Patents by Inventor Sharon B. Jones

Sharon B. Jones 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).

  • Integrated development tool for building a natural language understanding application
    Patent number: 7191119
    Abstract: A method of developing natural language understanding (NLU) applications can include determining NLU interpretation information from an NLU training corpus of text using a multi-pass processing technique. The alteration of one pass automatically can alter an input for a subsequent pass. The NLU interpretation information can specify an interpretation of at least part of the NLU training corpus of text. The NLU interpretation information can be stored in a database, and selected items of the NLU interpretation information can be presented in a graphical editor. User specified edits also can be received in the graphical editor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark E. Epstein, Sharon B. Jones, Robert T. Ward
  • Integrated development tool for building a natural language understanding application
    Publication number: 20030212543
    Abstract: A method of developing natural language understanding (NLU) applications can include determining NLU interpretation information from an NLU training corpus of text using a multi-pass processing technique. The alteration of one pass automatically can alter an input for a subsequent pass. The NLU interpretation information can specify an interpretation of at least part of the NLU training corpus of text. The NLU interpretation information can be stored in a database, and selected items of the NLU interpretation information can be presented in a graphical editor. User specified edits also can be received in the graphical editor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark E. Epstein, Sharon B. Jones, Robert T. Ward