Patents Assigned to Evolv Technology Solutions, Inc.
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Patent number: 11803730Abstract: Roughly described, the technology disclosed provides a so-called machine-learned conversion optimization (MLCO) system that uses artificial neural networks and evolutionary computations to efficiently identify most successful webpage designs in a search space without testing all possible webpage designs in the search space. The search space is defined based on webpage designs provided by marketers. Neural networks are represented as genomes. Neural networks map user attributes from live user traffic to different dimensions and dimension values of output funnels that are presented to the users in real time. The genomes are subjected to evolutionary operations like initialization, testing, competition, and procreation to identify parent genomes that perform well and offspring genomes that are likely to perform well.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Evolv Technology Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Risto Miikkulainen, Neil Iscoe
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Patent number: 11755979Abstract: A method for finding a best solution to a problem is provided. The method includes evolving candidate individuals in a candidate pool by testing each candidate individual of the candidate individuals to obtain test results, assigning a performance measure to each of the tested candidate individuals in dependence upon the test results, discarding candidate individuals from the candidate pool in dependence upon their assigned performance measure, and adding, to the candidate pool, a new candidate individual procreated from parent candidate individuals remaining in the candidate pool, and repeating the evolution steps to evolve the candidate individuals in the candidate pool.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Evolv Technology Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Diego Guy M. Legrand, Jingbo Jiang, Robert Severn
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Publication number: 20220351016Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to a webinterface production and deployment system. In particular, it relates to a presentation module that applies a selected candidate individual to a presentation database to determine frontend element values corresponding to dimension values identified by the selected candidate individual, and which presents toward a user a funnel having the determined frontend element values.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: EVOLV TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Neil ISCOE, Risto MIIKKULAINEN
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Patent number: 11386318Abstract: Roughly described, the technology disclosed provides a so-called machine learned conversion optimization (MLCO) system that uses evolutionary computations to efficiently identify most successful webpage designs in a search space without testing all possible webpage designs in the search space. The search space is defined based on webpage designs provided by marketers. Website funnels with a single webpage or multiple webpages are represented as genomes. Genomes identify different dimensions and dimension values of the funnels. The genomes are subjected to evolutionary operations like initialization, testing, competition, and procreation to identify parent genomes that perform well and offspring genomes that are likely to perform well. Each webpage is tested only to the extent that it is possible to decide whether it is promising, i.e., whether it should serve as a parent for the next generation, or should be discarded.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: EVOLV TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Neil Iscoe, Risto Miikkulainen
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Publication number: 20220156302Abstract: A method of implementing a graphical user interface to collect information from a user is provided. The method includes (i) dynamically displaying, by the graphical user interface, K>1 groupings of M>1 documents from a catalog of documents in an embedding space, wherein a distance between each pair of the documents in the embedding space corresponds to a predetermined measure of dissimilarity between the pair of documents, and the K groupings are formed using K-medoid clustering analysis, (ii) receiving a user selection of one grouping of the K groupings, (iii) dynamically displaying a predetermined number P>0 documents of the cluster which corresponds to the selected grouping, (iv) receiving user feedback with respect to one of the Pk documents of the selected grouping, (v) and dynamically displaying an identified subsequent document from the selected grouping in dependence on the set of liked documents and the set of disliked documents.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: Evolv Technology Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Robert SEVERN, Matthew J. STROM, Diego Guy M. LEGRAND, James O'Neill, Scott HENNING
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Patent number: 11238083Abstract: A method for identifying a desired document is provided to include forming K clusters of documents and, for each cluster: for each respective document of the cluster determining a sum of distances between (i) the respective document and (ii) each of the other documents of the cluster; and identifying a medoid document of the cluster as the document of the cluster having the smallest sum of determined distances of all of the documents of the cluster. The method also includes selecting M representative documents for each cluster, identifying for dynamic display toward the user K groupings of documents, wherein each of the K groupings of documents identifies the selected M representative documents of a corresponding cluster, and, in response to user selection of one of the K groupings of documents, identifying for dynamic display toward the user P documents of the cluster that corresponds to the selected grouping.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Evolv Technology Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Robert Severn, Matthew J. Strom, Diego Guy M. Legrand, James O'Neill, Scott Henning
