Patents by Inventor Iain M. HARLOW

Iain M. HARLOW 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: 11776417
    Abstract: A method for predictively updating one or more user parameters associated with a user of a learning system includes predicting, based on the one or more user parameters, a predicted activity of the user, receiving an actual activity of the user, comparing the predicted activity to the actual activity, and updating the one or more user parameters in response to determining that the predicted activity does not match the actual activity. The method may further include scheduling one or more learning interactions based on the one or more updated learning parameters, where the scheduling includes selecting at least one of a timing of the one or more learning interactions or a type of the one or more learning interactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: CEREGO JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Iain M. Harlow, Andrew Smith Lewis, Paul T. Mumma
  • Patent number: 11487804
    Abstract: A method for generating a set of concepts related to a target concept includes accessing a set of candidate concepts, embedding the target concept and the set of candidate concepts in a semantic vector space, selecting one or more intermediate concepts from the set of candidate concepts in response to determining whether each embedded candidate concept in the set of embedded candidate concepts satisfies a predetermined relationship with the embedded target concept, and filtering the one or more intermediate concepts to yield the set of concepts related to the target concept. The method may further include generating a multiple-choice question in which the target concept corresponds to a correct answer choice and the set of concepts related to the target concept correspond to distractors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: CEREGO JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Michael A. Yen, Iain M. Harlow, Andrew Smith Lewis, Paul T. Mumma
  • Publication number: 20220245184
    Abstract: A method for generating a set of concepts related to a target concept includes accessing a set of candidate concepts, embedding the target concept and the set of candidate concepts in a semantic vector space, selecting one or more intermediate concepts from the set of candidate concepts in response to determining whether each embedded candidate concept in the set of embedded candidate concepts satisfies a predetermined relationship with the embedded target concept, and filtering the one or more intermediate concepts to yield the set of concepts related to the target concept. The method may further include generating a multiple-choice question in which the target concept corresponds to a correct answer choice and the set of concepts related to the target concept correspond to distractors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Michael A. YEN, Iain M. HARLOW, Andrew SMITH LEWIS, Paul T. MUMMA
  • Patent number: 11347784
    Abstract: A method for generating a set of concepts related to a target concept includes accessing a set of candidate concepts, embedding the target concept and the set of candidate concepts in a semantic vector space, selecting one or more intermediate concepts from the set of candidate concepts in response to determining whether each embedded candidate concept in the set of embedded candidate concepts satisfies a predetermined relationship with the embedded target concept, and filtering the one or more intermediate concepts to yield the set of concepts related to the target concept. The method may further include generating a multiple-choice question in which the target concept corresponds to a correct answer choice and the set of concepts related to the target concept correspond to distractors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: CEREGO JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Michael A. Yen, Iain M. Harlow, Andrew Smith Lewis, Paul T. Mumma
  • Publication number: 20220147554
    Abstract: A method for generating a set of concepts related to a target concept includes accessing a set of candidate concepts, embedding the target concept and the set of candidate concepts in a semantic vector space, selecting one or more intermediate concepts from the set of candidate concepts in response to determining whether each embedded candidate concept in the set of embedded candidate concepts satisfies a predetermined relationship with the embedded target concept, and filtering the one or more intermediate concepts to yield the set of concepts related to the target concept. The method may further include generating a multiple-choice question in which the target concept corresponds to a correct answer choice and the set of concepts related to the target concept correspond to distractors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Michael A. YEN, Iain M. HARLOW, Andrew SMITH LEWIS, Paul T. MUMMA
  • Patent number: 11238085
    Abstract: A method for generating a set of concepts related to a target concept includes accessing a set of candidate concepts, embedding the target concept and the set of candidate concepts in a semantic vector space, selecting one or more intermediate concepts from the set of candidate concepts in response to determining whether each embedded candidate concept in the set of embedded candidate concepts satisfies a predetermined relationship with the embedded target concept, and filtering the one or more intermediate concepts to yield the set of concepts related to the target concept. The method may further include generating a multiple-choice question in which the target concept corresponds to a correct answer choice and the set of concepts related to the target concept correspond to distractors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: CEREGO JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Michael A. Yen, Iain M. Harlow, Andrew Smith Lewis, Paul T. Mumma
