Patents by Inventor William Watson Tifft

William Watson Tifft 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).

  • Rules analyzer system and method for evaluating and ranking exact and probabilistic search rules in an enterprise database
    Patent number: 7035849
    Abstract: A rules analyzer system and method is provided for an enterprise system to evaluate and rank exact and probabilistic search rules for searching a computer database of records according to the efficiency of each search rule. The rules analyzer collects statistics on the performance of each search rule and assigns a priority value for each search rule according to the collected statistics. The priority values are based on the efficiency or precision of each search rule. Thereafter, the rules analyzer ranks the search rules according to the assigned priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Eclipsys Corporation
    Inventor: William Watson Tifft
  • Rules analyzer system and method for evaluating and ranking exact and probabilistic search rules in an enterprise database
    Patent number: 6829604
    Abstract: A rules analyzer system and method is provided for an enterprise system to evaluate and rank exact and probabilistic search rules for searching a computer database of records according to the efficiency of each search rule. The rules analyzer collects statistics on the performance of each search rule and assigns a priority value for each search rule according to the collected statistics. The priority values are based on the efficiency or precision of each search rule. Thereafter, the rules analyzer ranks the search rules according to the assigned priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Eclipsys Corporation
    Inventor: William Watson Tifft
  • Rules analyzer system and method for evaluating and ranking exact and probabilistic search rules in an enterprise database
    Publication number: 20030120652
    Abstract: A rules analyzer system and method is provided for an enterprise system to evaluate and rank exact and probabilistic search rules for searching a computer database of records according to the efficiency of each search rule. The rules analyzer collects statistics on the performance of each search rule and assigns a priority value for each search rule according to the collected statistics. The priority values are based on the efficiency or precision of each search rule. Thereafter, the rules analyzer ranks the search rules according to the assigned priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: Eclipsys Corporation
    Inventor: William Watson Tifft