Patents Assigned to Accenture
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Patent number: 11836578Abstract: A device receives historical data associated with multiple cloud computing environments, trains one or more machine learning models, with the historical data, to generate trained machine learning models that generate outputs, and trains a model with the outputs to generate a trained model. The device receives particular data, associated with a cloud computing environment, that includes data identifying usage of resources associated with the cloud computing environment, and processes the particular data, with the trained machine learning models, to generate anomaly scores indicating anomalous usage of the resources associated with the cloud computing environment. The device processes the one or more anomaly scores, with the trained model, to generate a final anomaly score indicating anomalous usage of at least one of the resources associated with the cloud computing environment, and performs one or more actions based on the final anomaly score.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Kun Qiu, Vijay Desai, Laser Seymour Kaplan, Durga Kalyan Ganjapu, Daniel Marcus Lombardo
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Patent number: 11829701Abstract: A computer-implemented method for obtaining content of a document is provided. The method includes: receiving data in an unknown format obtained by an OCR application from the document, the data comprising a plurality of visual elements; for each of the plurality of visual elements, obtaining a position in the document; determining, from the plurality of visual elements, one or more graphic elements and one or more textual elements; determining a particular graphic element from the one or more graphic elements based on the position of the particular graphic element; determining, from the one or more textual elements, a key that is associated with the particular graphic element; determining, from the one or more textual elements, one or more attributes that are associated with the particular graphic element; generating an association between the key and each of the one or more attributes; and providing a structured representation of the association.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Ameet Sunil Chaubal, Paulina Sperling, Ruth Anne Sullivan, Abhishek Kumar, Bradley Roy Hardwick, Jr.
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Patent number: 11831675Abstract: Implementations are directed to receiving analytical attack graph (AAG) data representative of one or more AAGs, each AAG representing one or more lateral paths between configuration items within an enterprise network, calculating, for each configuration item in a set of configuration items, a process risk value for each impact in a set of impacts achievable within the configuration item, for a first impact, a first process risk value being calculated based on a multi-path formula in response to determining that multiple paths in the AAG lead to the first impact, and, for a second impact, a second process risk value being calculated based on a single-path formula in response to determining that a single path in the AAG leads to the second impact, and determining that at least one process risk value exceeds a threshold process risk value, and in response, adjusting one or more security controls within the enterprise network.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Amin Hassanzadeh, Anup Nayak, MD Sharif Ullah
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Patent number: 11830070Abstract: A system to facilitate the exchange and re-use of industrial waste and byproduct materials that have a reuse possibility is disclosed. The system promotes recycling, reusing, and reclaiming of wastes sustainably to ensure compliance and waste minimization. In one embodiment, the system supports an intelligent service for generating recommendations across an industrial stock exchange. Companies looking to dispose of their wastes or byproducts can access the system to initiate and execute trade with other companies looking for materials or compounds that could be reused in their own manufacturing processes. Both parties will be guided toward their shared goal in order to provide a net-zero impact on the environment and maintain an ecological balance.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Sahil Raj, Mithilesh Kumar, Saumya Tiwari
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Patent number: 11822702Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure include providing, by a security platform, graph data defining a graph that is representative of an enterprise network, the graph including nodes and edges between nodes, a set of nodes representing respective assets within the enterprise network, and a node representing a process executed within a system of the enterprise, each edge representing at least a portion of one or more lateral paths between assets in the enterprise network, determining, for each asset, a contribution value indicating a contribution of a respective asset to operation of the process, determining, for each asset, an impact value based on a total value of the process and a respective contribution value of the asset, and implementing one or more remediations based on a set of impact values determined for the assets, each remediation mitigating a cyber-security risk within the enterprise network.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Eitan Hadar, Amin Hassanzadeh, Dani Grabois, Gil Fidel, Avraham Dayan
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Patent number: 11822590Abstract: A system and method for automatically detecting misinformation is disclosed. The misinformation detection system is implemented using a cross-stitch based semi-supervised end-to-end neural attention model which is configured to leverage the large amount of unlabeled data that is available. In one embodiment, the model can at least partially generalize and identify emerging misinformation as it learns from an array of relevant external knowledge. Embodiments of the proposed system rely on heterogeneous information such as a social media post's text content, user details, and activity around the post, as well as external knowledge from the web, to identify whether the content includes misinformation. The results of the model are produced via an attention mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Shubhashis Sengupta, Milind Savagaonkar, Nidhi, Tanmoy Chakraborty, William Scott Paka, Rachit Bansal
