Patents Assigned to Thomson Reuters
  • Patent number: 12242710
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods may receive documents, analyze the documents, categorize portions of the analyzed documents, and present the images of the documents and at least a portion of the categories. The analysis may include identification of categories and the presentation may include indicia of the portion of the image of the document related to the category. The systems and methods disclosed may allow querying and/or reporting of a plurality of documents to facilitate processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
    Inventors: Nicholas E. Vandivere, Michael B. Kuykendall
  • Patent number: 12242806
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for extracting structure and headers from a body of text. This computational extraction is based on the visual and logical similarities between portions of text. Structure is derived from a programmatic and methodic computation of similarities between header pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
    Inventor: Richard Anthony Pito
  • Patent number: 12235828
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure support systems and methods providing functionality for performing anomaly detection and remediation. In an aspect, a dataset comprising transaction data stored in a plurality of data sources is obtained. One or more clustering algorithms are executed against the dataset to identify a plurality of clusters. At least one cluster of the plurality of clusters corresponds to a portion of the dataset comprising an anomaly. A classifier may be used to determine a cause of the anomaly and one or more actions to eliminate the anomaly may be initiated. Data derived from the dataset subsequent to the one or more actions may be output. For example, the output may be a report generated based on the dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Schleith, Brian Kent Cechmanek, Revogatus Apolinary Tesha
  • Patent number: 12230048
    Abstract: A method and system can include processing title and title opinion document images to generate text information. Trained models may generate data objects representative of period of time during which certain rights to a property exist. The trained models may also generate rules for modifying the data objects and interrelating the data objects to each other. In some examples, a confidence level can be generated and will reflect a likelihood of a data object including correct information. The modified and interrelated data objects may be used to generate a navigable interface which includes a current title status for a property and a navigable chain of title reflecting historical rights to the property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
    Inventor: Nicholas E. Vandivere
  • Patent number: 12190059
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for detecting deviations between documents and portions thereof, extracting information from text and detecting deviations between obligations. Deviations are detected by splitting sentences in two documents apart, matching sentences from the different documents and detecting deviations between the matched sentences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
    Inventors: Sally Gao, Hella-Franziska Hoffmann, Nina Hristozova, Elizabeth Roman, Nicolai Pogrebnyakov, Yue Feng, Masoud Makrehchi, Tate Sterling Avery, Shohreh Shaghaghian, Borna Jafarpour
  • Patent number: 12190394
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for aiding compliance with tax collection and reporting obligations. Distributed ledgers may assist with the verified calculation of taxes owed through the use of identity wallets and cryptocurrency transactions may be employed to effectuate payment to sellers as well as payment of taxes owed to the appropriate tax authorities. Verification of identity sources and of tax calculation and transmission engines may reduce compliance obligations on the part of sellers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
    Inventors: Jon West, Irish McIntyre
  • Patent number: 12182186
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing computer-assisted guided review of unstructured data to generate a structured data output based on customizable template rules. In embodiments, an unstructured file is received, and a predefined template is selected. The predefined template includes a plurality of fields, each field corresponding to a field of the structured report. The predefined template also defines extraction rules for each field of the predefined template, and the extraction rules define parameters for identifying unstructured data relevant to the associated field. The extraction rules are applied to the unstructured file to identify data relevant to the field associated with the corresponding extraction rule, and the data identified as relevant is confirmed. Confirming the relevant data includes determining to refine the relevant data based on a condition, and modifying the extraction rule associated with the field to refine the relevant data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
    Inventors: Hella-Franziska Hoffmann, Johannes Schleith, Juan Dario Lara Moreno
  • Patent number: 12169622
    Abstract: Computer systems and corresponding methods are provided for computer assisted research in a network are provided that generate interface screens that include a map view of a plurality of selectable objects disposed in a nuclear arrangement in segmented rings about a first level object. The computing device is configured to receive selections of the displayed objects and expand the display to include additional segmented levels all surrounding the first level object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
    Inventors: David Thomas Paterson, Erica Gann Kitaev, Michael Eng Poh Clark, Megan Anne Sramek, Deacon Ales, Emily Colbert
