Patents by Inventor Amit R. Kapur

Amit R. Kapur has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11868375
    Abstract: A content delivery system for generating personalized content for a user. The system maintains an interest graph that shows the user's current attachment to one or more topics. When a user performs an action, a topic is determined for the action and the user's interest graph is modified based on the action. The system also receives content and analyzes the language of the content to determine a topic of the content. A similarity between the user's interests and the content is determined. The content is also analyzed to determine the popularity of the content. The user's interest level and the popularity of the content are then used to provide the user with a personalized content, such as a content recommendation or enhanced content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Yahoo Assets LLC
    Inventors: Amit R. Kapur, Steven F. Pearman, James R. Benedetto
  • Publication number: 20210201203
    Abstract: A method for building a factual database of concepts and entities that are related to the concepts through a learning process. Training content (e.g., news articles, books) and a set of entities (e.g., Bill Clinton and Barack Obama) that are related to a concept (e.g., Presidents) is received. Groups of words that co-occur frequently in the textual content in conjunction with the entities are identified as templates. Templates may also be identified by analyzing parts-of-speech patterns of the templates. Entities that co-occur frequently in the textual content in conjunction with the templates are identified as additional related entities (e.g., Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon). To eliminate erroneous results, the identified entities may be presented to a user who removes any false positives. The entities are then stored in association with the concept.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Amit R. KAPUR, Steven F. PEARMAN, James R. BENEDETTO
  • Patent number: 10984339
    Abstract: A method for building a factual database of concepts and entities that are related to the concepts through a learning process. Training content (e.g., news articles, books) and a set of entities (e.g., Bill Clinton and Barack Obama) that are related to a concept (e.g., Presidents) is received. Groups of words that co-occur frequently in the textual content in conjunction with the entities are identified as templates. Templates may also be identified by analyzing parts-of-speech patterns of the templates. Entities that co-occur frequently in the textual content in conjunction with the templates are identified as additional related entities (e.g., Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon). To eliminate erroneous results, the identified entities may be presented to a user who removes any false positives. The entities are then stored in association with the concept.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Media Inc.
    Inventors: Amit R. Kapur, Steven F. Pearman, James R. Benedetto
  • Publication number: 20190278787
    Abstract: A content delivery system for generating personalized content for a user. The system maintains an interest graph that shows the user's current attachment to one or more topics. When a user performs an action, a topic is determined for the action and the user's interest graph is modified based on the action. The system also receives content and analyzes the language of the content to determine a topic of the content. A similarity between the user's interests and the content is determined. The content is also analyzed to determine the popularity of the content. The user's interest level and the popularity of the content are then used to provide the user with a personalized content, such as a content recommendation or enhanced content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Amit R. KAPUR, Steven F. PEARMAN, James R. BENEDETTO
  • Patent number: 10346436
    Abstract: A content delivery system for generating personalized content for a user. The system maintains an interest graph that shows the user's current attachment to one or more topics. When a user performs an action, a topic is determined for the action and the user's interest graph is modified based on the action. The system also receives content and analyzes the language of the content to determine a topic of the content. A similarity between the user's interests and the content is determined. The content is also analyzed to determine the popularity of the content. The user's interest level and the popularity of the content are then used to provide the user with a personalized content, such as a content recommendation or enhanced content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Oath Inc.
