Patents by Inventor Stephen N. Hord

Stephen N. Hord 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).

  • Method For Searching Data Elements on the Web Using a Conceptual Metadata and Contextual Metadata Search Engine
    Publication number: 20080147601
    Abstract: An exemplary method for searching data includes receiving a search query comprising a conceptual metadatum parameter and contextual metadata parameters, locating a first set of instance documents containing a first contextual metadatum of the contextual metadata, filtering each instance documents in the first set to identify a data element in the instance document that indicates each parameter in the search query, based on definitions internal to the instance document and taxonomies or extensions associated with the instance document, and displaying the filtering results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: UBMATRIX, INC.
    Inventors: Frederic Chapus, Stephen N. Hord