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Patent number: 11216496Abstract: Roughly described, a system for user identification of a desired document. A database is provided which identifies a catalog of documents in an embedding space, the database identifying a distance in the embedding space between each pair of documents corresponding to a predetermined measure of dissimilarity between the pair of documents. The system presents an initial collection of the documents toward the user, from an initial candidate space which is part of the embedding space. The system then iteratively refines the candidate space using geometric constraints on the embedding space determined in response to relative feedback by the user. At each iteration the system identifies to the user a subset of documents from the then-current candidate space, based on which the user provides the relative feedback. In an embodiment, these subsets of documents are more discriminative than the average discriminativeness of similar sets of documents in the then-current candidate space.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Evolv Technology Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Nigel Duffy
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Publication number: 20210334625Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to webinterface generation and testing to promote a predetermined target user behavior. In particular, the technology disclosed stores a candidate database having a population of candidate individuals. Each of the candidate individuals identify respective values for a plurality of hyperparameters of the candidate individual. The hyperparameters describe topology of a respective neural network and coefficients for interconnects of the respective neural network. The technology disclosed writes a preliminary pool of candidate individuals into the candidate individual population. The technology disclosed tests each of the candidate individuals in the candidate individual population. The technology disclosed adds to the candidate individual population new individuals based on the testing. The technology disclosed repeats the candidate testing and the addition of the new individuals.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: Evolv Technology Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Risto MIIKKULAINEN, Neil ISCOE
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Patent number: 11062196Abstract: Roughly described, the technology disclosed provides a so-called machine-learned conversion optimization (MLCO) system that uses artificial neural networks and evolutionary computations to efficiently identify most successful webpage designs in a search space without testing all possible webpage designs in the search space. The search space is defined based on webpage designs provided by marketers. Neural networks are represented as genomes. Neural networks map user attributes from live user traffic to different dimensions and dimension values of output funnels that are presented to the users in real time. The genomes are subjected to evolutionary operations like initialization, testing, competition, and procreation to identify parent genomes that perform well and offspring genomes that are likely to perform well.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Evolv Technology Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Risto Miikkulainen, Neil Iscoe
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Patent number: 10963506Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to neural network-based systems and methods of preparing a data object creation and recommendation database.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Evolv Technology Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Myles Brundage, Risto Miikkulainen
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Publication number: 20210004659Abstract: Roughly described, the technology disclosed provides a so-called machine-learned conversion optimization (MLCO) system that uses artificial neural networks and evolutionary computations to efficiently identify most successful webpage designs in a search space without testing all possible webpage designs in the search space. The search space is defined based on webpage designs provided by marketers. Neural networks are represented as genomes. Neural networks map user attributes from live user traffic to different dimensions and dimension values of output funnels that are presented to the users in real time. The genomes are subjected to evolutionary operations like initialization, testing, competition, and procreation to identify parent genomes that perform well and offspring genomes that are likely to perform well.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: Evolv Technology Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Risto MIIKKULAINEN, Neil ISCOE
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Patent number: 10783429Abstract: Roughly described, the technology disclosed provides a so-called machine-learned conversion optimization (MLCO) system that uses artificial neural networks and evolutionary computations to efficiently identify most successful webpage designs in a search space without testing all possible webpage designs in the search space. The search space is defined based on webpage designs provided by marketers. Neural networks are represented as genomes. Neural networks map user attributes from live user traffic to different dimensions and dimension values of output funnels that are presented to the users in real time. The genomes are subjected to evolutionary operations like initialization, testing, competition, and procreation to identify parent genomes that perform well and offspring genomes that are likely to perform well.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2017Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Evolv Technology Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Risto Miikkulainen, Neil Iscoe
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Autonomous configuration of conversion code to control display and functionality of webpage portions
