Stephen L. Hardt
  • Publication number: 20110295612
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for user modelization. In one embodiment, a method builds a profile that describes the interests of a user by monitoring automatically over time a plurality of interactions between the user and a computing device controlled by the user. The plurality of interactions includes interactions with a plurality of different computer applications. The method further includes extracting automatically electronic data from the plurality of interactions and determining automatically the interests in accordance with the electronic data. The method then saves the interests in the profile, such that the profile is based on behaviors specific to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: THIERRY DONNEAU-GOLENCER, STEPHEN L. HARDT