  • Publication number: 20210342381
    Abstract: A method for generating a set of concepts related to a target concept includes accessing a set of candidate concepts, embedding the target concept and the set of candidate concepts in a semantic vector space, selecting one or more intermediate concepts from the set of candidate concepts in response to determining whether each embedded candidate concept in the set of embedded candidate concepts satisfies a predetermined relationship with the embedded target concept, and filtering the one or more intermediate concepts to yield the set of concepts related to the target concept. The method may further include generating a multiple-choice question in which the target concept corresponds to a correct answer choice and the set of concepts related to the target concept correspond to distractors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Michael A. YEN, Iain M. HARLOW, Andrew SMITH LEWIS, Paul T. MUMMA
  • Publication number: 20210343176
    Abstract: A method for predictively updating one or more user parameters associated with a user of a learning system includes predicting, based on the one or more user parameters, a predicted activity of the user, receiving an actual activity of the user, comparing the predicted activity to the actual activity, and updating the one or more user parameters in response to determining that the predicted activity does not match the actual activity. The method may further include scheduling one or more learning interactions based on the one or more updated learning parameters, where the scheduling includes selecting at least one of a timing of the one or more learning interactions or a type of the one or more learning interactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Iain M. HARLOW, Andrew SMITH LEWIS, Paul T. MUMMA
  • Patent number: 11158204
    Abstract: A method for predictively updating one or more user parameters associated with a user of a learning system includes predicting, based on the one or more user parameters, a predicted activity of the user, receiving an actual activity of the user, comparing the predicted activity to the actual activity, and updating the one or more user parameters in response to determining that the predicted activity does not match the actual activity. The method may further include scheduling one or more learning interactions based on the one or more updated learning parameters, where the scheduling includes selecting at least one of a timing of the one or more learning interactions or a type of the one or more learning interactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: CEREGO JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Iain M. Harlow, Andrew Smith Lewis, Paul T. Mumma
  • Patent number: 11086920
    Abstract: A method for generating a set of concepts related to a target concept includes accessing a set of candidate concepts, embedding the target concept and the set of candidate concepts in a semantic vector space, selecting one or more intermediate concepts from the set of candidate concepts in response to determining whether each embedded candidate concept in the set of embedded candidate concepts satisfies a predetermined relationship with the embedded target concept, and filtering the one or more intermediate concepts to yield the set of concepts related to the target concept. The method may further include generating a multiple-choice question in which the target concept corresponds to a correct answer choice and the set of concepts related to the target concept correspond to distractors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: CEREGO, LLC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Yen, Iain M. Harlow, Andrew Smith Lewis, Paul T. Mumma
  • Publication number: 20180373791
    Abstract: A method for generating a set of concepts related to a target concept includes accessing a set of candidate concepts, embedding the target concept and the set of candidate concepts in a semantic vector space, selecting one or more intermediate concepts from the set of candidate concepts in response to determining whether each embedded candidate concept in the set of embedded candidate concepts satisfies a predetermined relationship with the embedded target concept, and filtering the one or more intermediate concepts to yield the set of concepts related to the target concept. The method may further include generating a multiple-choice question in which the target concept corresponds to a correct answer choice and the set of concepts related to the target concept correspond to distractors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Michael A. YEN, Iain M. HARLOW, Andrew SMITH LEWIS, Paul T. MUMMA
  • Publication number: 20180357915
    Abstract: A method for predictively updating one or more user parameters associated with a user of a learning system includes predicting, based on the one or more user parameters, a predicted activity of the user, receiving an actual activity of the user, comparing the predicted activity to the actual activity, and updating the one or more user parameters in response to determining that the predicted activity does not match the actual activity. The method may further include scheduling one or more learning interactions based on the one or more updated learning parameters, where the scheduling includes selecting at least one of a timing of the one or more learning interactions or a type of the one or more learning interactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Iain M. HARLOW, Andrew SMITH LEWIS, Paul T. MUMMA