Kenneth W Haase

US Patent:

20040034665, Feb 19, 2004

Filed:

Jun 17, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/463116

Inventors:

Kenneth Haase - Dorchester MA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/00

US Classification:

707/104100

Abstract:

The present invention relates to systems and methods for describing unstructured or semi-structured documents in a collection to improve the effectiveness of search, the quality of human browsing, and the automation of information handling processes. One embodiment of the invention provides methods for annotating documents and fragments of documents with terms from an Extensible Structured Controlled Vocabulary (ESCV). This vocabulary can be an artificial language whose terms are connected to one another by a fixed variety of relations and which can be used in expanding searches, presenting documents or sets of documents, or making decisions about document disposition. The vocabulary can also be extended with new terms but only by relating those new terms to existing terms in the vocabulary.

US Patent:

20040039562, Feb 26, 2004

Filed:

Jun 17, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/463117

Inventors:

Kenneth Haase - Dorchester MA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/20

US Classification:

704/001000

Abstract:

The present invention relates to systems and methods for databases. One embodiment of the invention provides a system for managing at least one data item. The system includes: a para-linguistic analyzer operative to receive search data and to identify a first keytuple included in the search data; a keytuple expander in communication with the para-linguistic analyzer and operative to generate a set of keytuples associated with the first keytuple; and an information retrieval engine in communication with the keytuple expander and operative to manage at least one data item based at least in part on the set of keytuples.

US Patent:

20050044064, Feb 24, 2005

Filed:

Jun 17, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/463555

Inventors:

Kenneth Haase - Dorchester MA, US

International Classification:

G06F007/00

US Classification:

707003000

Abstract:

The present invention relates to systems and methods for processing queries. One embodiment of the invention provides a system for executing complex procedural queries across a plurality of databases. The system includes: a query processor capable of partial execution of procedural queries; a set of database adaptors capable of optimizing or and referring collections of queries to external databases; and a query cache component in communication with the query processor and the set of database adaptors. The query cache component stores the results of external database queries in a query cache and notes when a query has not been stored and records the same query.