Patents

Chronological list of issued patents (85+)

  1. Product synthesis from multiple sources, U.S. Patent No. 9,384,233. July 5, 2016 (filed December 4, 2012).
  2. Accurate text classification through selective use of image data, U.S. Patent No. 9,286,548. March 15, 2016 (filed May 30, 2014).
  3. Customized search, U.S. Patent No. 9,262,525. February 16, 2016 (filed October 17, 2008).
  4. Composing text and structured databases, U.S. Patent No. 8,996,539. March 31, 2015 (filed July 30, 2012).
  5. Accurate text classification through selective use of image data, U.S. Patent No. 8768050. Issued Jul 1, 2014 (filed Jun 13, 2011).
  6. Determining query intent, U.S. Patent No. 8612432. Issued Dec 17, 2013 (filed Jun 16, 2010).
  7. Sovereign information sharing service, U.S. Patent No. 8607350. Issued Dec 10, 2013 (filed Mar 30, 2006).
  8. Query classification using implicit labels, U.S. Patent No. 8423568. Issued Apr 16,  2013 (filed Sep 16, 2009).
  9. Providing time-sensitive information for purchase determinations, U.S. Patent No. 8401927. Issued March 19, 2013 (filed Nov 15, 2011). Continuation of United States Patent No. 8065198.
  10. Product synthesis from multiple sources, U.S. Patent No. 8352473. Issued Jan 8, 2013 (filed Apr 21, 2010).
  11. Object classification using taxonomies, U.S. Patent No. 8275726. Issued Sep 25, 2012 (filed Mar 30, 2009).
  12. Providing time-sensitive information for purchase determinations, U.S. Patent No. 8260685. Issued Sep 4, 2012 (filed Nov 15, 2011). Continuation of United States Patent No. 8065198.
  13. Search result diversification, U.S. Patent No. 8250092. Issued Aug 21, 2012 (filed Dec 19, 2011). Continuation of United States Patent No. 8086631.
  14. Middleware for query processing across a network of RFID databases, U.S. Patent No. 8244747. Issued Aug 14, 2012 (filed Dec 5, 2006).
  15. Search result diversification, U.S. Patent No. 8086631. Issued Dec 27, 2011 (filed Dec 12, 2008).
  16. Providing time-sensitive information for purchase determinations, U.S. Patent No. 8065198. Issued Nov 22, 2011 (filed May 11, 2009).
  17. Information integration across autonomous enterprises, U.S. Patent No. 8041706. Issued Oct 11, 2011 (filed Oct 25, 2007). Continuation of United States Patent No. 7290150.
  18. System and method for fast querying of encrypted databases, U.S. Patent No. 7890774. Issued Feb 15, 2011 (filed May 29, 2008). Continuation of United States Patent No. 7395437.
  19. Query classification based on query click logs, U.S. Patent No. 7877404. Issued Jan 25, 2011 (filed Mar 5, 2008).
  20. System and method for order-preserving encryption for numeric data, U.S. Patent No. 7873840. Issued Jan 18, 2011 (filed Jul 2, 2008). Continuation of United States Patent No. 7426752.
  21. Auditing compliance with a hippocratic database, U.S. Patent No. 7810142. Issued Oct 5, 2010 (filed Mar 21, 2005).
  22. System and method for digital watermarking of data repository, U.S. Patent No. 7752446. Issued Jul 6, 2010 (filed May 15, 2002).
  23. Uniform search system and method for selectively sharing distributed access-controlled documents, U.S. Patent No. 7711727. Issued May 4, 2010 (filed Apr 3, 2008). Continuation of United States Patent No. 7409406.
  24. System and method for distributed querying and presentation of information from heterogeneous data sources, U.S. Patent No. 7702617. Issued Apr 20, 2010 (filed Oct 31, 2002).
  25. System and method for order-preserving encryption for numeric data, U.S. Patent No. 7426752. Issued Sep 6, 2008 (filed Jan 5, 2004).
  26. Uniform search system and method for selectively sharing distributed access-controlled documents, U.S. Patent No. 7409406. Issued Aug 5, 2008 (filed Sep 8, 2003).
  27. System and method for fast querying of encrypted databases, U.S. Patent No. 7,395,437. Issued July 1, 2008 (filed January 5, 2004).
  28. Information integration across autonomous enterprises, U.S. Patent No. 7,290,150. Issued October 30, 2007 (filed June 9, 2003).
  29. System and method for generating horizontal view for SQL queries to vertical database, U.S. Patent No. 7,260,566. Issued August 21, 2007 (filed March 3, 2004).
  30. Extending relational database systems to automatically enforce privacy policies, U.S. Patent No. 7,243,097. Issued July 10, 2007 (filed February 21, 2006).
  31. Method and system for searching documents with numbers, U.S. Patent No. 7,010,520. Issued March 7, 2006 (filed April 24, 2002).
