Patents by Inventor Namrata Godbole

Namrata Godbole 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).

  • Large-scale sentiment analysis
    Patent number: 8515739
    Abstract: A method for determining a sentiment associated with an entity includes inputting a plurality of texts associated with the entity, labeling seed words in the plurality of texts as positive or negative, determining a score estimate for the plurality of words based on the labeling, re-enumerating paths of the plurality of words and determining a number of sentiment alternations, determining a final score for the plurality of words using only paths whose number of alternations is within a threshold, converting the final scores to corresponding z-scores for each of the plurality of words, and outputting the sentiment associated with the entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of the State University of New York
    Inventors: Namrata Godbole, Steven Skiena, Manjunath Srinivasaiah
  • LARGE-SCALE SENTIMENT ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20120046938
    Abstract: A method for determining a sentiment associated with an entity includes inputting a plurality of texts associated with the entity, labeling seed words in the plurality of texts as positive or negative, determining a score estimate for the plurality of words based on the labeling, re-enumerating paths of the plurality of words and determining a number of sentiment alternations, determining a final score for the plurality of words using only paths whose number of alternations is within a threshold, converting the final scores to corresponding z-scores for each of the plurality of words, and outputting the sentiment associated with the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Namrata Godbole, Steven Skiena, Manjunath Srinivasaiah
  • Large-scale sentiment analysis
    Patent number: 7996210
    Abstract: A method for determining a sentiment associated with an entity includes inputting a plurality of texts associated with the entity, labeling seed words in the plurality of texts as positive or negative, determining a score estimate for the plurality of words based on the labeling, re-enumerating paths of the plurality of words and determining a number of sentiment alternations, determining a final score for the plurality of words using only paths whose number of alternations is within a threshold, converting the final scores to corresponding z-scores for each of the plurality of words, and outputting the sentiment associated with the entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of the State University of New York
    Inventors: Namrata Godbole, Steven Skiena, Manjunath Srinivasaiah
  • Large-Scale Sentiment Analysis
    Publication number: 20080270116
    Abstract: A method for determining a sentiment associated with an entity includes inputting a plurality of texts associated with the entity, labeling seed words in the plurality of texts as positive or negative, determining a score estimate for the plurality of words based on the labeling, re-enumerating paths of the plurality of words and determining a number of sentiment alternations, determining a final score for the plurality of words using only paths whose number of alternations is within a threshold, converting the final scores to corresponding z-scores for each of the plurality of words, and outputting the sentiment associated with the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Namrata Godbole, Steven Skiena, Manjunath Srinivasaiah