Patents by Inventor Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy

Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy 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: 11966819
    Abstract: An approach is provided for training classifiers used in machine learning. A corpus of training data is received. One or more clusters of the training data is generated according to features of the training data. The one or more clusters are refined using user-specified rules. One or more classifiers are trained for use in machine learning based upon the refined one or more clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Qingzi Liao, Yunfeng Zhang, Michael Desmond, Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy
  • Publication number: 20230325470
    Abstract: An autonomous agent operating method, system, and computer program product, including launching a first autonomous agent for a task with an initial update interval and adjusting the initial update interval for a second autonomous agent based on a second task for the second autonomous agent being similar to the task over time in relation to a trust level of a human user in a performance of the first autonomous agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: John Thomas Richards, David John Piorkowski, Stephanie Houde, Yunfeng Zhang, Qingzi Liao, Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy
  • Patent number: 11586849
    Abstract: Techniques regarding mitigating bias in one or more machine learning models are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a system, which can comprise a memory that can store computer executable components. The system can also comprise a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and that can execute the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a model component that can evaluate a machine learning model at a plurality of threshold settings to generate a sample set and can define a relationship between a fairness metric and a utility metric of the machine learning model based on the sample set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yunfeng Zhang, Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy, Kush Raj Varshney
  • Publication number: 20220188674
    Abstract: A method, a computer system, and a computer program product for generating explanations for different confidence levels of machine learning classifiers is provided. Embodiments of the present invention may include obtaining a dataset. Embodiments of the present invention may include training a first classifier using the dataset to generate probabilities. Embodiments of the present invention may include generating confidence scores using the first classifier. Embodiments of the present invention may include defining targeted confidence zones by transforming the generated probabilities into the confidence scores. Embodiments of the present invention may include training a second classifier to derive explanations. Embodiments of the present invention may include providing the explanations as an output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Qingzi Liao, Yunfeng Zhang, Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy
  • Patent number: 11316980
    Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and a computer system determine when to transfer a communication session from an agent to a bot. The method includes monitoring the communication session between the agent and a user. The method includes determining a continuing utility value indicating a predicted continuing cost to maintaining the communication session with the agent. The continuing utility value is indicative of a predicted continuing benefit to maintaining the communication with the agent. The method includes determining a transferring utility value indicating a predicted transferring cost to transferring the communication session from the agent to the bot. The transferring utility value is indicative of a predicted transferring benefit to transferring the communication session from the agent to the bot. The method includes, as a result of the predicted transferring benefit being greater than the predicted continuing benefit, transferring the communication session from the agent to the bot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John Thomas Richards, Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy, Robert G. Farrell, Qingzi Liao, David John Piorkowski
  • Publication number: 20210295203
    Abstract: A method of training a chatbot comprises obtaining a set of utterances. The method also comprises identifying a set of intents associated with utterances within the set of utterances. The method further comprises organizing intents within the set of intents hierarchically. This may result in a customized intent hierarchy. The method further comprises created a list of intents within the customized intent hierarchy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Qingzi Liao, Biplav Srivastava, Yunfeng Zhang, Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy
  • Publication number: 20210232867
    Abstract: An autonomous agent operating method, system, and computer program product, including configuring an autonomous agent for a task, launching the autonomous agent with an initial update interval, the update interval determining a frequency of the autonomous agent reporting results to a human user for review, measuring the trust level of human user in a performance of the autonomous agent, and dynamically adjusting the update interval based on this measured trust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: John Thomas Richards, David John Piorkowski, Stephanie Houde, Yunfeng Zhang, Qingzi Liao, Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy
  • Publication number: 20210224605
    Abstract: Techniques regarding mitigating bias in one or more machine learning models are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a system, which can comprise a memory that can store computer executable components. The system can also comprise a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and that can execute the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a model component that can evaluate a machine learning model at a plurality of threshold settings to generate a sample set and can define a relationship between a fairness metric and a utility metric of the machine learning model based on the sample set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Yunfeng Zhang, Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy, Kush Raj Varshney
  • Publication number: 20210174239
    Abstract: An approach is provided for training classifiers used in machine learning. A corpus of training data is received. One or more clusters of the training data is generated according to features of the training data. The one or more clusters are refined using user-specified rules. One or more classifiers are trained for use in machine learning based upon the refined one or more clusters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Qingzi Liao, Yunfeng Zhang, Michael Desmond, Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy
  • Publication number: 20210160374
    Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and a computer system determine when to transfer a communication session from an agent to a bot. The method includes monitoring the communication session between the agent and a user. The method includes determining a continuing utility value indicating a predicted continuing cost to maintaining the communication session with the agent. The continuing utility value is indicative of a predicted continuing benefit to maintaining the communication with the agent. The method includes determining a transferring utility value indicating a predicted transferring cost to transferring the communication session from the agent to the bot. The transferring utility value is indicative of a predicted transferring benefit to transferring the communication session from the agent to the bot. The method includes, as a result of the predicted transferring benefit being greater than the predicted continuing benefit, transferring the communication session from the agent to the bot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: John Thomas Richards, Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy, Robert G. Farrell, Qingzi Liao, David John Piorkowski
