Patents by Inventor Nicholas Lewerke

Nicholas Lewerke 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: 11170781
    Abstract: Techniques to enhance group decision-making within messaging platforms. A conversation thread between two or more participants is analyzed. One or more keywords occurring in the conversation thread that are associated with an event characteristic are identified by comparing messages of each of the two or more participants against a keyword listing. Natural language processing is used to determine a contextual use of the one or more keywords. One or more events relevant to the event characteristic and the contextual use are determined. An application programming interface is used to locate and retrieve event-related information for the one or more events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Hebert, Anthony Mutalipassi, Nicholas Lewerke, Levon Karayan
  • Publication number: 20200135206
    Abstract: Techniques to enhance group decision-making within messaging platforms. A conversation thread between two or more participants is analyzed. One or more keywords occurring in the conversation thread that are associated with an event characteristic are identified by comparing messages of each of the two or more participants against a keyword listing. Natural language processing is used to determine a contextual use of the one or more keywords. One or more events relevant to the event characteristic and the contextual use are determined. An application programming interface is used to locate and retrieve event-related information for the one or more events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Jennifer HEBERT, Anthony MUTALIPASSI, Nicholas LEWERKE, Levon KARAYAN
  • Patent number: 10565993
    Abstract: A system and method of enhancing group decision-making within messaging platforms, the method comprising analyzing a conversation thread between two or more participants communicating using a messaging platform; identifying one or more keywords occurring in the conversation thread associated with an event characteristic; determining a contextual use of the one or more keywords; determining one or more events relevant to the identified event characteristic and the contextual use; locating and retrieving event-related information for the one or more events from a decision support system; and presenting the retrieved event-related information to the two or more participants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Hebert, Anthony Mutalipassi, Nicholas Lewerke, Levon Karayan
  • Publication number: 20160224673
    Abstract: A system and method of enhancing group decision-making within messaging platforms, the method comprising analyzing a conversation thread between two or more participants communicating using a messaging platform; identifying one or more keywords occurring in the conversation thread associated with an event characteristic; determining a contextual use of the one or more keywords; determining one or more events relevant to the identified event characteristic and the contextual use; locating and retrieving event-related information for the one or more events from a decision support system; and presenting the retrieved event-related information to the two or more participants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Jennifer Hebert, Anthony Mutalipassi, Nicholas Lewerke, Levon Karayan