Frequency Of Features In The Document Patents (Class 707/730)
  • Patent number: 11973832
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods that that automatically classify, filter, and reduce large volumes of hosted content data using artificial intelligence technology. The aggregated hosted content data is reduced by representing the hosted content data as sets of data polarity identifiers or data polarity values that correspond to one or more sequencing identifiers that are displayed on a graphical user interface. Hosted content data packets are segmented by labeling the hosted content data packets with a sequencing identifier. The hosted content data packets are processed utilizing neural network technology to classify the hosted content data according to a polarity identifier, polarity value, sentiment identifier, or one or more subject identifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TRUIST BANK
    Inventor: Tariq Sulaiman Mansaray
  • Patent number: 11966449
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments may include a system for generating custom content. The system may generate a first webpage comprising first feature(s). The system may transmit the first webpage for display via a graphical user interface (GUI) of a user device. The system may iteratively, until a predetermined threshold is achieved: receive data corresponding to a first user; generate, by an encoder, encoded data based on the data; generate, by a decoder, second feature(s) based on the encoded data; modify the first webpage to generate a second webpage comprising the second feature(s); transmit the second webpage for display via the GUI of the user device; receive user feedback associated with the second webpage; and determine whether the user feedback exceeds the predetermined threshold. Responsive to the predetermined threshold being achieved, the system may transmit the latest version of the second webpage without requesting additional user feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Samuel Sharpe, Grant Eden, Galen Rafferty, Anh Truong, Jeremy Edward Goodsitt
  • Patent number: 11956317
    Abstract: A system for enterprise collaboration is associated with an overlay network, such as a content delivery network (CDN). The overlay network comprises machines capable of ingress, forwarding and broadcasting traffic, together with a mapping infrastructure. The system comprises a front-end application, a back-end application, and set of one or more APIs through which the front-end application interacts with the back-end application. The front-end application is a web or mobile application component that provides one or more collaboration functions. The back-end application comprises a signaling component that maintains state information about each participant in a collaboration, a connectivity component that manages connections routed through the overlay network, and a multiplexing component that manages a multi-peer collaboration session to enable an end user peer to access other peers' media streams through the overlay network rather than directly from another peer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles E. Gero, Thomas Houman, Abhijit C. Mehta, Greg Burd, Vladimir Shtokman
  • Patent number: 11776535
    Abstract: A semantic understanding method and apparatus, and a device and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring a recognition character string that matches speech information; acquiring, from an entity vocabulary library, at least one entity vocabulary respectively corresponding to each recognition character in the recognition character string; and according to a situation of each entity vocabulary hitting the recognition character string, determining a matching entity vocabulary as a semantic understanding result of the speech information. By means of the method, insofar as a completely matching entity vocabulary is not acquired, a matching entity vocabulary can still be determined according to an entity vocabulary library, and semantic information of speech is thus accurately understood; and the method also has relatively high fault tolerance for situations such as wrong words, added words, and omitted words, such that the semantic understanding accuracy of speech information is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: He Zhang, Hang Li, Yang Wang
  • Patent number: 11741153
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, an identification unit, and an output unit. The first acquisition unit acquires a query image and a query text relating to a target object. The second acquisition unit acquires candidate images of the target object. The identification unit identifies from the candidate images a positive image containing a region demonstrating a similarity to the query image higher than or equal to a first threshold value, and identifies a position of the region in the positive image. The output unit outputs training data including the positive image, information representing the position of the region, and a correct label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroo Saito, Tomoyuki Shibata
  • Patent number: 11698900
    Abstract: In various embodiments, methods and systems for presenting a search interface with search query history based functionality is provided. A search query history store comprising search queries is accessed. The search query history store includes search queries executed in a search computing system. A search query comprises one or more commands. A plurality of search queries retrieved from the search query history store is displayed on the search interface using a placement style. A placement style, such as an indent style, provides a structure for separating and arranging commands of a plurality of search queries displayed. The search interface further provides for receiving a selection of at least a portion of a search query from the plurality of search queries to initiate actions or execute actions based on the selection. The search interface includes a search input interface, such as a search bar, where the selection of the portion of the search query is displayed based on a selected action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Krueger, Katherine Kyle Feeney, Andrew E. Robbins, Jesse Brandau Miller, Elizabeth Dykstra-Erickson, Jeffrey Thomas Lloyd, Cory Eugene Burke, Marc V. Robichaud
