Patents by Inventor Timothy A. Musgrove
Timothy A. Musgrove 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).
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Publication number: 20140297559Abstract: A system and method for rating of each of plural products comprising identifying plurality of attributes associated with a category of product, applying a scalar structure for each attribute to provide scalar value of each attribute for each of the plural products, determining an incremental competitive index for each attribute of each product based on the scalar value of each attribute and a number of products having the scalar value, and rating each product based on the determined competitive index.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: CBS Interactive Inc.Inventors: Timothy A. Musgrove, Robin Hiroko Walsh, Russell Gilchrist
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Publication number: 20140207751Abstract: A search system and method for searching for electronic documents, and providing a search result in response to a search query. In one embodiment, the search system includes a processor, a user interface module adapted to receive a search query from a user that includes a search query term, a search engine that electronically searches for electronic documents that satisfy the search query term, and a query processing module that identifies at least one alternative term for the search query term, and provides the alternative term to the user interface module for display to the user, and also provides the alternative term to the search engine to search for electronic documents that satisfy the alternative term.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: TextDigger, Inc.Inventor: Timothy A. Musgrove
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Patent number: 8751331Abstract: A system and method for rating of each of plural products comprising identifying plurality of attributes associated with a category of product, applying a scalar structure for each attribute to provide scalar value of each attribute for each of the plural products, determining an incremental competitive index for each attribute of each product based on the scalar value of each attribute and a number of products having the scalar value, and rating each product based on the determined competitive index.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: CBS Interactive Inc.Inventors: Timothy A. Musgrove, Robin Hiroko Walsh, Russell Gilchrist
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Patent number: 8732197Abstract: A document taxonomy alignment system and method, relying on document glosses and utilizing a soft ontology expansion. An all-new hierarchical leaf node can be created expressly for the purpose of better aligning the plurality of document taxonomies in question. A small but valuable subset of the nodes created by soft ontology expansion turn out to capture some otherwise unmappable taxonomy nodes, and thereby have the effect of classifying the documents better than would any pre-existing node in any one of those taxonomies.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2008Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Musgrove Technology Enterprises LLC (MTE)Inventor: Timothy A. Musgrove
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Patent number: 8694530Abstract: A search system and method for searching for electronic documents, and providing a search result in response to a search query. In one embodiment, the search system includes a processor, a user interface module adapted to receive a search query from a user that includes a search query term, a search engine that electronically searches for electronic documents that satisfy the search query term, and a query processing module that identifies at least one alternative term for the search query term, and provides the alternative term to the user interface module for display to the user, and also provides the alternative term to the search engine to search for electronic documents that satisfy the alternative term.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2007Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: TextDigger, Inc.Inventor: Timothy A. Musgrove
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Patent number: 8498991Abstract: A neighborhood guide system, related method and associated database for providing information about businesses and other locations to a vehicle driver, or other user, in a more natural and informative manner than traditional IVR systems. When interacting with the user, the neighborhood guide system typically will only provide choices for the user to select from based on a user request that are in the particular vicinity of the user. Further, the neighborhood guide system provides usable information about the selected business by the user, such as hours of operation, cost, ratings, parking, etc.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2011Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Frances H. James, John W. Suh, Timothy A. Musgrove, Peter Ridge
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Patent number: 8392284Abstract: A method and system for automatically generating a naturally reading narrative product summary including assertions about a selected product. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of determining at least one attribute associated with said specific product; selecting an alternative product based on said at least one attribute; and generating a naturally reading narrative including assertions about the specific product and a recommendation of the alternative product.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2012Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: CBS Interactive Inc.Inventors: Timothy A. Musgrove, Robin Hiroko Walsh
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Publication number: 20130030952Abstract: A method and system for automatically generating a naturally reading narrative product summary including assertions about a selected product. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of determining at least one attribute associated with said specific product; selecting an alternative product based on said at least one attribute; and generating a naturally reading narrative including assertions about the specific product and a recommendation of the alternative product.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: CBS Interactive, Inc.Inventors: Timothy A. Musgrove, Robin Hiroko Walsh
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Publication number: 20120296841Abstract: A system and method for rating of each of plural products comprising identifying plurality of attributes associated with a category of product, applying a scalar structure for each attribute to provide scalar value of each attribute for each of the plural products, determining an incremental competitive index for each attribute of each product based on the scalar value of each attribute and a number of products having the scalar value, and rating each product based on the determined competitive index.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2011Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: CBS INTERACTIVE INC.Inventors: Timothy A. Musgrove, Robin Hiroko Walsh, Russell Gilchrist
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Patent number: 8271351Abstract: A method and system for automatically generating a naturally reading narrative product summary including assertions about a selected product. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of determining at least one attribute associated with the selected product, selecting an alternative product, retrieving assertion models to describe the product and to recommend an alternative product in a natural manner, and generating a naturally reading narrative by combining the attribute and the selected alternative product with the retrieved assertion models such that the generated narrative includes a recommendation of the selected alternative product. A system is provided for implementing the described method.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2010Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: CBS Interactive Inc.Inventors: Timothy A. Musgrove, Robin Hiroko Walsh
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Publication number: 20120232989Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a method, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for placing content in conversations. An exemplary method comprises determining intersecting data based on a conversation data and marketing data, the marketing data being associated with content that is adapted for placement relative to one or more conversations, and creating a conversational model based on the intersecting data, the conversational model including data that is relevant to both the conversation data and the marketing data, wherein the conversational model is adapted to be used to place the content relative to at least one of the one or more conversations.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: FEDERATED MEDIA PUBLISHING, INC.Inventor: Timothy A. Musgrove
