Patents by Inventor Zachary W. Bennett

Zachary W. Bennett 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: 8849789
    Abstract: A computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes one or more processors, and a memory storage storing one or more instructions for implementing a search tool. The instructions, when executed, instruct the computer system to perform a set of steps. The steps include receiving a search query from a user computer, the search query including one or more search terms to use to perform a first search. The steps further include, based on the one or more search terms, performing the first search, and providing for display at the user computer a list of one or more law-related documents responsive to the search query, a list of one or more recommended sources in which to perform a second search for documents, and a list of legal topics associated with the responsive documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Meyer, Richard Ainsworth, Andrew Freisthler, Zachary W. Bennett, Mark C. Stiver, Jason Calton, Narasimha R. Edala, David James Miller, Donald Loritz
  • Publication number: 20120331420
    Abstract: A computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes one or more processors, and a memory storage storing one or more instructions for implementing a search tool. The instructions, when executed, instruct the computer system to perform a set of steps. The steps include receiving a search query from a user computer, the search query including one or more search terms to use to perform a first search. The steps further include, based on the one or more search terms, performing the first search, and providing for display at the user computer a list of one or more law-related documents responsive to the search query, a list of one or more recommended sources in which to perform a second search for documents, and a list of legal topics associated with the responsive documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Ronald J. MEYER, Richard AINSWORTH, Andrew FREISTHLER, Zachary W. BENNETT, Marc C. STIVER, Jason CALTON, Narasimha R. EDALA, David James MILLER, Donald LORITZ
  • Patent number: 8290983
    Abstract: A computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes one or more processors, and a memory storage storing one or more instructions for implementing a search tool. The instructions, when executed, instruct the computer system to perform a set of steps. The steps include receiving a search query from a user computer, the search query including one or more search terms to use to perform a first search. The steps further include, based on the one or more search terms, performing the first search, and providing for display at the user computer a list of one or more law-related documents responsive to the search query, a list of one or more recommended sources in which to perform a second search for documents, and a list of legal topics associated with the responsive documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: LexisNexis Group
    Inventors: Ronald J. Meyer, Richard Ainsworth, Andrew Freisthler, Zachary W. Bennett, Mark C. Stiver, Jason Calton, Narasimha R. Edala, David James Miller, Donald Loritz
  • Publication number: 20110191335
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various exemplary systems and methods for conducting legal research using clustering analytics. A system for building relationships between passages, the system comprising a passage generation module configured to generate passages from one or more case law documents, an annotation module configured to annotate the passages based on one or more attributes, and a clustering module configured to build relationship clusters between the passages based on the one or more attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: LexisNexis Risk Data Management Inc.
    Inventors: David J. MILLER, David Alan Bayliss, Zachary W. Bennett, Harry R. Silver
  • Publication number: 20090150827
    Abstract: A computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes one or more processors, and a memory storage storing one or more instructions for implementing a search tool. The instructions, when executed, instruct the computer system to perform a set of steps. The steps include receiving a search query from a user computer, the search query including one or more search terms to use to perform a first search. The steps further include, based on the one or more search terms, performing the first search, and providing for display at the user computer a list of one or more law-related documents responsive to the search query, a list of one or more recommended sources in which to perform a second search for documents, and a list of legal topics associated with the responsive documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Ronald J. Meyer, Richard Ainsworth, Andrew Freisthler, Zachary W. Bennett, Mark C. Stiver, Jason Calton, Narasimha R. Edala, David James Miller, Donald Loritz