  • Patent number: 11687573
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate generally to data science and data analysis, computer software and systems, and control systems to provide a platform to facilitate implementation of an interface, and, more specifically, to a computing and data storage platform that implements specialized logic to predict effectiveness of content in electronic messages as a function, for example, modifiable portions of the content. In some examples, a method may include receiving data signals to cause formation of an electronic message, determining a component of the electronic message, identifying one or more message performance criteria, characterizing the component to identify a component attribute, predicting the component attribute matches at least one of the message performance criteria, and transmitting the electronic message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Spredfast, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Senftleber, Christopher Kerns, Marc Schriftman
  • Patent number: 11636350
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, the present disclosure includes a method for generating a knowledge graph of clinical information for use as a reference model to semantically represent relevant information from clinical encounters. In certain embodiments, the method includes representing a clinical concern as a module of the knowledge graph. In some examples, the method includes associating at least one section node with the module, wherein each section node of the at least one section node corresponds to a clinical concept relevant to the clinical concern and associating at least one topic node with the at least one section node, wherein each topic node of the at least one topic node corresponds to a clinical topic relevant to the clinical concept. And, in certain embodiments the method includes outputting the knowledge graph of clinical information to semantically represent the relevant information from a clinical encounter associated with the clinical concern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: American Medical Association
    Inventors: Thomas Giannulli, Joshua Samuel Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11609946
    Abstract: Described is a system and method for enabling dynamic selection of a search input. For example, rather than having a static search input box, the search input may be dynamically positioned such that it encompasses a portion of displayed information. An image segment that includes a representation of the encompassed portion of the displayed information is generated and processed to determine an object represented in the portion of the displayed information. Additional images with visually similar representations of objects are then determined and presented to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Pinterest, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelei Xu, Naveen Gavini, Yushi Jing, Andrew Huan Zhai, Dmitry Olegovich Kislyuk
  • Patent number: 11580177
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining summary content for resources in a domain. In one aspect, a method includes accessing a first resource belonging to a particular domain, selecting an anchor in the first resource linking to a second resource belonging to the particular domain, identifying particular text content in the first resource that is subordinate to the anchor that the second resource includes the particular text content that is subordinate to the anchor, based on determining that the second resource includes the particular text content that is subordinate to the anchor, generating a domain template for the particular domain, the domain template specifying a location of the particular text content in the second resource, and determining, for each respective resource belonging to the particular domain having a structure matching the domain template, respective text content for the respective resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Chen Sun, Yifan Xu
  • Patent number: 11567631
    Abstract: Provided is a method for recommending emoticons, the method including: displaying, by a user terminal, a first emoticon related to first meta information; and displaying, by the user terminal, first and second recommendation groups, the first and second recommendation groups each comprising at least one recommended emoticon corresponding to the first emoticon, wherein at least one recommended emoticon included in the first recommendation group is related to at least one piece of first associated meta information corresponding to the first meta information, wherein at least one recommended emoticon included in the second recommendation group is related to at least one piece of second associated meta information that corresponds to the first meta information and is different from the first associated meta information, and wherein the first meta information and the first and second associated meta information are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventors: Su Hyeok Cha, Hui Hyeon Kim
  • Patent number: 11550777
