Patents Assigned to Wyzant, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11853331
    Abstract: A system and method for matching students to tutors is disclosed. In particular, a user submits a query and in response a plurality of tutors are identified responsive to the search query. The identified tutors are then ranked based on relevance to the search query. The identified tutors are then presented to the user in an order based on the relevance score assigned to each tutor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Wyzant, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Gostelow, Mackenzie Siren, Matthew Winkler, Matthew Siehoff
  • Patent number: 11651141
    Abstract: A system and method for utilizing automatically generating related subject matter areas to create footer links for a subject matter page of a tutor matching website is disclosed and claimed. In particular, a document embedding algorithm such as word2vec, doc2vec or GloVe can be trained using on a particular subject using pertinent material such as, for example, textbooks, learned papers, and transcripts of lectures. Once trained, the document embedding algorithm can be used to generate a list of related subjects that can be used to automatically build footer links for a particular subject matter page. The related footer links can improve the positioning of the tutor matching website with common Internet search engines. The same document embedding algorithm can be used to identify previously answered questions that may assist a user posing a question to the tutor matching website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Wyzant, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Listyg, Edward Corcoran, Michael Angellotti, Brent Zajaczkowski, Jonathan Gostelow, Jorel Casal, David Jaress
  • Patent number: 11036770
    Abstract: A system and method for matching students to tutors is disclosed. In particular, a user submits a query and in response a plurality of tutors are identified responsive to the search query. The identified tutors are then ranked based on relevance to the search query. The identified tutors are then presented to the user in an order based on the relevance score assigned to each tutor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Wyzant, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Gostelow, Mackenzie Siren, Matthew Winkler, Matthew Siehoff
  • Publication number: 20200401655
    Abstract: A system and method for utilizing automatically generating related subject matter areas to create footer links for a subject matter page of a tutor matching website is disclosed and claimed. In particular, a document embedding algorithm such as word2vec, doc2vec or GloVe can be trained using on a particular subject using pertinent material such as, for example, textbooks, learned papers, and transcripts of lectures. Once trained, the document embedding algorithm can be used to generate a list of related subjects that can be used to automatically build footer links for a particular subject matter page. The related footer links can improve the positioning of the tutor matching website with common Internet search engines. The same document embedding algorithm can be used to identify previously answered questions that may assist a user posing a question to the tutor matching website.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Wyzant, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Listyg, Edward Corcoran, Michael Angellotti, Brent Zajaczkowski, Jonathan Gostelow, Jorel Casal, David Jaress