Patents by Inventor Stephen T. Hoffmann

Stephen T. Hoffmann 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).

  • Interactive natural language query processing system and method
    Publication number: 20040019478
    Abstract: A method for interactive natural language query processing includes receiving a natural language query comprising a plurality of words. The received query is tokenized into individual words. The one or more tokenized words are then collapsed. An intersection of the collapsed words is then determined and one or more results are selected based at least in part on the intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Applicant: Electronic Data Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Brad L. Rucker, Stephen T. Hoffmann, Norman Tang