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for enabling a processing of a dataset of records having a set of attributes. The method comprises: selecting a first attribute of the set of attributes and a subset of one or more second attributes of the set of attributes. Distinct values of the subset of second attributes may be determined from the dataset. For each distinct value of the determined distinct values records of the dataset that have said each distinct value may be identified, and a group of words may be formed from values of the first attribute of the identified records. Distinct word sequences may be identified in the formed groups and a level of presence of each word sequence of the word sequences in each of the formed groups may be determined. At least part of the levels of presence may be provided as metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Gschwind, Christoph Adrian Miksovic Czasch, Paolo Scotton
  • Patent number: 11531808
    Abstract: A method of notifying a user of a cloud-based content management platform of a comment made in a document associated with the user includes determining a set of comments associated with documents to which the user has access via the cloud-based content management platform, the set of comments including one or more comments added by other users to each document within a last predetermined time period, selecting one or more comments from the set of comments for notification to the user, the selecting being based at least on interactions of the user with a comment thread associated with each comment from the set of comments and characteristics of the comment thread, wherein a comment thread is a group of a plurality of comments comprising a first comment and a second comment added in reply to the first comment, determining one or more documents associated with the one or more selected comments, and providing a graphical user interface (GUI) of a cloud storage of the user hosted by the cloud-based content managem
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Vis, Jesse Sterr, Michael Colagrosso, Michael Procopio, Sandor Dornbush
  • Patent number: 11477286
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure render a context menu upon receiving a context menu indication from a user. The context menu comprises a combination of local context menu items and remote context menu items that are selected based on the context received with the context menu indication. The context menu is created by identifying a set of local and remote context menu item providers and receiving both a rank and HTML based on the received context. The set of local and remote context menu items are ranked according to their respective rank and a number of ranked context menu items are selected. The HTML for the selected context menu items are combined and the combined HTML is rendered to yield the context menu. The context menu is presented to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Valentin Borza, Dan Wu, Xiao Wang, Jonathan Drew Pio, Maryam Ummi Yusuf, Jared Brown
  • Patent number: 11461679
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for implementing a message management framework using machine learning techniques are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes processing a message comprising identifying at least one message type of the message; determining, based at least in part on the at least one identified message type, one or more message failures by applying one or more machine learning-based rules to at least a portion of the message; determining one or more remedial actions by processing, using one or more machine learning techniques, the at least one identified message type, the one or more determined message failures, and multiple attributes of the message; and performing one or more automated actions based at least in part on the one or more determined remedial actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Sivaraman Damodaran, Mahesh Reddy Nagaiah Reddy, Vijayasri Chikmagalur Shivakumar, Narendra Buwade, Bijan K. Mohanty, Hung T. Dinh, Navin Kumar Neithalath, Girish VenkateshaMurthy, Rohit Das, Sristirupa Tripathy
  • Patent number: 11461413
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, to detect system problems using social media. One of the method includes monitoring posts on a plurality of social network sites. The method includes identifying posts that include at least one of a plurality of keywords, at least some of the keywords indicative of system problems. The method includes tagging the identified posts. The method includes determining, based on the tagged posts, that a system problem is occurring. The method also includes raising an alert regarding the system problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: William Gerth, Leonard S. Funari, Allison Squires Treharne
  • Patent number: 11372925
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires a text being input, and an output unit that, when search information for searching for target information is created or updated, from suggestion information created or updated by being extracted from the target information or the search information, extracts the suggestion information corresponding to the text acquired by the acquisition unit, and outputs display information for displaying the extracted suggestion information with a suggestion content predetermined for each operation authority of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11227115
    Abstract: The present disclosure can provide an information processing apparatus capable of increasing the amount of information that can be displayed. The information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a morpheme analysis unit that analyzes a morpheme group included in a document; an importance degree calculation unit that calculates a degree of importance of the morpheme group; and a display period determination unit that determines, based on the degree of importance of the morpheme group, a display period of the morpheme group when the morpheme group is displayed on a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro Hara
