Patents Assigned to Personalized User Model
  • Methods and systems for conducting a personalized web browser search by probability estimation that is unseen document is of interest to the user
    Patent number: 9098813
    Abstract: A method for providing automatic, personalized information services to a computer user includes the following steps: transparently monitoring user interactions with data during normal use of the computer; updating user-specific data files including a set of user-related documents; estimating parameters of a learning machine that define a User Model specific to the user, using the user-specific data files; analyzing a document to identify its properties; estimating the probability that the user is interested in the document by applying the document properties to the parameters of the User Model; and providing personalized services based on the estimated probability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Personalized User Model
    Inventors: Yochai Konig, Roy Twersky, Michael R Berthold
  • Automatic, personalized online information and product services
    Patent number: 8825853
    Abstract: A method for providing automatic, personalized information services to a computer user includes the following steps: transparently monitoring user interactions with data during normal use of the computer; updating user-specific data files including a set of user-related documents; estimating parameters of a learning machine that define a User Model specific to the user, using the user-specific data files; analyzing a document to identify its properties; estimating the probability that the user is interested in the document by applying the document properties to the parameters of the User Model; and providing personalized services based on the estimated probability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Personalized User Model
    Inventors: Yochai Konig, Roy Twersky, Michael R Berthold
  • Automatic, personalized online information and product services
    Patent number: 8626911
    Abstract: A method for providing automatic, personalized information services to a computer user includes the following steps: transparently monitoring user interactions with data during normal use of the computer; updating user-specific data files including a set of user-related documents; estimating parameters of a learning machine that define a User Model specific to the user, using the user-specific data files; analyzing a document to identify its properties; estimating the probability that the user is interested in the document by applying the document properties to the parameters of the User Model; and providing personalized services based on the estimated probability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Personalized User Model
    Inventors: Yochai Konig, Roy Twersky, Michael R. Berthold
  • AUTOMATIC, PERSONALIZED ONLINE INFORMATION AND PRODUCT SERVICES
    Publication number: 20130073390
    Abstract: A method for providing automatic, personalized information services to a computer user includes the following steps: transparently monitoring user interactions with data during normal use of the computer; updating user-specific data files including a set of user-related documents; estimating parameters of a learning machine that define a User Model specific to the user, using the user-specific data files; analyzing a document to identify its properties; estimating the probability that the user is interested in the document by applying the document properties to the parameters of the User Model; and providing personalized services based on the estimated probability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Personalized User Model
    Inventors: Yochai Konig, Roy Twersky, Michael R. Berthold
  • Method and system for personalized searching of information and product services by estimating an interest to a user
    Patent number: 8301764
    Abstract: A method for providing automatic, personalized information services to a computer user includes the following steps: transparently monitoring user interactions with data during normal use of the computer; updating user-specific data files including a set of user-related documents; estimating parameters of a learning machine that define a User Model specific to the user, using the user-specific data files; analyzing a document to identify its properties; estimating the probability that the user is interested in the document by applying the document properties to the parameters of the User Model; and providing personalized services based on the estimated probability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Personalized User Model
    Inventors: Yochai Konig, Roy Twersky, Michael R. Berthold
  • AUTOMATIC, PERSONALIZED ONLINE INFORMATION AND PRODUCT SERVICES
    Publication number: 20100122178
    Abstract: A method for providing automatic, personalized information services to a computer user includes the following steps: transparently monitoring user interactions with data during normal use of the computer; updating user-specific data files including a set of user-related documents; estimating parameters of a learning machine that define a User Model specific to the user, using the user-specific data files; analyzing a document to identify its properties; estimating the probability that the user is interested in the document by applying the document properties to the parameters of the User Model; and providing personalized services based on the estimated probability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: Personalized User Model
    Inventors: Yochai Konig, Roy Twersky, Michael R. Berthold
  • Automatic, personalized online information and product services
    Patent number: 7685276
    Abstract: A method for providing automatic, personalized information services to a computer user includes the following steps: transparently monitoring user interactions with data during normal use of the computer; updating user-specific data files including a set of user-related documents; estimating parameters of a learning machine that define a User Model specific to the user, using the user-specific data files; analyzing a document to identify its properties; estimating the probability that the user is interested in the document by applying the document properties to the parameters of the User Model; and providing personalized services based on the estimated probability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Personalized User Model
    Inventors: Yochai Konig, Roy Twersky, Michael R. Berthold