Patents by Inventor Tyler S. Jensen

Tyler S. Jensen 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).

  • System and method for identifying relationships in a data graph
    Patent number: 9747345
    Abstract: A graph database system is used to determine relationships between persons. The graph database system manages relationship data records having a compact data structure stored at a relationship database and accessed to find links or common relationships. For determining relationships between two people, the relationship records in the relationship paths for those two people are alternatively accessed and compared it to each other. Relationship records may include an identifier for a person having a relationship to a given individual, a relationship type, and a weight reflecting the confidence level or quality of the relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
    Inventor: Tyler S. Jensen
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING RELATIONSHIPS IN A DATA GRAPH
    Publication number: 20160048517
    Abstract: A graph database system is used to determine relationships between persons. The graph database system manages relationship data records having a compact data structure stored at a relationship database and accessed to find links or common relationships. For determining relationships between two people, the relationship records in the relationship paths for those two people are alternatively accessed and compared it to each other. Relationship records may include an identifier for a person having a relationship to a given individual, a relationship type, and a weight reflecting the confidence level or quality of the relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
    Inventor: Tyler S. Jensen