  • Patent number: 11188613
    Abstract: A method modifies a social media post in response to determining that a hashtag for the social media post diverges from how the hashtag is used by other social media posts. A computing device receives a social media post, which contains a hashtag, and analyzes the social media post using natural language processing and a sentiment analysis to determine a sense and sentiment of the social media post. The computing device receives a plurality of reference social media posts, where each of the reference social media posts contains the hashtag, and utilizes the natural language processing and the sentiment analysis to determine a sense and sentiment of the reference social media posts. In response to determining that the sense and sentiment of the social media post do not match the sense and sentiment of the reference social media posts, the computing device causes the social media post to be altered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin P. Segal, James William Murdock, IV, John Martin Prager, Radha Mohan De, Sujoy Roy
  • Patent number: 11132371
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, computerised system and computer readable recording medium are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: INQUISITIVE PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Timothy Power, Luke Tomes, Mitchell Lane
  • Patent number: 11100169
    Abstract: Systems and methods for receiving a search query and suggesting one or more alternative queries based on the received search query when processing an electronic search are disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a server, an electronic search query from a user device of a user; obtaining one or more search results responsive to the electronic search query; obtaining a suggested electronic search query based on the electronic search query as received; the suggested electronic search query determined based on information representative of an importance of the electronic search query; generating an electronic response including the one or more search results and the suggested electronic search query for display on a display of the user device; and providing the electronic response including the one or more search results and the suggested electronic search query as a hyperlink to the user device for display on the display of the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Zhiping Zheng, Howard Wan
  • Patent number: 11093540
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention can be a method for assessing unstructured comments, the method including providing reference data generated from a first set of unstructured comments from a first group; receiving a second set of unstructured comments from a second group; identifying a significant word within each unstructured comment of the second set of unstructured comments; for each significant word identified within the second set of unstructured comments, determining a frequency of occurrence of the significant word; and generating a visualization including a portion of the identified significant words, wherein for each visualized significant word, a first aspect of an appearance of the significant word is based on an extent to which the frequency of occurrence deviates from a frequency of occurrence of the significant word in the first set of unstructured comments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Inventors: Richard Johnson Joi, Clifford Robert Bettmann Piontek
  • Patent number: 10997225
    Abstract: Techniques for identifying relevant, natural language documents within a data repository. An electronic document specifying natural language text describing an issue with a complex system is received. One or more portions are removed from the electronic document, where the portions are determined to satisfy one or more predefined filtering rules. A first set of terms are determined using a data dictionary structure, and a second set of terms are determined, where at least one term in the second set of terms satisfies at least one predefined pattern matching rule. A third set of terms are determined by processing the electronic document as an input to a machine learning model trained to recognize relevant terms within the electronic document. A synthesized electronic document is generated from the first, second and third sets of terms, and the synthesized electronic document is used to identify a set of relevant documents within the data repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert B. Santoso, Jay J. Patel, Keith P. Cai
  • Patent number: 10956459
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate generally to data science and data analysis, computer software and systems, and control systems to provide a platform to facilitate implementation of an interface, and, more specifically, to a computing and data storage platform that implements specialized logic to predict effectiveness of content in electronic messages as a function, for example, modifiable portions of the content. In some examples, a method may include receiving data signals to cause formation of an electronic message, determining a component of the electronic message, identifying one or more message performance criteria, characterizing the component to identify a component attribute, predicting the component attribute matches at least one of the message performance criteria, and transmitting the electronic message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Spredfast, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Senftleber, Christopher Kerns, Marc Schriftman
  • Patent number: 10698959
