Patents by Inventor Timothy Shinkle

Timothy Shinkle 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: 10318556
    Abstract: Classifying an electronic document in a computer-based system is disclosed. For each classification instance in a plurality of classification instances, a confidence data indicating a degree of confidence that the electronic document is associated with that classification instance is determined. A classification, based on a first classification instance in the plurality of classification instances, is assigned without human intervention to the electronic document if the confidence data associated with the first classification instance exceeds a first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Open Text Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas A. Summerlin, Timothy Shinkle, Russell E. Stalters
  • Publication number: 20170220666
    Abstract: Classifying an electronic document in a computer-based system is disclosed. For each classification instance in a plurality of classification instances, a confidence data indicating a degree of confidence that the electronic document is associated with that classification instance is determined. A classification, based on a first classification instance in the plurality of classification instances, is assigned without human intervention to the electronic document if the confidence data associated with the first classification instance exceeds a first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas A. Summerlin, Timothy Shinkle, Russell E. Stalters
  • Patent number: 9576014
    Abstract: Classifying an electronic document in a computer-based system is disclosed. For each classification instance in a plurality of classification instances, a confidence data indicating a degree of confidence that the electronic document is associated with that classification instance is determined. A classification, based on a first classification instance in the plurality of classification instances, is assigned without human intervention to the electronic document if the confidence data associated with the first classification instance exceeds a first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas A. Summerlin, Timothy Shinkle, Russell E. Stalters
  • Publication number: 20150339338
    Abstract: Classifying an electronic document in a computer-based system is disclosed. For each classification instance in a plurality of classification instances, a confidence data indicating a degree of confidence that the electronic document is associated with that classification instance is determined. A classification, based on a first classification instance in the plurality of classification instances, is assigned without human intervention to the electronic document if the confidence data associated with the first classification instance exceeds a first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas A. Summerlin, Timothy Shinkle, Russell E. Stalters
  • Patent number: 9129003
    Abstract: Classifying an electronic document in a computer-based system is disclosed. For each classification instance in a plurality of classification instances, a confidence data indicating a degree of confidence that the electronic document is associated with that classification instance is determined. A classification, based on a first classification instance in the plurality of classification instances, is assigned without human intervention to the electronic document if the confidence data associated with the first classification instance exceeds a first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas A. Summerlin, Timothy Shinkle, Russell E. Stalters
  • Publication number: 20140236955
    Abstract: Classifying an electronic document in a computer-based system is disclosed. For each classification instance in a plurality of classification instances, a confidence data indicating a degree of confidence that the electronic document is associated with that classification instance is determined. A classification, based on a first classification instance in the plurality of classification instances, is assigned without human intervention to the electronic document if the confidence data associated with the first classification instance exceeds a first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: EMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas A. Summerlin, Timothy Shinkle, Russell E. Stalters
  • Patent number: 8682893
    Abstract: Classifying an electronic document in a computer-based system is disclosed. For each classification instance in a plurality of classification instances, a confidence data indicating a degree of confidence that the electronic document is associated with that classification instance is determined. A classification, based on a first classification instance in the plurality of classification instances, is assigned without human intervention to the electronic document if the confidence data associated with the first classification instance exceeds a first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas A. Summerlin, Timothy Shinkle, Russell E. Stalters
  • Publication number: 20120143868
    Abstract: Classifying an electronic document in a computer-based system is disclosed. For each classification instance in a plurality of classification instances, a confidence data indicating a degree of confidence that the electronic document is associated with that classification instance is determined. A classification, based on a first classification instance in the plurality of classification instances, is assigned without human intervention to the electronic document if the confidence data associated with the first classification instance exceeds a first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: EMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas A. Summerlin, Timothy Shinkle, Russell E. Stalters
  • Patent number: 8135710
    Abstract: Classifying an electronic document in a computer-based system is disclosed. For each classification instance in a plurality of classification instances, a confidence data indicating a degree of confidence that the electronic document is associated with that classification instance is determined. A classification, based on a first classification instance in the plurality of classification instances, is assigned without human intervention to the electronic document if the confidence data associated with the first classification instance exceeds a first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas A. Summerlin, Timothy Shinkle, Russell E. Stalters
  • Publication number: 20090089305
    Abstract: Classifying an electronic document in a computer-based system is disclosed. For each classification instance in a plurality of classification instances, a confidence data indicating a degree of confidence that the electronic document is associated with that classification instance is determined. A classification, based on a first classification instance in the plurality of classification instances, is assigned without human intervention to the electronic document if the confidence data associated with the first classification instance exceeds a first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas A. Summerlin, Timothy Shinkle, Russell E. Stalters
  • Patent number: 7478088
    Abstract: Discloses a system for the automatic classification of electronic documents that are candidates to become an official record. A training data set of documents, each document having a pre-assigned records classification instance, is processed by a classification agent operating in training mode to establish a probabilistic relationship between each classification instance and the contents of a document. The training data set includes at least several documents per classification instance. A trained classification agent operating in evaluation or classification mode receives a candidate document and produces a result. A decision control table contains user specified contiguous result ranges to select one document processing action from a list of document processing actions based on the result produced by the trained classification agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas A. Summerlin, Timothy Shinkle, Russell E. Stalters
  • Publication number: 20030182304
    Abstract: Discloses a system for the automatic classification of electronic documents that are candidates to become an official record. A training data set of documents, each document having a pre-assigned records classification instance, is processed by a classification agent operating in training mode to establish a probabilistic relationship between each classification instance and the contents of a document. The training data set includes at least several documents per classification instance. A trained classification agent operating in evaluation or classification mode receives a candidate document and produces a result. A decision control table contains user specified contiguous result ranges to select one document processing action from a list of document processing actions based on the result produced by the trained classification agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas A. Summerlin, Timothy Shinkle, Russell E. Stalters
  • Patent number: 6553365
    Abstract: Discloses a system for the automatic classification of electronic documents that are candidates to become an official record. A training data set of documents, each document having a pre-assigned records classification instance, is processed by a classification agent operating in training mode to establish a probabilistic relationship between each classification instance and the contents of a document. The training data set includes at least several documents per classification instance. A trained classification agent operating in evaluation or classification mode receives a candidate document and produces a result. A decision control table contains user specified contiguous result ranges to select one document processing action from a list of document processing actions based on the result produced by the trained classification agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Documentum Records Management Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Summerlin, Timothy Shinkle, Russell E. Stalters