Patrick Nicholson

Title: Patrick Nicholson: Inventor of a Language-Agnostic Search Architecture.

Introduction

Patrick Nicholson is an inventor based in Dublin, Ireland, associated with Shutterstock, Inc. His patent work addresses language-agnostic search in online marketplaces. The supplied information lists 1 patent.

Latest Patents

Nicholson’s listed patent, “Language Agnostic Architecture for a Search Engine,” describes a data structure designed to support searches across languages. It uses nodes with labels associated with network resources and links that guide a search engine from parent nodes to child nodes while looking for a selected media file. Labels can correspond to words in different languages and connect to unambiguous concepts in a knowledge base. The described resources include media files with license weights, with a parent node’s license weight higher than a child node’s.

Career Highlights

Nicholson is associated with Shutterstock, Inc., a company operating in the digital media marketplace. His listed invention focuses on organizing search routes and concepts so that users can find licensed media without relying on a single language.

Collaborations

The provided information identifies Shutterstock, Inc. as Nicholson’s company affiliation. It does not specify particular co-inventors or other collaborators for the patent.

Conclusion

Patrick Nicholson’s listed patent presents a structured approach to multilingual media discovery, combining concept-based labels, navigable links, and license-weight information for online marketplace searches.