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, to detect system problems using social media. One of the method includes monitoring posts on a plurality of social network sites. The method includes identifying posts that include at least one of a plurality of keywords, at least some of the keywords indicative of system problems. The method includes tagging the identified posts. The method includes determining, based on the tagged posts, that a system problem is occurring. The method also includes raising an alert regarding the system problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: William Gerth, Leonard S. Funari, Allison Squires Treharne
  • Patent number: 10664512
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating training data from queries and user interactions associated with media collections related to the queries, and training a machine learning model using the generated training data to generate a trained machine learning model. The systems and methods further provide for receiving a prediction request comprising a query for relevant media collections, analyzing the query to determine query features, determining a plurality of media collections for the query, analyzing the plurality of media collections to determine media collection features for each media collection of the plurality of media collections, and generating, using the trained machine learning model, a semantic matching score for each media collection of the plurality of media collections based on matching the query features to the media collection features for each media collection of the plurality of media collections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Xinran He, Jie Luo, Sushobhan Nayak, Zhou Ren, Christophe Jacky Henri Van Gysel
  • Patent number: 10573308
    Abstract: A context-based operation determination apparatus includes a context information obtainer configured to obtain context information; a context awareness database constructed using data related to a previously performed action; a processor configured to determine a recommendation index that corresponds to a recommended operation and the recommended operation using the context information, and data obtained from the context awareness database; and a selection history database constructed using the final operation, the recommendation index, and an actual operation in a state where the final operation is presented, where the processor verifies the recommended operation using the selection history database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Soo Park, Seong Soo Yae
  • Patent number: 10565273
    Abstract: This disclosure describes methods and systems for searching documents in a multi-tenant hosting environment. According to embodiments, to conserve hardware resources, a plurality of documents associated with a plurality of tenants may be mapped to the same search index in the multi-tenant hosting environment. In order to search documents associated only with a single tenant in the multi-tenant hosting environment, a tenant identifier is prepended to every key stored in the search index that is associated with the plurality of documents of the single tenant. Moreover, where one document links to another document within the multi-tenant hosting environment, the link is stored in a web graph when a source tenant identifier matches a target tenant identifier for the link. According to embodiments, when conducting a search, the link is resolved only if the link is stored in the web graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dmitriy Meyerzon, Mihai Petriuc, Nicolai Bodd
  • Patent number: 10558692
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computerized apparatus and computer program product for minimum coordination passage scoring. Given a candidate passage in a document collection potentially matching a query received, a set of overlapping terms between the candidate passage and the query is determined. For each overlapping term in the set, a first measure of a weight of the term in the query, a second measure of a weight of the term in the candidate passage, and a third measure of a specificity of the term in the document collection are calculated. A function of the first and second measure is evaluated to obtain a value reflecting a condition on the relation therebetween. A minimum coordination score representing a relative similarity between the candidate passage and the query is determined based on the value and the first, second and third measures obtained for each of the overlapping terms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Doron Cohen, Haggai Roitman, Oren Sar-Shalom
  • Patent number: 10540440
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for extracting natural language relations between entities. A computer receives a configuration for associating one or more natural language questions with one or more entities and identifies the one or more entities annotated within a document. The computer answers the natural language questions associated with the identified one or more entities based on context surrounding the identified one or more entities. The computer may further transmit the natural language questions associated with the identified one or more entities and the surrounding context to a question and answer service, then receive answers to the natural language questions from the question and answer service. The computer may further determine whether the received answers correctly describe the relation between the identified one or more entities and other entities within the extracted surrounding context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brendan C. Bull, Scott R. Carrier, Aysu Ezen Can, Dwi Sianto Mansjur
  • Patent number: 10504139
