Patents by Inventor Vincent Schickel-Zuber

Vincent Schickel-Zuber 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).

  • Methods of inferring user preferences using ontologies
    Patent number: 7873616
    Abstract: Methods of inferring user preferences using ontologies use ontology structure based similarity and an inference mechanism in defining ontology filtering (OF). Items are recommended to users by identifying items that the users may prefer, but may not have been aware of. This is performed by computing personalized scores for concepts and selecting an instance having a highest score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
    Inventors: Vincent Schickel-Zuber, Boi Faltings
  • METHODS OF INFERRING USER PREFERENCES USING ONTOLOGIES
    Publication number: 20080010272
    Abstract: Methods of inferring user preferences using ontologies use ontology structure based similarity and an inference mechanism in defining ontology filtering (OF). Items are recommended to users by identifying items that the users may prefer, but may not have been aware of. This is performed by computing personalized scores for concepts and selecting an instance having a highest score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
    Inventors: Vincent Schickel-Zuber, Boi Faltings