Patents by Inventor Nicholas Louis Cassimatis

Nicholas Louis Cassimatis 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).

  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING NATURAL LANGUAGE TECHNIQUES TO PROCESS INPUTS
    Publication number: 20140278369
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for utilizing natural language to process queries. The method for analyzing a linguistic input may include receiving the linguistic input, the linguistic input including at least one word, accessing prestored language data for a language corresponding to the linguistic input, converting the linguistic input into a text-possibility representations based on the received language data, determining a meaning of the text possibility based on the prestored language data, generating at least one semantic structure corresponding to the determined meaning, and determining an action to perform based on the generated at least one semantic structure. The prestored language data may be converted from multiple formats into one or more formats that can be algorithmically processed by a computational device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Louis CASSIMATIS, Richard Noel CANEBA, Jonathan Richard SCALLY
  • Method and system for using natural language techniques to process inputs
    Patent number: 8818795
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for utilizing natural language to process queries. The method for analyzing a linguistic input may include receiving the linguistic input, the linguistic input including at least one word, accessing prestored language data for a language corresponding to the linguistic input, converting the linguistic input into a text-possibility representations based on the received language data, determining a meaning of the text possibility based on the prestored language data, generating at least one semantic structure corresponding to the determined meaning, and determining an action to perform based on the generated at least one semantic structure. The prestored language data may be converted from multiple formats into one or more formats that can be algorithmically processed by a computational device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Louis Cassimatis, Richard Noel Caneba, Jonathan Richard Scally