    Abstract: Online advertising campaigns are operated responsive to keyword trends. The keywords used by a group of browsers is analyzed periodically over time. A list of the most frequently used keywords is separated into those that have previously appeared on the list, referred to herein as the stable keywords, and those that are newly emerging, referred to herein as the trending keywords. The advertiser selects at least one advertising creative that the advertiser associates with the stable keywords, referred to herein as the stable creative, and at least one advertising creative that the advertiser associates with the trending keywords, referred to herein as the trendy creative. The advertising system then operates the online advertising campaign to deliver the respective stable and trendy creatives in proportion to the frequency of use of the trending versus the stable keywords.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Quantcast Corporation
    Inventors: Julie L. Heiser, Vera M. K. Dadok
  • Patent number: 10496662
    Abstract: A search engine optimization system is provided with an on-line social network system. The on-line social network system includes or is in communication with a search engine optimization (SEO) system that is configured to prioritize keywords (potential search terms) based on their respective predicted contribution to the ranking of JSERPs. The value of a job-related keyword is expressed as a priority score assigned to that keyword. The SEO system generates priority scores for different keywords, using a probabilistic model that takes into account a value expressing how likely the keyword is to be included in a search query as a search term and/or a value expressing how likely is a search that includes the keyword as a search term is to produce relevant results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Krishnaram Kenthapadi, Huan Van Hoang, Yan Liu, Zachary Mason Roth
  • Patent number: 10481765
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatus, systems and methods are disclosed for interfacing with systems and networks, and the data stored thereon, including navigation of same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Trinadh K. Nadella, Kavitha Devineni
  • Patent number: 10474997
    Abstract: A search engine optimization system is provided with an on-line social network system. The on-line social network system includes or is in communication with a search engine optimization (SEO) system that is configured to prioritize keywords (potential search terms) based on their respective predicted contribution to the ranking of JSERPs. The value of a job-related keyword is expressed as a priority score assigned to that keyword. The SEO system generates priority scores for different keywords, using a probabilistic model that takes into account a value expressing how likely the keyword is to be included in a search query as a search term and/or a value expressing how likely is a search that includes the keyword as a search term is to produce relevant results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Krishnaram Kenthapadi, Huan Van Hoang, Yan Liu, Zachary Mason Roth
  • Patent number: 10445305
    Abstract: A search engine optimization system is provided with an on-line social network system. The on-line social network system includes or is in communication with a search engine optimization (SEO) system that is configured to prioritize keywords (potential search terms) based on their respective predicted contribution to the ranking of JSERPs. The value of a job-related keyword is expressed as a priority score assigned to that keyword. The SEO system generates priority scores for different keywords, using a probabilistic model that takes into account a value expressing how likely the keyword is to be included in a search query as a search term and/or a value expressing how likely is a search that includes the keyword as a search term is to produce relevant results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Krishnaram Kenthapadi, Huan Van Hoang, Yan Liu, Zachary Mason Roth
  • Patent number: 10387471
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention can be a method for assessing unstructured comments, the method including providing reference data generated from a first set of unstructured comments from a first group; receiving a second set of unstructured comments from a second group; identifying a significant word within each unstructured comment of the second set of unstructured comments; for each significant word identified within the second set of unstructured comments, determining a frequency of occurrence of the significant word; and generating a visualization including a portion of the identified significant words, wherein for each visualized significant word, a first aspect of an appearance of the significant word is based on an extent to which the frequency of occurrence deviates from a frequency of occurrence of the significant word in the first set of unstructured comments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Inventors: Richard Johnson Joi, Clifford Robert Bettmann Piontek
  • Patent number: 10387408
    Abstract: In various embodiments, methods and systems for presenting a search interface with search query history based functionality is provided. A search query history store comprising search queries is accessed. The search query history store includes search queries executed in a search computing system. A search query comprises one or more commands. A plurality of search queries retrieved from the search query history store is displayed on the search interface using a placement style. A placement style, such as an indent style, provides a structure for separating and arranging commands of a plurality of search queries displayed. The search interface further provides for receiving a selection of at least a portion of a search query from the plurality of search queries to initiate actions or execute actions based on the selection. The search interface includes a search input interface, such as a search bar, where the selection of the portion of the search query is displayed based on a selected action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SPLUNK INC.
