Patents by Inventor David John Piorkowski

David John Piorkowski 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).

  • Publication number: 20230325470
    Abstract: An autonomous agent operating method, system, and computer program product, including launching a first autonomous agent for a task with an initial update interval and adjusting the initial update interval for a second autonomous agent based on a second task for the second autonomous agent being similar to the task over time in relation to a trust level of a human user in a performance of the first autonomous agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: John Thomas Richards, David John Piorkowski, Stephanie Houde, Yunfeng Zhang, Qingzi Liao, Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy
  • Patent number: 11316980
    Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and a computer system determine when to transfer a communication session from an agent to a bot. The method includes monitoring the communication session between the agent and a user. The method includes determining a continuing utility value indicating a predicted continuing cost to maintaining the communication session with the agent. The continuing utility value is indicative of a predicted continuing benefit to maintaining the communication with the agent. The method includes determining a transferring utility value indicating a predicted transferring cost to transferring the communication session from the agent to the bot. The transferring utility value is indicative of a predicted transferring benefit to transferring the communication session from the agent to the bot. The method includes, as a result of the predicted transferring benefit being greater than the predicted continuing benefit, transferring the communication session from the agent to the bot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John Thomas Richards, Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy, Robert G. Farrell, Qingzi Liao, David John Piorkowski
  • Publication number: 20220083881
    Abstract: An automated analytic tool (AAT) apparatus analyzes a machine learning system (MLS). The tool comprises a processor configured to receive experiment parameters associated with an experiment performed on the MLS, and captures information from a plurality of stages of the experiment. The information comprises information regarding MLS results and choices made during the experiment. The tool automatically revise the captured information into revised information utilizing a knowledge base comprising information from prior experiments. The tool then presents the revised information to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Arunima Chaudhary, Dakuo Wang, David John Piorkowski, Daniel M. Gruen, Chuang Gan, Peter Daniel Kirchner, Gregory Bramble, Bei Chen, Abel Valente, Carolina Maria Spina, John Thomas Richards, Abhishek Bhandwaldar
  • Publication number: 20210232867
    Abstract: An autonomous agent operating method, system, and computer program product, including configuring an autonomous agent for a task, launching the autonomous agent with an initial update interval, the update interval determining a frequency of the autonomous agent reporting results to a human user for review, measuring the trust level of human user in a performance of the autonomous agent, and dynamically adjusting the update interval based on this measured trust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: John Thomas Richards, David John Piorkowski, Stephanie Houde, Yunfeng Zhang, Qingzi Liao, Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy
  • Publication number: 20210160374
    Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and a computer system determine when to transfer a communication session from an agent to a bot. The method includes monitoring the communication session between the agent and a user. The method includes determining a continuing utility value indicating a predicted continuing cost to maintaining the communication session with the agent. The continuing utility value is indicative of a predicted continuing benefit to maintaining the communication with the agent. The method includes determining a transferring utility value indicating a predicted transferring cost to transferring the communication session from the agent to the bot. The transferring utility value is indicative of a predicted transferring benefit to transferring the communication session from the agent to the bot. The method includes, as a result of the predicted transferring benefit being greater than the predicted continuing benefit, transferring the communication session from the agent to the bot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: John Thomas Richards, Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy, Robert G. Farrell, Qingzi Liao, David John Piorkowski
  • Publication number: 20190205703
    Abstract: Performance of a computer implementing a machine learning system is improved by providing, via a graphical user interface, to an annotator, unlabeled corpus data to be labeled; obtaining, via the interface, labels for the unlabeled corpus data; and detecting, with a consistency calculation routine, concurrent with the labeling, internal inconsistency and/or external inconsistency in the labeling. Responsive to the detection, intervene in the labeling with a reactive intervention subsystem until the inconsistency is addressed. The labeling is completed subsequent to the intervention; the system is trained to provide a trained machine learning system, based on results of the completed labeling; and classification of new data is carried out with the trained system. Proactive intervention schemes are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Evelyn Duesterwald, Austin Zachary Henley, David John Piorkowski, John T. Richards