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George Forman, Port Orchard, WA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100082642Classifier Indexing - Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for document-based processing. In one implementation, a document is input; features are extracted from it; an index is queried using at least a subset of the extracted features and, in response, identifications for selected document classifiers are received from a larger pool of document classifiers; the document is processed using individual ones of the selected document classifiers, thereby generating corresponding classifier outputs; and then, based on such classifier outputs, (1) the document is categorized within a computer database and/or (2) feedback information is provided to a user.04-01-2010
20100083346Information Scanning Across Multiple Devices - Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for scanning information across multiple different devices. In one representative system, remote data-processing devices are provided with scanning applications that repeatedly scan information on their respective data-processing devices to identify matching data units that satisfy a specified matching criterion, the specified matching criterion including required matches against a set of screening digests, and then transmit characteristic information regarding the matching data units; and a central processing facility receives the characteristic information from the remote data-processing devices and determines whether the corresponding matching data units satisfy a policy criterion.04-01-2010
20100153314SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLABORATIVE FILTERING USING COLLABORATIVE INDUCTIVE TRANSFER - Systems and methods are disclosed that are configured to access a database that includes a list of members of a first group, a list of members of a second group, and ratings for at least some of the members of the second group. The ratings are attributed to the members of the first group. A machine learning training set is built for a particular member of the first group. The training set includes class labels corresponding to the particular member's ratings for the members of the second group, and features that include supplied and predicted ratings from at least a subset of processed members of the first group. A predictor for the particular member of the first group is trained based on the machine learning training set. The predictor corresponding to the particular member is used to generate predicted ratings for one or more members of the second group the particular member has not rated.06-17-2010
20100199350Federated Scanning of Multiple Computers - A data processing apparatus and associated computer-executed method are adapted for federated scanning of multiple computers. The data processing apparatus comprises a logic that controls scanning among a plurality of data objects distributed among a plurality of distributed electronic data storage systems. The logic maintains a data set of paired location identifiers and intrinsic references corresponding to individual data objects of the plurality of data objects and controls scanning so that redundant scanning of duplicate data objects with matching intrinsic references occurring in multiple locations is avoided.08-05-2010
20110029515METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING WEBSITE CONTENT - An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method of receiving Website content. The method includes generating a user profile comprising a cluster type obtained from a list of cluster types, wherein the list of cluster types is generated by processing a database of search queries. The method includes providing the relevant cluster types included in the user profile to a selected Website, wherein the cluster type sent to the Website is used by the Website at least in part to determine the content provided by the Website.02-03-2011
20110060717SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING WEB SITE USER EXPERIENCE - Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for personalizing web sites. A model based on mining web usage data is accessed. The model defines associations between web sites. Interest associations extracted from web interactions are stored. The interest associations comprise interest indications and web sites associated with the interest indications. An interest indication from the interest associations is selected. The interest indication is associated with an associated web site. The associated web site has an association with a target web site as defined by the model. The interest indication is sent to the target web site.03-10-2011
20110078152METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING TEXT - An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method of processing an electronic text document. The method includes obtaining a character from the document. The method also includes obtaining a hash input code from a character map, the hash input code corresponding to the character. The method also includes modifying a hash value based on the hash input code if the hash input code indicates that the character is part of a token, or asserting the hash value if the hash input code indicates that character is not part of a token.03-31-2011
20110119208METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEVELOPING A CLASSIFICATION TOOL - An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a computer implemented method of developing a classifier. The method includes receiving input for a case, the case comprising a plurality of instances and an example, the example comprising a plurality of data fields each corresponding to one of the plurality of instances, wherein the input indicates which, if any, of the instances includes a data field belonging to a target class. The method also includes training the classifier based, at least in part, on the input from the trainer.05-19-2011
20110119209METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEVELOPING A CLASSIFICATION TOOL - An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a computer implemented method of developing a classifier. The method includes obtaining a set of training data comprising labeled cases. The method also includes training a classifier based, at least in part, on the training data. The method also includes applying the classifier to a plurality of unlabeled cases to generate classification scores for each of the unlabeled cases, wherein each classification score corresponds with an instance of a corresponding case. Furthermore, the classification score corresponding to a first instance in a case is computed based, at least in part, on a value of a case-centric feature corresponding to the first instance, wherein the value of the case-centric feature is based, at least in part, on characteristics of the first instance and a second instance in the case.05-19-2011
20110119267METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING WEB ACTIVITY DATA - The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method of processing Web activity data. The method includes obtaining a collection of Web activity data generated by a plurality of users at a plurality of Webpages, wherein the Webpages are from a plurality of unaffiliated Websites. The method also includes extracting a plurality of search terms from the Web activity data and associating each of the plurality of search terms with a corresponding Webpage. The method also includes generating statistical data from the Web activity data based, at least in part, on the search terms, the statistical data corresponding to the online activity at one or more Webpages.05-19-2011
20110119268METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEGMENTING QUERY URLS - A computer implemented method of grouping query URLs is provided. The method includes obtaining a plurality of query URLs generated at a plurality of Websites. The method also includes analyzing the query URLs to identify similarities between the URLs. The method also includes grouping the query URLs into cases based, at least in part, on the similarities, wherein each case comprises a plurality of instances, and each instance comprises a plurality of data field values corresponding to data fields with a same data field name.05-19-2011
20110126122SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING PROFILES FOR USE IN CUSTOMIZING A WEBSITE - Systems and methods are disclosed for constructing a profile that obtain text associated with web content. Logic instructions are provided by a party that is unaffiliated with a party that provides the web content to allow a profile associated with a user to include information from two or more web sites that are unaffiliated with one another. A match between the text and a target in a target set is detected. The profile associated with the user is modified based on the match.05-26-2011