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Patent number: 11823019Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure include receiving a goal, providing a problem-specific knowledge graph that is responsive to at least a portion of the goal, determining a set of events from the problem-specific knowledge graph, processing data representative of events in the set of events through a first machine learning (ML) model to provide a set of event scores, each event score in the set of event scores being associated with a respective event in the set of events, determining a sub-set of events based on the set of event scores, for each event in the sub-set of events, determining at least one action by processing a sequence of actions through a second ML model, and outputting the sub-set of events and a set of actions for execution of at least one action in the set of actions.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Lan Guan, Guanglei Xiong, Wenxian Zhang, Sukryool Kang, Anwitha Paruchuri, Jing Su Brewer, Ivan A. Wong, Christopher Yen-Chu Chan, Danielle Moffat, Jayashree Subrahmonia, Louise Noreen Barrere
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Patent number: 11823592Abstract: The disclosed system and method focus on automatically generating questions from input of written text and/or audio transcripts (e.g., learning materials) to aid in teaching people through testing their knowledge about information they have previously been presented with. These questions may be presented to an end user via a conversational system (e.g., virtual agent or chatbot). The user can iterate through each question, provide feedback for the question, attempt to answer the question, and/or get an answer score for each answer. The disclosed system and method can generate questions tailored to a particular subject by using teaching materials as input. The disclosed system and method can further curate the questions based on various conditions to ensure that the questions are automatically selected and arranged in an order that best suits the subject taught and the learner answering the questions.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Roshni Ramesh Ramnani, Shubhashis Sengupta, Saurabh Agrawal
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Patent number: 11816677Abstract: Call preparation engine for customer relationship management (“CRM”) is presented. Example embodiments of the present invention include invoking an intelligence assistant to retrieve lead details, customer information, and insights for use during a call between a tele-agent and a customer; administering tele-agent call preparation notes for use during the call between the tele-agent and the customer; and displaying, through a call preparation cockpit, the lead details, customer information, insights and tele-agent call preparation notes.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventor: Shannon Copeland
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Patent number: 11811816Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure include providing a graph that is representative of an enterprise network and includes nodes and edges, a set of nodes representing assets within the enterprise network, each edge representing a lateral movement path between assets, determining, for each asset, a contribution value indicating a contribution of an asset, determining lateral movements paths between a first asset and a second asset, providing a lateral movement path value representative of a difficulty in traversing a respective lateral movement path, identifying a set of remediations based on remediations defined for one or more vulnerabilities associated with issues identified for assets, each remediation mitigating a cyber-security risk within the enterprise network, and prioritizing the two or more remediations based on contribution values of assets, lateral movement path values of paths, and one of lateral movement complexity values of respective segments of paths and costs of respective remediationType: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Eitan Hadar, Amin Hassanzadeh, Dani Grabois, Gil Fidel
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Patent number: 11803396Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media that support creation and execution of automated sequences of user interface (UI) interactions. To facilitate creation and execution of automated sequences of UI interactions, an automation engine is provided and includes a model configured to capture image data when creating the sequence of UI interactions. The model may also be used during replay of the sequence of UI interactions. For example, the model may be used during replay of the sequence of UI interactions to locate UI elements corresponding to the UI interactions, or to perform pre- and/or post-validation of action execution. The automation engine may also provide processes to enable location of dynamic content, such as UI elements that may be presented in different or unexpected locations, and processes to address complex UI elements, such as data grids, tree views, and drawings (e.g., CAD drawings).Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Rajpreet Singh, Veena Sudhakar Padiyar, Viresh Veerasangappa Kadi, Mathan Murugasen
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Patent number: 11803772Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for training a machine learning model to route received computational tasks in a system including at least one quantum computing resource. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining a first set of data, the first set of data comprising data representing multiple computational tasks previously performed by the system; obtaining input data for the multiple computational tasks previously performed by the system, comprising data representing a type of computing resource the task was routed to; obtaining a second set of data, the second set of data comprising data representing properties associated with using the one or more quantum computing resources to solve the multiple computational tasks; and training the machine learning model to route received data representing a computational task to be performed using the (i) first set of data, (ii) input data, and (iii) second set of data.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Carl Matthew Dukatz, Daniel Garrison, Lascelles Forrester, Corey Hollenbeck
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Patent number: 11797776Abstract: A device may receive training data that includes datasets associated with natural language processing, and may mask the training data to generate masked training data. The device may train a masked event C-BERT model, with the masked training data, to generate pretrained weights and a trained masked event C-BERT model, and may train an event aware C-BERT model, with the training data and the pretrained weights, to generate a trained event aware C-BERT model. The device may receive natural language text data identifying natural language events, and may process the natural language text data, with the trained masked event C-BERT model, to determine weights. The device may process the natural language text data and the weights, with the trained event aware C-BERT model, to predict causality relationships between the natural language events, and may perform actions, based on the causality relationships.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Vivek Kumar Khetan, Mayuresh Anand, Roshni Ramesh Ramnani, Shubhashis Sengupta, Andrew E. Fano