Patent number: 10726196Abstract: The technology disclosed is generally directed to massively multivariate testing, conversion rate optimization, and product recommendation and, in particular, directed to automatically and autonomously placing conversion code (e.g., scripts) in webpages of a host website without requiring any affirmative action on the part of the host. The conversion code modifies display and functionality of a particular portion of a host webpage without modifying other portions of the host webpage. The conversion code is placed by a website modification service which is limitedly authorized by the host to modify only the particular portion of the host webpage under a product recommendation and/or conversion rate optimization scheme.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Evolv Technology Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Robert Severn -
Patent number: 10606883Abstract: Roughly described, a system for user identification of a desired document. A database identifies a catalog of documents in an embedding space, in which the distance between documents corresponds to a measure of their dissimilarity. The system presents an initial collection of the documents toward the user from an initial candidate space which is part of the embedding space, then in response to iterative user input, refines the candidate space and subsequent collections of documents presented toward the user. The initial collection is determined using a weighted cost-based iterative addition to the initial collection of documents from the initial candidate space, trading off between two sub-objectives of representativeness and diversity.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: EVOLV TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Diego Legrand, Philip M. Long, Nigel Duffy
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Patent number: 10606885Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to providing expanded data object correlations for user-generated web customizations.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Evolv Technology Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Myles Brundage, Risto Miikkulainen
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Publication number: 20200081906Abstract: Roughly described, a system for user identification of a desired document. A database is provided which identifies a catalog of documents in an embedding space, the database identifying a distance in the embedding space between each pair of documents corresponding to a predetermined measure of dissimilarity between the pair of documents. The system presents an initial collection of the documents toward the user, from an initial candidate space which is part of the embedding space. The system then iteratively refines the candidate space using geometric constraints on the embedding space determined in response to relative feedback by the user. At each iteration the system identifies to the user a subset of documents from the then-current candidate space, based on which the user provides the relative feedback. In an embodiment, these subsets of documents are more discriminative than the average discriminativeness of similar sets of documents in the then-current candidate space.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: Evolv Technology Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Nigel Duffy
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Publication number: 20200057975Abstract: A method for finding a best solution to a problem is provided. The method includes evolving candidate individuals in a candidate pool by testing each candidate individual of the candidate individuals to obtain test results, assigning a performance measure to each of the tested candidate individuals in dependence upon the test results, discarding candidate individuals from the candidate pool in dependence upon their assigned performance measure, and adding, to the candidate pool, a new candidate individual procreated from parent candidate individuals remaining in the candidate pool, and repeating the evolution steps to evolve the candidate individuals in the candidate pool.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Applicant: Evolv Technology Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Diego Guy M. Legrand, Jingbo Jiang, Robert Severn
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Patent number: 10503765Abstract: Roughly described, a system for user identification of a desired document. A database is provided which identifies a catalog of documents in an embedding space, the database identifying a distance in the embedding space between each pair of documents corresponding to a predetermined measure of dissimilarity between the pair of documents. The system presents an initial collection of the documents toward the user, from an initial candidate space which is part of the embedding space. The system then iteratively refines the candidate space using geometric constraints on the embedding space determined in response to relative feedback by the user. At each iteration the system identifies to the user a subset of documents from the then-current candidate space, based on which the user provides the relative feedback. In an embodiment, these subsets of documents are more discriminative than the average discriminativeness of similar sets of documents in the then-current candidate space.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2015Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Evolv Technology Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Nigel Duffy
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Patent number: 10438111Abstract: Roughly described, the technology disclosed provides a so-called machine learned conversion optimization (MLCO) system that uses evolutionary computations to efficiently identify most successful webpage designs in a search space without testing all possible webpage designs in the search space. The search space is defined based on webpage designs provided by marketers. Website funnels with a single webpage or multiple webpages are represented as genomes. Genomes identify different dimensions and dimension values of the funnels. The genomes are subjected to evolutionary operations like initialization, testing, competition, and procreation to identify parent genomes that perform well and offspring genomes that are likely to perform well. Each webpage is tested only to the extent that it is possible to decide whether it is promising, i.e., whether it should serve as a parent for the next generation, or should be discarded.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Evolv Technology Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Neil Iscoe, Risto Miikkulainen