    Inventors: Amit R. Kapur, Steven F. Pearman, James R. Benedetto
  • Publication number: 20170098173
    Abstract: A method for building a factual database of concepts and entities that are related to the concepts through a learning process. Training content (e.g., news articles, books) and a set of entities (e.g., Bill Clinton and Barack Obama) that are related to a concept (e.g., Presidents) is received. Groups of words that co-occur frequently in the textual content in conjunction with the entities are identified as templates. Templates may also be identified by analyzing parts-of-speech patterns of the templates. Entities that co-occur frequently in the textual content in conjunction with the templates are identified as additional related entities (e.g., Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon). To eliminate erroneous results, the identified entities may be presented to a user who removes any false positives. The entities are then stored in association with the concept.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Amit R. KAPUR, Steven F. PEARMAN, James R. BENEDETTO
  • Patent number: 9558456
    Abstract: A method for building a factual database of concepts and entities that are related to the concepts through a learning process. Training content (e.g., news articles, books) and a set of entities (e.g., Bill Clinton and Barack Obama) that are related to a concept (e.g., Presidents) is received. Groups of words that co-occur frequently in the textual content in conjunction with the entities are identified as templates. Templates may also be identified by analyzing parts-of-speech patterns of the templates. Entities that co-occur frequently in the textual content in conjunction with the templates are identified as additional related entities (e.g., Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon). To eliminate erroneous results, the identified entities may be presented to a user who removes any false positives. The entities are then stored in association with the concept.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Gravity.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Amit R. Kapur, Steven F. Pearman, James R. Benedetto
  • Publication number: 20160048773
    Abstract: A method for building a factual database of concepts and entities that are related to the concepts through a learning process. Training content (e.g., news articles, books) and a set of entities (e.g., Bill Clinton and Barack Obama) that are related to a concept (e.g., Presidents) is received. Groups of words that co-occur frequently in the textual content in conjunction with the entities are identified as templates. Templates may also be identified by analyzing parts-of-speech patterns of the templates. Entities that co-occur frequently in the textual content in conjunction with the templates are identified as additional related entities (e.g., Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon). To eliminate erroneous results, the identified entities may be presented to a user who removes any false positives. The entities are then stored in association with the concept.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Amit R. KAPUR, Steven F. PEARMAN, James R. BENEDETTO
  • Patent number: 9202176
    Abstract: A method for building a factual database of concepts and entities that are related to the concepts through a learning process. Training content (e.g., news articles, books) and a set of entities (e.g., Bill Clinton and Barack Obama) that are related to a concept (e.g., Presidents) is received. Groups of words that co-occur frequently in the textual content in conjunction with the entities are identified as templates. Templates may also be identified by analyzing parts-of-speech patterns of the templates. Entities that co-occur frequently in the textual content in conjunction with the templates are identified as additional related entities (e.g., Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon). To eliminate erroneous results, the identified entities may be presented to a user who removes any false positives. The entities are then stored in association with the concept.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: GRAVITY.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Amit R. Kapur, Steven F. Pearman, James R. Benedetto
  • Publication number: 20140081977
    Abstract: A content delivery system for generating personalized content for a user. The system maintains an interest graph that shows the user's current attachment to one or more topics. When a user performs an action, a topic is determined for the action and the user's interest graph is modified based on the action. The system also receives content and analyzes the language of the content to determine a topic of the content. A similarity between the user's interests and the content is determined. The content is also analyzed to determine the popularity of the content. The user's interest level and the popularity of the content are then used to provide the user with a personalized content, such as a content recommendation or enhanced content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Project Rover, Inc.
    Inventors: Amit R. Kapur, Steven F. Pearman, James R. Benedetto
  • Patent number: 8615442
    Abstract: A content delivery system for generating personalized content for a user. The system maintains an interest graph that shows the user's current attachment to one or more topics. When a user performs an action, a topic is determined for the action and the user's interest graph is modified based on the action. The system also receives content and analyzes the language of the content to determine a topic of the content. A similarity between the user's interests and the content is determined. The content is also analyzed to determine the popularity of the content. The user's interest level and the popularity of the content are then used to provide the user with a personalized content, such as a content recommendation or enhanced content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Project Rover, Inc.
    Inventors: Amit R. Kapur, Steven F. Pearman, James R. Benedetto
  • Patent number: 8527269
    Abstract: A system and a method for analyzing conversational data comprising colloquial or informal terms and having an informal structure. A corpus of training language maps, each associated with an entity, is generated from conversational data retrieved from sources previously associated with entities. Subsequently received conversational data is processed to generate a conversational language map which is compared to a plurality of the stored training language maps. A confidence value is generated describing the similarity of the conversational language map to each of the plurality of the stored training language maps. The entity associated with the training language map having the highest confidence value is then associated with the conversational language map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Project Rover, Inc.
    Inventors: Amit R. Kapur, Steven F. Pearman, James R. Benedetto