  • Patent number: 12169497
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for providing context aware searching using concept markers. Embodiments provide concept markers configured to facilitate the identification and refinement of relevant content associated with a query with a high degree of precision. In embodiments, in response to a user query, documents and concept markers relevant to the query are determined. The identified documents are associated with the concept markers and are ranked based on the quality of the association. Upon a user selecting at least one of the concept markers, the search results are refined in response. The refining includes re-ranking the documents based on a combination of the original query and the selected concept marker. The suggested concept markers are similarly re-ranked. Accordingly, the techniques disclosed herein provide for a high precision identification of relevant content as well as high precision refining of the search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
    Inventors: Domingo Huh, Julian Brooke, Elnaz Davoodi, Jack G. Conrad
  • Patent number: 12159251
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems, apparatuses, and methods for event identification. In some aspects, a method includes receiving data including text and performing natural language processing on the received data to generate processed data that indicates one or more sentences. The method also includes generating, based on a first keyword set, a second keyword set having more keywords than the first keyword set. The method further includes, for each of the first and second keyword sets: detecting one or more keywords and one or more entities included in the processed data, determining one or more matched pairs based on the detected keywords and entities, and extracting a sentence, such as a single sentence or multiple sentences, from a document based on the one or more sentences indicated by the processed data. The method may also include outputting at least one extracted sentence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
    Inventors: Berk Ekmekci, Eleanor Hagerman, Blake Stephen Howald
  • Patent number: 12158893
    Abstract: The disclosed methods and systems provide computer-assisted guided review of unstructured data to generate a structured data output based on customizable template rules. In embodiments, an unstructured file is received, and a predefined template is selected. The predefined template includes a plurality of fields, each field corresponding to a field of the structured report. The predefined template also defines extraction rules for each field of the predefined template, and the extraction rules define parameters for identifying unstructured data relevant to the associated field. The extraction rules are applied to the unstructured file to identify data relevant to the field associated with the corresponding extraction rule, and the data identified as relevant is confirmed. Confirming the relevant data includes determining to refine the relevant data based on a condition, and modifying the extraction rule associated with the field to refine the relevant data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
    Inventors: Hella-Franziska Hoffmann, Johannes Schleith
  • Patent number: 12153717
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for managing digital evidence using a blockchain (12). The method comprises receiving an evidence data file (5), the evidence data file (5) being identified by: an evidence identifier, and a hash code computed from the evidence data file (5); generating a block (11) for the blockchain (12) by combining data indicative of: a hash of a previous block (13) in the blockchain (12), the evidence identifier, and the hash code computed from the evidence data file (5); and storing the generated block (11) as a new block in the blockchain (12), wherein the method further comprises: outputting at least part of the data in the blockchain (12) in response to a user request to enable a user to verify the authenticity of the evidence data file (5) using the data in the blockchain (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre Gmb
    Inventor: Paul Sachs
  • Patent number: 12141168
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, apparatus, and computer-readable storage media that support dynamic cross-contextual taxonomy search and interpretation. A multi-layer hierarchical taxonomy may be indicated by metadata that is retrieved based on input search term(s). The multi-layer hierarchical taxonomy may includes a first plurality of nodes that are arranged as parent-child node pairs, and that are grouped into node groups based on common parent nodes. The multi-layer hierarchical taxonomy may be dynamically modified to include a second plurality of nodes that includes duplicates of the parent-child node pairs in which the parent-child relationships are reversed. The nodes may then be regrouped based on common parent nodes, and one or more node groups may be deleted if all the parent-child node pairs are duplicated in another node group. A graphical user interface (GUI) may display a ranked listing of informational elements that correspond to the node groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
    Inventor: Jesse McCrillis Carlson
  • Patent number: 12135939
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for detecting deviations between documents and portions thereof, extracting information from text and detecting deviations between obligations. Deviations between sentences containing obligations are detected by classifying the sentences, identifying components of the obligations and identifying differences between the obligation components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: THOMSON REUTERS ENTERPRISE CENTRE GMBH