  32. System and architecture for privacy-preserving data mining, U.S. Patent No. 6,931,403. Issued August 15, 2005 (filed January 19, 2000).
  33. System and method for generating horizontal view for SQL queries to vertical database. United States Patent No. 6,763,350. Issued July 13, 2004 (filed June 6, 2001).
  34. Method and system for building a Naive Bayes classifier from privacy-preserving data, U.S. Patent No. 6,694,303. Issued February 17, 2004 (filed January 19, 2000).
  35. System and method for explaining exceptions in data, U.S. Patent No. 6,691,098. Issued February 10, 2004 (filed February 8, 2002).
  36. Method and system for merging hierarchies, U.S. Patent No. 6,687,705. Issued February 3, 2004 (filed January 8, 2001).
  37. Method and system for reconstructing original distributions from randomized numeric data, U.S. Patent No. 6,687,691. Issued February 3, 2004 (filed January 19, 2000).
  38. Interactive mining of most interesting rules, U.S. Patent No. 6,651,049. Issued November 18, 2003 (filed October 22, 1999).
  39. Interactive mining of most interesting rules with population constraints, U.S. Patent No. 6,651,048. Issued November 18, 2003 (filed October 22, 1999).
  40. System and method for web-based querying, U.S. Patent No. 6,633,885. Issued October 14, 2003 (filed January 4, 2000).
  41. System and method for organizing repositories of semi-structured documents such as email, U.S. Patent No. 6,592,627. Issued July 15, 2003 (filed June 10, 1999).
  42. Method and system for building a decision-tree classifier from privacy-preserving data, U.S. Patent No. 6,546,389. Issued April 8, 2003 (filed January 19, 2000).
  43. Self-adaptive method and system for providing a user-preferred ranking order of object sets, U.S. Patent No. 6,370,526. Issued April 9, 2002 (filed May 18, 1999).
  44. Integrated Database and Data-Mining System, U.S. Patent No. 6,324,533. Issued November 27, 2001 (filed May 27, 1998).
  45. Method and apparatus for partitioning a database upon a timestamp, support values for phrases and generating a history of frequently occurring phrases, U.S. Patent No. 6,308,172. Issued October 23, 2001 (filed July 6, 1999).
  46. System and method for constraint-based rule mining in large, dense data-sets, U.S. Patent No. 6,278,997. Issued Aug. 21, 2001 (filed Feb 5, 1999).
  47. Deriving process models for workflow management systems from audit trails, U.S. Patent No. 6,278,977. Issued Aug. 21, 2001 (filed July 31, 1998).
  48. Multilevel taxonomy based on features derived from training documents classification using fisher values as discrimination values, U.S. Patent No. 6,233,575. Issued May 15, 2001 (filed June 23, 1998).
  49. Parallel classification for data mining in a shared-memory multiprocessor system, U.S. Patent No. 6,230,151. Issued May 8, 2001 (filed April 16, 1998).
  50. Method and system for generating a decision-tree classifier in parallel in a multi-processor system, U.S. Patent No. 6,138,115. Issued Oct 24, 2000 (filed Feb 5, 1999). Continuation of United States Patent No. 5,870,735.
  51. Discovery-Driven Exploration of OLAP Data Cubes. United States Patent No. 6,094,651. Issued July 25, 2000 (Filed August 22, 1997).
  52. Method and Apparatus for Mining Association Rules Having Item Constraints. United States Patent No. 6,061,682. Issued May 9, 2000 (Filed August 12, 1997).
  53. Generating Process Models from Workflow Logs. United States Patent No. 6,038,538. Issued March 14, 2000 (Filed December 15, 1997).
  54. Mapping Words, Phrases Using Sequential-Pattern to Find User Specific Trends in a Text Database. United States Patent No. 6,006,223. Issued December 21, 1999 (Filed August 12, 1997).
  55. Automatic Subspace Clustering of High Dimensional Data for Data Mining Applications. United States Patent No. 6,003,029. Issued December 14, 1999 (Filed August 22, 1997).
  56. Method and System for Performing Spatial Similarity Joins on High-Dimensional Points. United States Patent No. 5,978,794. Issued November 2, 1999 (Filed April 9, 1996).
  57. System and Method for Discovering Similar Time Sequences in Databases. United States Patent No. 5,930,789. Issued July 27, 1999 (Filed August 28, 1997). Continuation of United States Patent No. 5,664,174.
  58. Method and System for Performing Range Max/Min Queries on a Data Cube. United States Patent No. 5,926,820. Issued July 20, 1999 (Filed February 27, 1997).
  59. Method and System for Performing Partial-Sum Queries on a Data Cube. United States Patent No. 5,890,151. Issued March 30, 1999 (Filed May 9, 1997).
  60. Method and System for Performing Proximity Joins on High-Dimensional Data Points in Parallel. United States Patent No. 5,884,320. Issued March 16, 1999 (Filed August 20, 1997).
