Patents Examined by Gabrielle McCormick
  • Patent number: 11030583
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system, method, and computer program for removing or replacing information in candidate profiles that may influence bias. The system identifies data in candidate profiles that may influence bias with respect to one or more defined classes of bias, such as gender, race, or age. The identified data is removed or replaced with an abstracted/neutral form of the data. The system may also remove information that personally identifies a candidate. In certain embodiments, the system determines what data is relevant for the job for which a candidate is applying and, for data that is relevant, at what level it is relevant (i.e., at the base value or an abstracted level). In such embodiments, the system removes data from the candidate's profile that is not relevant for the job role and, where applicable, abstracts some of the remaining data to levels that are relevant for the job role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Eightfold AI Inc.
    Inventors: Ashutosh Garg, Varun Kacholia
  • Patent number: 11023861
    Abstract: A system and method for implementation and administration of an employer-sponsored retirement plan that assists employers and retirement plan providers with managing their fiduciary responsibilities for an employer-sponsored retirement plan by enabling users, such as an employer and a retirement plan provider, to implement and administer an employer-sponsored retirement plan in an efficient, and cost-effective manner, by collecting and analyzing data that is pertinent to a desired employer-sponsored retirement plan; receiving notifications from a notification manager if certain conditions of the retirement plan are met; drafting a retirement request for proposal based on the categorically analyzed data about retirement plan; bidding on the retirement plan from service providers; and monitoring the selected employer-sponsored retirement plan after implementation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: BIDMONI, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Daigle, Michael Steffan, Jr., Kendall Dixon
  • Patent number: 11023937
    Abstract: A technology for providing validation and optimization for listings on an online marketing platform for home sellers is described. In some embodiments, the disclosed technology provides a validation tool for users of the online marketing platform to quality check the users' home feeds in real-time through a graphical user interface of the online marketing platform. In some embodiments, the disclosed technology provides an optimizer tool for the users to optimize the users' home feeds through a graphical user interface of the online marketing platform. The users of the online marketing platform can be home sellers, which can include, for example, home builders, brokers, and their agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Zillow, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexandria Phillips, Richard Phillips
  • Patent number: 11023988
    Abstract: A process for triggering and propagating a covert mode status change includes maintaining one or more first devices having externally-perceivable outputs in a covert state in which one or more indications of law enforcement activity are caused to be hidden or inactivated. In response to subsequently detecting a covert mode status change trigger, causing the one or more externally-perceivable outputs to switch from the covert state to the non-covert state when the covert mode status change trigger is detected and causing, by the computing device, the one or more externally-perceivable outputs to switch from the non-covert state to the covert state when the covert mode status change trigger is detected and transmitting via one or more networks a covert mode status change trigger message to a second computing device maintaining one or more second devices having second externally-perceivable outputs to switch from the covert state to the non-covert state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Marek G. Stochel, Adrian Stanislaw Dybczak, Maciej Bartlomiej Fabis, Miroslaw Gwizdz, Wojciech Jan Kucharski, Dawid Przybylski, Gregorz Adam Szurek, Witold Wachala
  • Patent number: 10991055
    Abstract: A system for recommending social media metadata tags may include a user device configured to accept, as an input, a keyword associated with social media content to be published. A metadata tag recommendation server may obtain the keyword from the user device, and generate recommended social media metadata tags based upon the keyword. The server may also determine a respective relevance of each recommended social media metadata tag within a given social media platform based upon at least one property of the recommended social media metadata tag, and determine a respective reach characteristic of each recommended social media metadata tag within the given social media platform. The server may also assign a respective score to each of the recommended social media metadata tags based upon the respective relevance and respective reach characteristic thereof, and communicate the recommended social media metadata tags and respective scores to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: INMAR CLEARING, INC.
