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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ryan S. Raz, Toronto, CA;
Iouri Lappa, North York, CA;
Assignee:
Morphometrix Technologies Inc., Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
Abstract
A system and method for database element retrieval. A query comprises identifying which elements in the database are close or similar to an example which is specified in the query. The query is performed by defining a hyper-box that surrounds the example in the database space. Once the hyper-box is defined, the elements contained within the hyper-box will be close or similar to the example in the query. The elements contained in the hyper-box may be subsequently ranked in the database space using a Euclidean concept of distance.