Patents by Inventor Lance M. Wall

Lance M. Wall 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).

  • Common feature protocol for collaborative machine learning
    Patent number: 10586169
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system for processing data. During operation, the system obtains a hierarchical representation containing a set of namespaces of a set of features shared by a set of statistical models. Next, the system uses the hierarchical representation to obtain, from one or more execution environments, a subset of the features for use in calculating the derived feature. The system then applies a formula from the hierarchical representation to the subset of the features to produce the derived feature. Finally, the system provides the derived feature for use by one or more of the statistical models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David J. Stein, Xu Miao, Lance M. Wall, Joel D. Young, Eric Huang, Songxiang Gu, Da Teng, Chang-Ming Tsai, Sumit Rangwala
  • COMMON FEATURE PROTOCOL FOR COLLABORATIVE MACHINE LEARNING
    Publication number: 20170109652
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system for processing data. During operation, the system obtains a hierarchical representation containing a set of namespaces of a set of features shared by a set of statistical models. Next, the system uses the hierarchical representation to obtain, from one or more execution environments, a subset of the features for use in calculating the derived feature. The system then applies a formula from the hierarchical representation to the subset of the features to produce the derived feature. Finally, the system provides the derived feature for use by one or more of the statistical models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Stein, Xu Miao, Lance M. Wall, Joel D. Young, Eric Huang, Songxiang Gu, Da Teng, Chang-Ming Tsai, Sumit Rangwala