  • Patent number: 10847046
    Abstract: A smart block control method, system, and computer program product, include capturing an intent of using one or more smart blocks and a domain of the smart blocks, determining an order of each of the smart blocks relative to each other, calculating an accuracy of a determined order of the smart blocks compared with the intent, and outputting an instruction via the one or more the smart blocks, in response to said calculating the accuracy of the determined order of the smart blocks compared with the predetermined order of the smart blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy, Ravindranath Kokku, Satyanarayana Venkata Nitta, Yedendra Babu Shrinivasan
  • Patent number: 10789576
    Abstract: A meeting management method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, include a target determination circuit configured to determine a target of an agenda for a meeting, the target of the agenda including which users correspond to a topic, a behavior capturing circuit configured to capture behavior of the users during the meeting, a tracking and identifying circuit configured to track the behavior of the users during the meeting and identify a user of the users corresponding to the behavior, and a difference determination circuit configured to determine if a difference between the behavior of the users and the target of the agenda is greater than a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy, Jonathan Hudson Connell, II, Robert George Farrell, Brian Paul Gaucher, Jonathan Lenchner, David Osmond Scott Melville, Valentina Salapura
  • Publication number: 20200226483
    Abstract: One or more alternatives are received. Each of the one or more alternatives has an associated weight. An advocate-agent corresponding to each of the one or more alternatives is generated in which each advocate-agent is configured to advocate for the corresponding alternative. An interaction characteristic is determined for each advocate-agent based on the associated weight and an engagement model. An engagement metric associated with each advocate-agent is received in which the engagement metric is indicative of an attention level of a user towards the particular alternative associated with the particular advocate-agent. The interaction characteristic a particular advocate-agent is adjusted based upon the engagement metric associated with the particular advocate-agent according to the engagement model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy, Thomas D. Erickson
  • Publication number: 20180211550
    Abstract: A smart block control method, system, and computer program product, include capturing an intent of using one or more smart blocks and a domain of the smart blocks, determining an order of each of the smart blocks relative to each other, calculating an accuracy of a determined order of the smart blocks compared with the intent, and outputting an instruction via the one or more the smart blocks, in response to said calculating the accuracy of the determined order of the smart blocks compared with the predetermined order of the smart blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy, Ravindranath Kokku, Satyanarayana Venkata Nitta, Yedendra Babu Shrinivasan
  • Publication number: 20170243171
    Abstract: A meeting management method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, include a target determination circuit configured to determine a target of an agenda for a meeting, the target of the agenda including which users correspond to a topic, a behavior capturing circuit configured to capture behavior of the users during the meeting, a tracking and identifying circuit configured to track the behavior of the users during the meeting and identify a user of the users corresponding to the behavior, and a difference determination circuit configured to determine if a difference between the behavior of the users and the target of the agenda is greater than a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy, Jonathan Hudson Connell, II, Robert George Farrell, Brian Paul Gaucher, Jonathan Lenchner, David Osmond Scott Melville, Valentina Salapura
  • Patent number: 7627590
    Abstract: A method and system for generating a summary of a document for display to a user on a display are provided. In one implementation, the method includes receiving a first document originally spanning several paragraphs in length, and generating a first summary of the first document, in which the first summary spanning a length less than the original several paragraphs of the first document. The method further includes dynamically displaying the first summary to the user on the display including showing words or short phrases of the first summary at a same location in the display serially one word or short phrase after another. Each word or short phrase is less than a complete sentence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Branimir Boguraev, Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy, Yin Yin Wong
  • Patent number: 6865572
    Abstract: A method and system for the dynamic presentation of the contents of a plurality of documents on a display is disclosed. The method and system comprises receiving a plurality of documents and providing a plurality of topically rich capsule overviews corresponding to the plurality of documents. Each capsule overview is a representation of the core content of the corresponding document. The method and system also includes displaying each of the plurality of capsule overviews and dynamically delivering document content encapsulated in the plurality of capsule overviews.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Branimir Boguraev, Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy, Yin Yin Wong
  • Publication number: 20040024747
    Abstract: A method and system for the dynamic presentation of the contents of a plurality of documents on a display is disclosed. The method and system comprises receiving a plurality of documents and providing a plurality of topically rich capsule overviews corresponding to the plurality of documents. The method and system also includes dynamically delivering document content encapsulated in the plurality of capsule overviews.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Branimir Boguraev, Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy, Yin Yin Wong
  • Publication number: 20030158843
    Abstract: A method and system for the dynamic presentation of the contents of a plurality of documents on a display is disclosed. The method and system comprises receiving a plurality of documents and providing a plurality of topically rich capsule overviews corresponding to the plurality of documents. The method and system also includes dynamically delivering document content encapsulated in the plurality of capsule overviews.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Branimir Boguraev, Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy, Yin Yin Wong
  • Patent number: 6553373
    Abstract: A method for the dynamic presentation of the contents of a plurality of documents on a display is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a plurality of documents and providing a plurality of topically rich capsule overviews corresponding to the plurality of documents. The method also includes dynamically delivering document content encapsulated in the plurality of capsule overviews. In so doing, the method in accordance with the present invention can present thematic capsule overviews of the documents to users. The capsule overviews, delivered in a variety of dynamic presentation modes, allow the user to quickly get a sense of what a document is about, and decide whether they want to read it in more detail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Branimir Boguraev, Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy, Yin Yin Wong