Patent applications by George Forman, Port Orchard, WA US

George H. Forman, Port Orchard, WA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100114842Detecting Duplicative Hierarchical Sets Of Files - To detect duplicative hierarchically arranged sets of files in a storage system, a method includes generating, for hierarchically arranged plural sets of files, respective collections of values computed based on files in corresponding sets of files. For a further set of files that is an ancestor of at least one of the plural sets of files, a respective collection of values that is based on the collection of values computed for the at least one set is generated. Duplicative sets according to comparisons of the collections of values are identified.05-06-2010
20110016128DISTRIBUTING CONTENT INDICES - A query-centric system and process for distributing reverse indices for a distributed content system. Relevance ranking techniques in organizing distributed system indices. Query-centric configuration subprocesses (1) analyze query data, partitioning terms for reverse index server(s) (RIS), (2) distribute each partitioned data set by generally localizing search terms for the RIS that have some query-centric correlation, and (3) generate and maintain a map for the partitioned reverse index system terms by mapping the terms for the reverse index to a plurality of different index server nodes. Indexing subprocess element builds distributed reverse indices from content host indices. Routines of the query execution use the map derived in the configuration to more efficiently return more relevant search results to the searcher.01-20-2011
20110029463APPLYING NON-LINEAR TRANSFORMATION OF FEATURE VALUES FOR TRAINING A CLASSIFIER - A collection of labeled training cases is received, where each of the labeled training cases has at least one original feature and a label with respect to at least one class. Non-linear transformation of values of the original feature in the training cases is applied to produce transformed feature values that are more linearly related to the class than the original feature values. The non-linear transformation is based on computing probabilities of the training cases that are positive with respect to the at least one class. The transformed feature values are used to train a classifier.02-03-2011
20110161968Performing Zone-Based Workload Scheduling According To Environmental Conditions - To perform zone-based workload scheduling according to environmental conditions in a system having electronic devices, indicators of cooling efficiencies of the electronic devices in corresponding zones are aggregated to form aggregated indicators for respective zones, where the zones include respective subsets of electronic devices. Workload is assigned to the electronic devices according to the aggregated indicators.06-30-2011

Patent applications by George H. Forman, Port Orchard, WA US

Geroge Forman, Port Orchard, WA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110060716SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING WEB SITE USER EXPERIENCE - Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for personalizing web sites. A model based on mining web usage data is accessed. The model defines associations between web sites. Interest associations extracted from web interactions are stored. The interest associations comprise interest indications and web sites associated with the interest indications. An interest indication from the interest associations is selected. The interest indication is associated with an associated web site. The associated web site has an association with a target web site as defined by the model. The interest indication is sent to the target web site.03-10-2011