Patents by Inventor Stephen Hardt

Stephen Hardt 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).

  • Electronic assistant for making predictions based on user messages
    Patent number: 9443226
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic assistant. In one embodiment, a system for processing data on a computing device includes at least one extractor for extracting data from an email to produce extracted data, a user model for generating a high-level model of an email environment on the computing device, based on the extracted data, and at least one predictor for generating a prediction related to the email, based on the extracted data and on the high-level model. In another embodiment, a system for scheduling an event includes an extractor for extracting constraints from a request for the event, a user model for receiving and storing scheduling preferences from a user, and a predictor coupled to the extractor and to the user model, for generating a candidate schedule for the event in accordance with the constraints and the scheduling preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: SRI INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Pauline M. Berry, Adam Cheyer, Melinda Gervasio, Thierry Donneau-Golencer, Stephen Hardt, Kenneth Nitz, Bart Peintner, Leslie Pound, Neil Yorke-Smith
  • ELECTRONIC ASSISTANT
    Publication number: 20100180200
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic assistant. In one embodiment, a system for assisting with a current workflow being performed on a computing device includes a watcher for extracting a context from the current workflow, a harvester for identifying at least one document associated with a concept that matches the context, and a suggestion generator for displaying the document to the user of the computing device, where the document is suggested to aid the user in performing the current workflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: THIERRY DONNEAU-GOLENCER, Stephen Hardt, Christopher Adam Overholtzer, Kenneth Nitz
  • ELECTRONIC ASSISTANT
    Publication number: 20100179961
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic assistant. In one embodiment, a system for processing data on a computing device includes at least one extractor for extracting data from an email to produce extracted data, a user model for generating a high-level model of an email environment on the computing device, based on the extracted data, and at least one predictor for generating a prediction related to the email, based on the extracted data and on the high-level model. In another embodiment, a system for scheduling an event includes an extractor for extracting constraints from a request for the event, a user model for receiving and storing scheduling preferences from a user, and a predictor coupled to the extractor and to the user model, for generating a candidate schedule for the event in accordance with the constraints and the scheduling preferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Pauline M Berry, Adam Cheyer, Melinda Gervasio, Thierry Donneau-Golencer, Stephen Hardt, Kenneth Nitz, Bart Peintner, Leslie Pound, Neil Yorke-Smith