    Inventors: Brian Krueger, Katherine Kyle Feeney, Andrew E. Robbins, Jesse Brandau Miller, Elizabeth Dykstra-Erickson, Jeffrey Thomas Lloyd, Cory Eugene Burke, Marc V. Robichaud
  • Patent number: 10354644
    Abstract: Methods of encoding voice data for loading into an artificial intelligence (AI) integrated circuit are provided. The AI integrated circuit may have an embedded cellular neural network for implementing AI tasks based on the loaded voice data. An encoding method may generate a two-dimensional (2D) frequency-time array from an audio waveform, use the 2D frequency-time array to generate a set of 2D arrays to approximate the 2D frequency-time array, load the set of 2D arrays into the AI integrated circuit, execute programming instructions contained in the AI integrated circuit to feed the set of 2D arrays into the embedded cellular neural network in the AI integrated circuit to generate a voice recognition result, and output the voice recognition result. The encoding method also trains a convolution neural network (CNN) and loads the weights of the CNN into the AI integrated circuit for implementing the AI tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Gyrfalcon Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Xiang Gao, Lin Yang, Wenhan Zhang
  • Patent number: 10318565
    Abstract: A system and method for fast concept search in multiple documents where the concept is expressed by plurality of words, all of which have to be in the same sentence and within specified range. The system automatically finds equivalent expressions of the same concept, and returns as search results all documents in which the concept is contained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: OPISOFTCARE LTD.
    Inventors: Alon Alter, Oksana Tozhovez
  • Patent number: 10296573
    Abstract: Methods and arrangements for managing development of information extraction rules. One or more documents are opened for extraction. An interface is provided to create a label and thereupon label a portion of the document. The created label is stored, and an extractor is developed based on the labeling. A test interface is provided for the extractor, and results of a test conducted through the test interface are displayed. The extractor is exported. In accordance with at least one embodiment, developers are presented with eased automated guidance to write extractors, which thereby reduces an overall manual effort involved in extractor development. Generally, a focused, tutorial-type environment serves as a guide based on previously developed best practices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Arnaldo Carreno-Fuentes, Laura Chiticariu, Eser Kandogan, Yunyao Li, Huahai Yang
  • Patent number: 10275452
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for identifying paraphrases in a natural language processing (NLP) system comprising: receiving a first phrase and a second phrase by a system; analyzing the first phrase and the second phrase to provide a semantic and structural hierarchical comparison assessment, the semantic and structural hierarchical comparison assessment having an associated semantic and structural hierarchical comparison assessment value; and determining whether the semantic and structural hierarchical comparison assessment value exceeds a predetermined paraphrase equivalency criteria; and, responsive to determining the semantic and structural hierarchical comparison assessment value exceeds the predetermined paraphrase equivalency criteria, classifying the second phrase as being a rewording of the first phrase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Laura J. Bennett, Lakshminarayanan Krishnamurthy, Niyati Parameswaran, Sridhar Sudarsan
  • Patent number: 10216806
    Abstract: In an example, a granularity of title similarity is determined, wherein the granularity of title similarity is a level at which social networking data should be filtered to identify titles similar to a target title. Then a weighted graph of titles is constructed at the granularity of title similarity, wherein each node in the weighted graph is a title and a directed edge exists in the weighted graph between a first node and a second node if the social networking data, at the granularity of title similarity, indicates that a transition occurred wherein a member who held a position with a title corresponding to the first node transitioned to a position with a title corresponding to the second node, wherein each directed edge contains a weight indicating a strength of relationship between nodes. The weighted graph of locations is traversed from a node corresponding to the target title in order to identify titles similar to the target title.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Krishnaram Kenthapadi, Stuart MacDonald Ambler
  • Patent number: 10210269
    Abstract: In an example, a granularity of location similarity is determined, wherein the granularity of location similarity is a level at which social networking data should be filtered to identify locations similar to a target location. Then a weighted graph of locations at the granularity of location similarity is constructed, wherein each node in the weighted graph is a location and a directed edge exists in the weighted graph between a first node and a second node if the social networking data, at the granularity of location similarity, indicates that a transition occurred wherein a member who resided at a location corresponding to the first node transitioned to reside to a location corresponding to the second node. The weighted graph of locations is traversed from a node corresponding to the target location in order to identify locations similar to the target location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Krishnaram Kenthapadi, Stuart MacDonald Ambler
  • Patent number: 10191989