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Publication number: 20120215783Abstract: Systems for organizing product information in accordance with a catalog taxonomy including: a database storing product information, and a processor configured to receive input of product information associated with a plurality of products, store at least one of the plurality of products in a catalog, associate at least one first tier attribute with a first tier category, the first tier attribute being common to products in the first tier category and being inherited by products in a second tier category, associate at least one second tier attribute with the second tier category, the second tier attribute being common to the products in the second tier category, retrieve second tier attributes of at least two second tier categories, determine at least one common attribute of the second tier categories, generate a first tier attribute group, and associate the at least one common attribute with the first tier attribute group.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: CBS INTERACTIVE INC.Inventors: Timothy A. Musgrove, Robin Hiroko Walsh
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Publication number: 20120158726Abstract: A method and apparatus for classifying a collection of digital documents based on ideological bias of authors. At least a portion of text of a digital document is received and parsed. Pairs of specific features text having specified relationships are detected. The pairs are then mapped to an ideological bias, based on an ideological bias ontology for example. Various actions can be taken on the digital documents based on the determined ideological bias.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventors: Timothy MUSGROVE, Robin WALSH, Peter RIDGE
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Publication number: 20120089615Abstract: A neighborhood guide system, related method and associated database for providing information about businesses and other locations to a vehicle driver, or other user, in a more natural and informative manner than traditional IVR systems. When interacting with the user, the neighborhood guide system typically will only provide choices for the user to select from based on a user request that are in the particular vicinity of the user. Further, the neighborhood guide system provides usable information about the selected business by the user, such as hours of operation, cost, ratings, parking, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2011Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, LLC.Inventors: Frances H. James, John W. Suh, Timothy A. Musgrove, Peter Ridge
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Patent number: 8082214Abstract: A system and method for rating of each of plural products comprising identifying plurality of attributes associated with a category of product, applying a scalar structure for each attribute to provide scalar value of each attribute for each of the plural products, determining an incremental competitive index for each attribute of each product based on the scalar value of each attribute and a number of products having the scalar value, and rating each product based on the determined competitive index.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2008Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: CBS Interactive Inc.Inventors: Timothy A. Musgrove, Robin Hiroko Walsh, Russell Gilchrist
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Publication number: 20110295895Abstract: A catalog taxonomy organized in a tree-like configuration including at least one first tier product category having at least one first tier attribute associated with products in the first tier category, and a plurality of second tier product categories branching from the first tier product category and defining subcategories, at least one of the plurality of second tier product categories having a second tier attribute associated with products in a subcategory defined by the plurality of second tier product categories, wherein each of the second tier product categories inherits the first tier attribute of the first tier product category from which the plurality of second tier product categories branches. In addition, a system and method utilizing such catalog taxonomy.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: CBS Interactive Inc.Inventors: Timothy A. Musgrove, Robin Hiroko Walsh
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Patent number: 8019659Abstract: A catalog taxonomy organized in a tree-like configuration including at least one first tier product category having at least one first tier attribute associated with products in the first tier category, and a plurality of second tier product categories branching from the first tier product category and defining subcategories, at least one of the plurality of second tier product categories having a second tier attribute associated with products in a subcategory defined by the plurality of second tier product categories, wherein each of the second tier product categories inherits the first tier attribute of the first tier product category from which the plurality of second tier product categories branches. In addition, a system and method utilizing such catalog taxonomy.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2006Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: CBS Interactive Inc.Inventors: Timothy A. Musgrove, Robin Hiroko Walsh
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Patent number: 7840448Abstract: A system and method for automatically generating a naturally reading narrative product summary including assertions about a selected product. The method includes the steps of determining an attribute associated with the selected product, retrieving an assertion model defining forms in which an assertion can be manifested to describe the product in a natural manner, and generating a naturally reading narrative by combining the attribute with the retrieved assertion model. A product summary generator comprises a product attribute module adapted to determine an attribute, an assertion model module adapted to retrieve an assertion model, and a summary generation module adapted to generate a naturally reading narrative by combining the attribute with the retrieved assertion model. A computer readable medium for automatically generating a naturally reading narrative product summary including assertions about a selected product is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2003Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: CBS Interactive Inc.Inventors: Timothy A. Musgrove, Robin Walsh
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Publication number: 20100268598Abstract: A method and system for automatically generating a naturally reading narrative product summary including assertions about a selected product. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of determining at least one attribute associated with the selected product, selecting an alternative product, retrieving assertion models to describe the product and to recommend an alternative product in a natural manner, and generating a naturally reading narrative by combining the attribute and the selected alternative product with the retrieved assertion models such that the generated narrative includes a recommendation of the selected alternative product. A system is provided for implementing the described method.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: CBS INTERACTIVE, INC.Inventors: Timothy A. MUSGROVE, Robin Hiroko WALSH
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Patent number: 7783528Abstract: A method and system for automatically generating a naturally reading narrative product summary including assertions about a selected product. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of determining at least one attribute associated with the selected product, selecting an alternative product, retrieving assertion models to describe the product and to recommend an alternative product in a natural manner, and generating a naturally reading narrative by combining the attribute and the selected alternative product with the retrieved assertion models such that the generated narrative includes a recommendation of the selected alternative product. A system is provided for implementing the described method.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2004Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: CBS Interactive, Inc.Inventors: Timothy A. Musgrove, Robin Hiroko Walsh