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Patent number: 11797586Abstract: A speech enabled product presentation engine for customer relationship management (‘CRM’) comprising: a product recognition module; the product recognition module comprising a module of automated computing machinery stored on one or a non-transitory computer-readable mediums and configured to: identify, in dependence upon digitized speech for recognition, a product articulated in the conversation between a tele-agent and a customer. The presentation engine also includes a product dimension module. comprising a module of automated computing machinery stored on one or a non-transitory computer-readable mediums and configured to: query an internal CRM, in dependence upon the identified product, and receive one or more descriptions of one or more dimensions of the product for presentation to the tele-agent during a call with the customer.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventor: Shannon Copeland
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Patent number: 11797902Abstract: A device may receive data stored in one or more data sources associated with an organization based on utilizing one or more data discovery-related application programming interfaces (APIs) to access the data. The device may process, utilizing one or more data feature models via the one or more data discovery-related APIs, the data received from the one or more data sources to identify types of data included in the data based on a contextualization of the data. The one or more data feature models may identify a respective set of attributes expected to be included in the types of data. The device may perform multiple analyses of the data after identifying the types of data. The device may determine, based on a result of the multiple analyses, a score for the data. The device may perform one or more actions based on a respective result of the multiple analyses.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Jayant Swamy, Brajesh De, Unmesh Salgaonkar, Dhanashree Dalal, Sanjeev Vohra, Sankar Natarajan, Anitha Nayar
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Patent number: 11797877Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving training data for multiple datasets that include information about a computing process. The training data is received at a computing system that includes a data manager, a data classifier, and a machine learning (ML) system. The data classifier annotates the training data as being associated with a particular dataset and as being descriptive of computing processes executed to perform transactions. The ML system receives the annotated training data and data about a transaction operation of the system, trains a predictive model to generate prediction data that indicates a runtime condition of the system, and provides the prediction data to a process automation module of the system. The module executes process automation scripts to remediate the computing process, where the computing process is executed by the system to perform the real-time transaction operation.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2017Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Sunil Sharma, Rajendra Venkata Palem, Amit Agarwal
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Publication number: 20230334043Abstract: The disclosure provides a non-opaque, abstract, unified query language that exposes the query as a first-class citizen of the underlying architecture. The present disclosure thus facilitates the creation of no-code or low-code applications by enabling a level of collaboration between components that may be difficult to achieve if the language employed were opaque to the architecture. The disclosed query language may be considered “SQL-like,” which may allow contributors familiar with structured query language (SQL) to effectively participate in the design of an application. The defined structures of a data objects of the non-opaque query language described herein are not-hidden and inspectable.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Milad Bourhani, Marco Lazzarini
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Patent number: 11789983Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating a win prediction for an opportunity. In some implementations, a server receives data representing an opportunity. The server obtains historical data from a data repository based on the received data representing the opportunity. The server generates standardized feature vectors based on non-standardized data, the non-standardized data comprising (i) the received data and (ii) the obtained historical data. The server filters the standardized feature vectors. The server generates a win percentage based on the filtered feature vectors using classifiers. In response to generating the win percentage for the opportunity, the server generates a plurality of data insights using the classifiers and the generated win percentage, wherein the plurality of data insights describe one or more data predictions for pursuing the opportunity.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Kishore P. Durg, Raghavan Tinniyam Iyer, Ramkumar Kothandaraman, Ravi Kant Gaur, Sundharraman Karthik Narain, Sudeep Sharma, Puneet Kalra, Praveen Subbnanjappa, John Francis Walsh, Dinesh Jaibhagwan Mittal, Bhavna Butani
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Patent number: 11789991Abstract: Complex computer system architectures are described for utilizing a knowledge data graph comprised of elements, and selecting a discovery element to replace an existing element of a formulation depicted in the knowledge data graph. The substitution process takes advantage of the knowledge data graph structure to improve the computing capabilities of a computing device executing a substitution calculation by translating the knowledge data graph into an embedding space, and determining a discovery element from within the embedding space.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Freddy Lecue, Chahrazed Bouhini, Jeremiah Hayes, Mykhaylo Zayats, Nicholas McCarthy, Qurrat Ul Ain
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Patent number: 11783236Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for determining compliance of a container with composite signatures are disclosed. The disclosed techniques utilize a first device (e.g., an edge device) to determine characteristics of a container, such as dimensions, weight, indicia, or a combination thereof. Information indicative of the characteristics is sent to a computing device that determines a composite signature (or parameters) of the container based on the information. The computing device compares the composite signature (or parameters) to one or more stored composite signatures to determine compliance of the composite signature (e.g., of the container) with the one or more stored composite signatures (or stored parameters). The computing device also controls a process of managing a release of the container based on the compliance or non-compliance.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Marco Millefiorini, Carlo Ortensi