  61. System and Method for Defining Shapes with which to Mine Time Sequences in Computerized Databases. United States Patent No. 5,878,413. Issued March 2, 1999 (Filed October 8, 1997). Continuation of United States Patent No. 5,737,593.
  62. System and Method for Defining Shapes with which to Mine Time Sequences in Computerized Databases. United States Patent No. 5,878,412. Issued March 2, 1999 (Filed October 8, 1997). Continuation of United States Patent No. 5,737,593.
  63. Method and System for Generating a Decision-Tree Classifier in a Multi-Processor System. United States Patent No. 5,870,735. Issued February 9, 1999 (Filed May 1, 1996).
  64. System and Method for Query Optimization using Quantile Values of a Large Unordered Dataset. United States Patent No. 5,864,841. Issued January 26, 1999 (Filed August 28, 1997). Continuation of United States Patent No. 5,664,171.
  65. System and Method for Parallel Mining of Association Rules in Databases. United States Patent No. 5,842,200. Issued November 24, 1998 (Filed July 11, 1995).
  66. Database System and Method Employing Data Cube Operator for Group-By Operations. United States Patent No. 5,819,226. Issued November 3, 1998 (Filed March 29, 1996).
  67. System and Method for Mining Sequential Patterns in a large Database. United States Patent No. 5,819,226. Issued October 6, 1998 (Filed March 3, 1995).
  68. Method and System for Linearly Detecting Data Deviations in a Large Database. United States Patent No. 5,813,002. Issued September 22, 1998 (Filed July 31, 1996).
  69. Method and System for Generating a Decision-Tree Classifier Independent of System Memory Size. United States Patent No. 5,799,311. Issued August 25, 1998 (Filed May 8, 1996).
  70. Method and System for Performing Range-Sum Queries on a Data Cube. United States Patent No. 5,799,300. Issued August 25, 1998 (Filed December 12, 1996).
  71. System and Method for Quickly Mining Association Rules in Databases. United States Patent No. 5,794,209. Issued August 11, 1998 (Filed March 31, 1995).
  72. Data Mining Method and System for Generating a Decision Tree Classifier for Data Records Based on a Minimum Description Length (MDL) and Presorting of Records. United States Patent No. 5,787,274. Issued July 28, 1998 (Filed November 29, 1995).
  73. Method and System for Mining Generalized Sequential Pattern in a Large Database. United States Patent No. 5,742,811. Issued April 21, 1998 (Filed October 10, 1995).
  74. System and Method for Defining Shapes with which to Mine Time Sequences in Computerized Databases. United States Patent No. 5,737,593. Issued April 7, 1998 (Filed June 2, 1995).
  75. System and Method for Tightly Coupling Application Programs with Relational Databases. United States Patent No. 5,734,885. Issued March 31, 1998 (Filed August 24, 1995).
  76. Method and System for Mining Quantitative Association Rules in Large Relational Tables. United States Patent No. 5,724,573. Issued March 3, 1998 (Filed December 22, 1995).
  77. Methods to Support Multimethod Function Overloading with Compile-Time Type Checking. United States Patent No. 5,696,974. Issued December 9, 1997 (Filed November 7, 1995). Continuation of United States Patent No. 5,488,727.
  78. Index-based Method for Supporting Multimethod Function Overloading with Compile-time Type Checking and Run-time Dispatch. United States Patent No. 5,696,973. Issued December 9, 1997 (Filed February 17, 1995).
  79. System and Method for Discovering Similar Time Sequences in Databases. United States Patent No. 5,664,174. Issued September 2, 1997 (Filed May 9, 1995).
  80. System and Method for Query Optimization using Quantile Values of a Large Unordered Dataset. United States Patent No. 5,664,171. Issued September 2, 1997 (Filed April 14, 1994).
  81. Method for High-Dimensional Indexing in a Multi-Media Database. United States Patent No. 5,647,058. Issued July 8, 1997 (Filed Februrary 28, 1996).
  82. System and Method for Mining Generalized Association Rules in Databases. United States Patent No. 5,615,341. Issued March 25, 1997 (Filed May 8, 1995).
  83. Methods to Support Multimethod Function Overloading with Compile-Time Type Checking. United States Patent No. 5,488,727. Issued January 30, 1996 (Filed September 30, 1991).
  84. Apparatus for and Method of Displaying a Data Item of a Database Using the Display Function of a Selected Data Item. United States Patent No. 5,412,774. Issued May 2, 1995 (Filed November 3, 1995).
  85. Method for Computing Transitive Closure. United States Patent No. 4,930,072. Issued May 29, 1990 (Filed August 31, 1987).
  86. Method of File Access in a Distributed Processing Computer Network. United States Patent No. 4,825,354. Issued April 25, 1989 (Filed November 12, 1985).
  87. Method of Propagating Resource Information in a Computer Network. United States Patent No. 4,800,488. Issued January 24, 1989 (Filed November 12, 1985).