Patents by Inventor William Mitchell Wells

William Mitchell Wells 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 and systems for providing information based on similarity
    Patent number: 6711586
    Abstract: The present invention is related to an information providing method and system. More particularly, the present invention provides a method of searching for information on the basis of a user's level of interest in at least one primary document transmitted from a server to a client computer accessible by the user. Therefore, the present system and method are operable without receive a specific search string from the user. Depending on a an interest level response received by the server, the system searches for documents either similar or dissimilar to the primary document. Subsequently, the found documents are transmitted to client computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Inventor: William Mitchell Wells