    Inventors: Sally Gao, Hella-Franziska Hoffmann, Nina Hristozova, Elizabeth Roman, Nicolai Pogrebnyakov, Yue Feng, Masoud Makrehchi, Tate Sterling Avery, Shohreh Shaghaghian, Borna Jafarpour
  • Patent number: 12020340
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for assisting with legal research and for aiding in the discovery of information and documents relevant to a user's research focus. The inventive systems receive identifications of relevant documents explicitly or implicitly from a user's research session and, based on issues relevant to those documents and other connections to those documents, recommends similar documents to the user for their consideration. Recommendations may be ranked and filtered and the recommendations and their ranking may be based at least in part on aggregated research session information from previous research sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: THOMSON REUTERS ENTERPRISE CENTRE GMBH
    Inventors: Eric Milles, Eric Holten, Matthew Makosky, Thomas W. Vacek, Steven Sidwell, Ryan Kelly, Matthew A. Surprenant, Scott Francis, Michael L. Dahn
  • Patent number: 12015633
    Abstract: Computer implemented methods are provided for facilitating social engineering campaigns. The methods generally include maintaining at least one database that includes metadata for a plurality of fictional personas, metadata for a plurality of potential targets, information for a plurality of social engineering campaigns, such as a plurality of campaign scenarios, and information regarding social engineering successes with respect to at least one fictional persona, at least one potential target, at least one social engineering campaign, or a combination thereof. The method further includes receiving a selection of a campaign scenario from the plurality of campaign scenarios, receiving a selection of at least one of the plurality of potential targets, and selecting at least one of the plurality of fictional personas for use in a social engineering campaign based on an expected effectiveness of the given fictional personas with respect to the selected targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
    Inventors: Jason Thomas, Zach Seid, Blake Howald, James Tuttle, Spencer Torene, Hannah Lensing, Casey Fallin, Matt Machado, Berk Ekmekci, William Garcia, Nathan Maynes
  • Patent number: 12008668
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for analyzing and extracting data related to a structured proceeding, and for identifying, based on the analysis, at least one outcome associated with the structured proceeding. Embodiments provide for receiving data associated with a structured proceeding involving at least one party, the data including at least one docket entry, and analyzing, by an outcome location detector, the data to identify one or more docket entries in the at least one docket entry that are likely to include evidence of an outcome. Embodiments further include analyzing, by an outcome detector, the one or more docket entries determined to be likely to include evidence of an outcome to determine outcomes. The outcomes include at least one of a final outcome and at least one party outcome. The final outcome is associated with the structured proceeding overall, and the at least one party outcome is associated with a party of the at least one party that may have been terminated early.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Vacek, Dezhao Song, Tim Nugent, Conner Cowling, Ronald Teo, Frank Schilder
  • Patent number: 12002122
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for assisting with legal research and for aiding in the discovery of information and documents relevant to a user's research focus or input text. The inventive systems receive identifications of relevant documents explicitly or implicitly from a user's research session or input text and, based on issues relevant to those documents, texts and other connections to those documents and texts, recommends similar or helpful documents to the user for their consideration. Recommendations may be ranked and filtered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: THOMSON REUTERS ENTERPRISE CENTRE GMBH
    Inventors: Xiaomo Liu, Xin Shuai, Quanzhi Li, Eric Milles, Eric Holten, Matt Makosky, Tom Vacek, Steven Sidwell, Ryan Kelly, Matthew A. Surprenant, Scott Francis, Mike Dahn, Armineh Nourbakhsh, Sameena Shah, Merine Thomas
  • Patent number: 11954098
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods may receive documents, analyze the documents, categorize portions of the analyzed documents, and present the images of the documents and at least a portion of the categories. The analysis may include identification of categories and the presentation may include indicia of the portion of the image of the document related to the category. The systems and methods disclosed may allow querying and/or reporting of a plurality of documents to facilitate processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
    Inventors: Joel M. Hron, II, Nicholas E. Vandivere, Michael B. Kuykendall
  • Publication number: 20240111816
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for finding documents that are similar to a reference text. The inventive systems and methods examine a set of collected documents to determine the facts present in those documents by, for example, extracting triplets and expanding them. A user's input reference text is similarly examined to extract and expand triplets therein and the facts identified with respect to the reference text are used as a basis to find documents having similar facts. The present disclosure is also related to systems and methods for mining facts from documents relating to a primary source such as a piece of legislation and using the mined facts to improve the results of subsequent searches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
    Inventors: Mina Farid, Brian Zubert, Lisa Bender, Hella-Franziska Hoffmann