Shawn Joel Bohn

US Patent:

8239425, Aug 7, 2012

Filed:

Feb 28, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/036776

Inventors:

Eric B. Bell - Richland WA, US
Shawn J. Bohn - Richland WA, US
Andrew J. Cowell - Kennewick WA, US
Michelle L. Gregory - Richland WA, US
Eric J. Marshall - Corvallis OR, US
Deborah A. Payne - Richland WA, US

Assignee:

Battelle Memorial Institute - Richland WA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707807, 706 12

Abstract:

Desired content, metadata, or both can be isolated from the full content of social media websites having content-rich pages. Achieving this can include obtaining from the content-rich pages a language-independent representation having a hierarchical structure of nodes and then generating a node representation for each node. Feature vectors for the nodes are generated and a label is assigned to each node representation according to a schema. Assignment can occur by executing a trained classification algorithm on the feature vectors. The schema has schema elements and each schema element corresponds to a label. For each schema element, all node representations having matching labels are gathered and then one node representation is elected from among those with matching labels to be assigned to a schema element field in a template. The template can be applied to extract desired content, metadata, or both according to the schema from all the content-rich pages.

US Patent:

8280894, Oct 2, 2012

Filed:

Jan 22, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/350144

Inventors:

Shawn Bohn - Mill Creek WA, US
Anmol Paralkar - Maharastra, IN
Anuvrata Arora - Issaquah WA, US
Nicholas Bicknell - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc. - Reno NV

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

707752, 707737, 705 2661, 705 271

Abstract:

An item authority system is provided. The item authority system uses rules to identify item definitions that match or potentially match an item description. When a unique match is found, then the item authority system may indicate that the item description describes the same item as the item definition. If multiple matches or only potential matches are identified, then the item authority system may allow a user to manually indicate which item definition matches.

US Patent:

20080082520, Apr 3, 2008

Filed:

Sep 29, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/540240

Inventors:

Shawn J. Bohn - Richland WA, US
Manoj Kumar Krishnan - Richland WA, US
Wendy E. Cowley - Richland WA, US
Jarek Nieplocha - Richland WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707 5

Abstract:

Apparatuses and computer-implemented methods for analyzing, on shared and distributed computing systems, information comprising one or more documents are disclosed according to some aspects. In one embodiment, information analysis can comprise distributing one or more distinct sets of documents among each of a plurality of processes, wherein each process performs operations on a distinct set of documents substantially in parallel with other processes. Operations by each process can further comprise computing term statistics for terms contained in each distinct set of documents, thereby generating a local set of term statistics for each distinct set of documents. Still further, operations by each process can comprise contributing the local sets of term statistics to a global set of term statistics, and participating in generating a major term set from an assigned portion of a global vocabulary.

US Patent:

20090287991, Nov 19, 2009

Filed:

May 19, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/122994

Inventors:

Grant C. Nakamura - Kennewick WA, US
Shawn J. Bohn - Richland WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/00

US Classification:

715210

Abstract:

Methods, computer-executable instructions on computer-readable media, and systems for generating fusible signatures for information contained in two or more corpora of data. The fusible signatures can allow the information from the separate corpora of data to be merged, or fused, into a single information space that allows information analysts to explore, analyze, and/or further process the fused data. Prior to manipulation by the embodiments of the present invention, the information contained in at least one of the individual corpora of data is typically represented by initial signatures that are not directly fusible with information in the other corpora of data because of differences, for example, in dimensionality, source, data type, basis, and/or the space in which the initial signatures reside.

US Patent:

20130044114, Feb 21, 2013

Filed:

Aug 17, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/211587

Inventors:

Edwin R. Burtner - Richland WA, US
Shawn J. Bohn - Richland WA, US
Arthur H. Bleeker - West Richland WA, US
Luke J. Gosink - Richland WA, US
David S. Gillen - Kennewick WA, US

Assignee:

BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE - Richland WA

International Classification:

G06T 11/20

US Classification:

345442

Abstract:

Visual representations having visual nodes that can each show up to two levels of an abstraction hierarchy of data, extracted elements of the data, and/or categories thereof, with the optional ability to explode the data, the extracted elements, and/or the categories into additional visual nodes provide capability for deeper composition exploration. Relationships among the data, the extracted elements, and/or the categories can be represented via lines within and across visual nodes. The visual representation can provide an user with awareness of different attributes of the data, the extracted elements, and/or the categories in context even for large, complex corpora of data. The representations of the data, the extracted elements, and/or the categories in the visual representation can be sorted, can depict relative size or quantity across various attributes, and can provide insight into relationships based on metadata and/or content.

US Patent:

20160110384, Apr 21, 2016

Filed:

Dec 21, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/977452

Inventors:

- Richland WA, US
Edwin R. Burtner - Richland WA, US
Shawn J. Bohn - Richland WA, US
Shawn D. Hampton - Kennewick WA, US
David S. Gillen - Kennewick WA, US
Michael J. Henry - Pasco WA, US

Assignee:

Battelle Memorial Institute - Richland WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

Abstract:

Search systems and computer-implemented search methods are described. In one aspect, a search system includes a communications interface configured to access a plurality of data items of a collection, wherein the data items include a plurality of image objects individually comprising image data utilized to generate an image of the respective data item. The search system may include processing circuitry coupled with the communications interface and configured to process the image data of the data items of the collection to identify a plurality of image content facets which are indicative of image content contained within the images and to associate the image objects with the image content facets and a display coupled with the processing circuitry and configured to depict the image objects associated with the image content facets.

US Patent:

20140358900, Dec 4, 2014

Filed:

Jun 4, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/910005

Inventors:

- Richland WA, US
Edwin R. Burtner - Richland WA, US
Shawn J. Bohn - Richland WA, US
Shawn D. Hampton - Kennewick WA, US
David S. Gillen - Kennewick WA, US
Michael J. Henry - Pasco WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707722

Abstract:

Search systems and computer-implemented search methods are described. In one aspect, a search system includes a communications interface configured to access a plurality of data items of a collection, wherein the data items include a plurality of image objects individually comprising image data utilized to generate an image of the respective data item. The search system may include processing circuitry coupled with the communications interface and configured to process the image data of the data items of the collection to identify a plurality of image content facets which are indicative of image content contained within the images and to associate the image objects with the image content facets and a display coupled with the processing circuitry and configured to depict the image objects associated with the image content facets.

US Patent:

20140188905, Jul 3, 2014

Filed:

Mar 7, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/201464

Inventors:

- Reno NV, US
SHAWN BOHN - MILL CREEK WA, US
ANMOL PARALKAR - MAHARASTRA, IN
ANUVRATA ARORA - ISSAQUAH WA, US

Assignee:

AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - Reno NV

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707749, 707769

Abstract:

An item authority system is provided. The item authority system uses rules to identify item definitions that match or potentially match an item description. When a unique match is found, then the item authority system may indicate that the item description describes the same item as the item definition. If multiple matches or only potential matches are identified, then the item authority system may allow a user to manually indicate which item definition matches.