    Abstract: In an example, a granularity of company similarity is determined, wherein the granularity of company similarity is a level at which social networking data should be filtered. A weighted graph of companies is constructed at the granularity of company similarity, wherein each node in the weighted graph is a company and a directed edge exists in the weighted graph between a first node and a second node if the social networking data, at the granularity of company similarity, indicates that a transition occurred wherein a member who held a position at a company corresponding to the first node transitioned to a position at a company corresponding to the second node, wherein each directed edge contains a weight indicating a strength of relationship between nodes. The weighted graph of locations is traversed from a node corresponding to the target company in order to identify companies similar to the target company.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Krishnaram Kenthapadi, Stuart MacDonald Ambler, Bo Zhao, Ryan Wade Sandler
  • Patent number: 10127075
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for scheduling execution of pre-execution operations of an annotator of a question and answer (QA) system pipeline. A model is used to represent a system of annotators of the QA system pipeline, where the model represents each annotator as a node having one or more performance parameters indicating a performance of an execution of an annotator corresponding to the node. For each annotator in a set of annotators of the system of annotators, an effective response time for the annotator is calculated based on the performance parameters. A pre-execution start interval for a first annotator based on an effective response time of a second annotator is calculated where execution of the first annotator is sequentially after execution of the second annotator. Execution of pre-execution operations associated with the first annotator is scheduled based on the calculated pre-execution start interval for the first annotator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Corville O. Allen, Bernadette A. Carter, Rahul Ghosh
  • Patent number: 10067977
    Abstract: An information locating method and system. The method includes presenting by a computer processor, a Webpage to a user. The computer processor receives a search command for performing a search function associated with the Webpage. In response, the computer processor: analyzes source code of the Webpage; downloads and analyzes files associated with the Webpage; and analyzes viewable information of the Webpage. The computer processor locates specified information associated with the Webpage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 9898157
    Abstract: A technique to improve the efficiency for generating a filter for separating elements to be displayed from elements constituting data. At a client, a content acquisition unit acquires content from a server. A content division unit divides the content into elements. An element display unit randomly displays the elements at positions different from positions at which the elements of the content in an original form are displayed. A selected-element identification unit identifies an element selected by a user from the elements. A filter generation unit generates a filter based on the identified element and saves the filter in a filter saving unit. A filtering unit applies the filter saved in the filter saving unit to the content. A content display unit displays the filtered content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sanehiro Furuichi, Tomohiro Shioya
  • Patent number: 9870433
    Abstract: A data processing method of establishing an input recommendation is provided. The method establishes an inverted index having a variable prefix length based on entry number distribution, thus preventing the established inverted index from generating a number of index entries that are rarely used, and reducing the redundancy of the input recommendation index that is created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Fan Dong, Yinan Zhang
  • Patent number: 9721012
    Abstract: A system and machine-implemented method for displaying social presence information associated with content, the method including identifying content being provided for display, determining an entity associated with the content, determining one or more social presence scores for the content based on social activity at one or more pages belonging to the entity at one or more social networking services, the social presence score being determined based on one or more indications of the quantity or quality of the social activity, determining, based on at least one score of the one or more social presence scores, whether the content should be annotated with social presence information regarding the social activity and providing the content and social presence information for display if it is determined that the content should be annotated with social presence information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Chuan Jiang, Shreyas Doshi, Dani Suleman, Varouj Armen Chitilian, Daniel Aaron Shaffer, Lakshmi Kumar Dabbiru
  • Patent number: 9684694
    Abstract: Text including at least a first term can be presented on a display. An enterprise glossary is queried to identify other terms that match the first term. Data assets to which each of the other terms are linked and which include data values for the other terms can be identified. A first score indicating a level of relevance of the respective data asset to an enterprise is assigned to each of the data assets. A frequency distribution of the data values in the data assets is determined. Based at least on the first scores indicating the level of relevance of the respective data assets to the enterprise and the frequency distribution of the data values in the data assets, second scores are assigned to each of the data values. A plurality the data values which are assigned highest of the second scores are presented on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Fankhauser, Joshua Fox, Benjamin Halberstadt, Roger K. Hecker