Patents by Inventor Stuart A. McLean

Stuart A. McLean 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: 9721006
    Abstract: Systems and methods for searching a document corpus and generating search queries are disclosed. A method includes providing for display a graphical user interface having two or more sections, and providing for generation of an initial search query based on locations of query terms entered into the graphical user interface. Sections of the graphical user interface indicate a query status. A revised search query based on a location of the query terms within the graphical user interface is generated following the manipulation of one or more of the query terms. Movement of a selected query term from a first section to a second section of the graphical user interface changes the query status of the selected query term from a first query status to a second query status. A search of the database is performed using the revised search query to return an updated set of electronic documents for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
    Inventors: Philip L. Wittmer, Peter J. Vanderheyden, Stuart A. McLean
  • Publication number: 20120246173
    Abstract: Systems and methods for searching a document corpus and generating search queries are disclosed. A method includes providing for display a graphical user interface having two or more sections, and providing for generation of an initial search query based on locations of query terms entered into the graphical user interface. Sections of the graphical user interface indicate a query status. A revised search query based on a location of the query terms within the graphical user interface is generated following the manipulation of one or more of the query terms. Movement of a selected query term from a first section to a second section of the graphical user interface changes the query status of the selected query term from a first query status to a second query status. A search of the database is performed using the revised search query to return an updated set of electronic documents for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: LEXISNEXIS, A DIVISION OF REED ELSEVIER INC.
    Inventors: Philip L. Wittmer, Peter J. Vanderheyden, Stuart A. McLean
  • Publication number: 20090070301
    Abstract: A method of automatically sending an alert message when the status of one or more documents has changed is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a computer system, instructions from a user to monitor the status of a first type of information for a first selected document. The method further includes monitoring, by the computer system, the status of the first type of information for the first selected document. The method also includes, when the status of the first type of information for the first selected document has changed, sending, by the computer system, an alert message to the user to indicate that the status of the document has changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Stuart A. McLean, Harriet Meehan, Phillip R. Jacobs, Charles M. Greenwald, JR., Don P. Steiner, Mark Edwards