Inventor · Stony Point, NY, US

John M. Prager

31Patents
13h-index
37Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 5, 1990 → Feb 19, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5943670A System and method for categorizing objects in combined categories Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 455 Expired
US5875446A System and method for hierarchically grouping and ranking a set of objects in a query context based on one or more relationships Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 329 Expired
US5369575A Constrained natural language interface for a computer system Physics 265 Expired
US5377103A Constrained natural language interface for a computer that employs a browse function Physics 251 Expired
US5255386A Method and apparatus for intelligent help that matches the semantic similarity of the inferred intent of query or command to a best-fit predefined command intent Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 212 Expired
US5239617A Method and apparatus providing an intelligent help explanation paradigm paralleling computer user activity Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 204 Expired
US6665666B1 System, method and program product for answering questions using a search engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 164 Expired
US6003027A System and method for determining confidence levels for the results of a categorization system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 151 Expired
US5913208A Identifying duplicate documents from search results without comparing document content Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 105 Expired
US5826260A Information retrieval system and method for displaying and ordering information based on query element contribution Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 91 Expired
US9037580B2 Providing answers to questions using logical synthesis of candidate answers Physics 22 Active
US9690861B2 Deep semantic search of electronic medical records Physics 21 Active
US8898159B2 Providing answers to questions using logical synthesis of candidate answers Physics 18 Active
US8417514B2 System and method for finding the most likely answer to a natural language question Physics 13 Active
US9020805B2 Context-based disambiguation of acronyms and abbreviations Physics 13 Active
US8340955B2 System and method for finding the most likely answer to a natural language question Physics 12 Active
US9031832B2 Context-based disambiguation of acronyms and abbreviations Physics 7 Active
US9483582B2 Identification and verification of factual assertions in natural language Physics 6 Active
US9852213B2 Providing answers to questions using logical synthesis of candidate answers Physics 6 Active
US9684714B2 Using paraphrase metrics for answering questions Physics 5 Active
US10133808B2 Providing answers to questions using logical synthesis of candidate answers Physics 4 Active
US9348893B2 Providing answers to questions using logical synthesis of candidate answers Physics 4 Active
US9940584B2 Leveraging an external ontology for graph expansion in inference systems Physics 2 Active
US11031107B2 Extracting patient information from an electronic medical record Physics 1 Active
US10902038B2 Providing answers to questions using logical synthesis of candidate answers Physics 1 Active

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