    Inventors: Grazia Ruskin, Bryan Bartow, Chris Rebstock
  • Patent number: 10984485
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for managing a plurality of entities, each entity being of at least one type selected from a first type and a second type, an entity of the second type being associated with a set of rules comprising event data in association with respective actions, an entity of the first type being able to publish at least one event datum on a web feed of a user, the method comprising the following steps: publication of an event datum on the web feed by a first entity of the first type; detection of a match between a rule associated with a second entity of the second type, and the published event datum; and implementation, by the second entity of the second type, of the action comprised in the rule matched with the published event datum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Orange
    Inventors: Benoît Suzanne, Jérôme Galloyer
  • Patent number: 10984457
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to privacy data management and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for trusted statement verification for data privacy. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for trusted statement verification for data privacy can be provided. The method can include deducing a claim from an attribute for personal data for an end user, receiving a request from a personal data consumer to vouch for an assertion based upon the attribute, comparing the assertion to the claim, and providing a voucher for the assertion to the personal data consumer on behalf of the end user if the claim supports the assertion without revealing the attribute to the personal data consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory T. Byrd, Michael G. McIntosh, Nataraj Nagaratnam, Anthony J. Nadalin
  • Patent number: 10943073
    Abstract: A computer system may receive a first set of bundled information. The computer system may have a processor and a memory storing one or more natural language processing modules. The computer system, using a natural language processing module, may ingest the first set of bundled information. The computer system may generate a first set and a second set of categories. The computer system may generate one or more models. The computer system may receive a set of input characteristics. The computer system may select a model based on the input characteristics. The computer system may rank one or more correlations using the selected model. The computer system may output a display of the one or more correlations on a graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sivakumar Avkd, Ravi T. Vadlamani
  • Patent number: 10931767
    Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method, system and program product for prioritizing social media posts and recommending action(s) to a user for the prioritized of social media posts. The computer-implemented method includes monitoring, by the data processing system, interaction(s) of a user on social media accounts of the user, receiving, by the data processing system, input from the user including information about the user and goal(s) of the user with respect to the social media accounts, learning, by the data processing system, additional information about the user, and cognitively analyzing, by the data processing system, the interaction(s) of the user, the input from the user and the additional information about the user to derive preference(s) of the user regarding the social media accounts, the preference(s) including topic(s) of relevance to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roxana Monge Nunez, Ivonne Rocio Cuervo Fajardo, Juan G. Rodriguez, Jose Cano Zapata
  • Patent number: 10922695
    Abstract: A system for providing communication between a first user on a first user interface and a second user on a second user interface is disclosed. The user interface may provide a document with a set of questions and fields for the first user to respond to the questions. Additionally, the first user interface may provide an option for requesting assistance from the second user on the second user interface. The second user may be presented all or some of the information from the first user interface on the second user interface. The second user may assist the first user or complete the document independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: HRB Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: David A. Pond
  • Patent number: 10915931
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for identifying a social platform; identifying a defined contribution for the social platform for a client; defining an anticipated outcome for the social platform based, at least in part, upon the defined contribution; and incentivizing the client to increase their defined contribution to an enhanced contribution by illustrating to the client a non-linear increase in the anticipated outcome in response to the enhanced contribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Givewith LLC
    Inventor: Paul A. Polizzotto
  • Patent number: 10915933
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for identifying a social platform; obtaining one or more efficiency data points concerning the social platform; and processing the one or more efficiency data points to generate a value impact multiplier for the social platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Givewith LLC
    Inventor: Paul A. Polizzotto
  • Patent number: 10909589
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for identifying a social platform; identifying a defined contribution for the social platform for a client, wherein the defined contribution is a percentage of a purchase made by the client; and funding the defined contribution at a gross revenue level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Givewith LLC
    Inventor: Paul A. Polizzotto
  • Patent number: 10911502
    Abstract: Social network information may be shared across online service providers. Thus, one online service provider M that maintains a membership separate from a second online service provider N may nevertheless use the social network maintained by the second online service provider N to tailor content and/or services based on such social network information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Media Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Appelman, Steven Greenberg
  • Patent number: 10909588
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for preparing a request that solicits participant proposals on a procurement platform, wherein the request identifies a defined contribution that will be made to a social platform on behalf of a client if the client accepts a particular participant proposal; and receiving the participant proposals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Givewith LLC
    Inventor: Paul A. Polizzotto
  • Patent number: 10909587
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for preparing a proposal for a client on a CRM platform, wherein the proposal identifies a defined contribution that will be made to a social platform on behalf of the client if the client accepts the proposal; and submitting the proposal to the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Givewith LLC
    Inventor: Paul A. Polizzotto
  • Patent number: 10902383
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for retrieving and displaying human resources (HR) information. A computer system identifies an employee in a live view on a mobile display system according to biometric data and identifies HR information associated with the employee using the biometric data and a policy. The HR information is stored in at least one database, and the policy defines the HR information associated with the employee. The computer system displays the HR information associated with the employee in augmented reality information on the live view on the mobile display system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: ADP, LLC
    Inventors: Roel Punzalan, Ignacio Andrade
  • Patent number: 10872315
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for acquiring benefits qualification data includes obtaining a profile corresponding to the individual. The method also includes forming respective sets of unanswered questions in each completeness graph in a set of completeness graphs by running the profile against each completeness graph. The method further includes forming a union set of unanswered questions in the set of completeness graphs from the respective sets of unanswered questions in each completeness graph. Moreover, the method includes identifying a high priority unanswered question in the union set of unanswered questions using a prioritization algorithm. Each completeness graph corresponds to a respective benefit program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Gang Wang, Gregory W. Miller, Kevin M. McCluskey, Joseph Elwell, Andre Felipe Luis, Benny Venat Joseph, Arien C. Ferrell, Michael J. Graves
  • Patent number: 10867704
    Abstract: A data structure embodied on a computer-readable medium having a database schema for accessing and managing pharmacy transactions data in a structured query language (SQL) database. The database schema includes a session data schema representing a relational data table for capturing a plurality of sessions for accessing and managing the SQL database and a pharmacy prescription drug transaction results schema representing parameters for relating prescription drug transaction results with requesters, prescribers and the prescription drug. The session data schema and the pharmacy prescription drug transaction results schema used by a pharmacy business logic application to access and manage the pharmacy drug transaction results in the SQL database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: MEDISITE INC.
    Inventor: Edward J. Eng
  • Patent number: 10861065
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving an inclusion request for including a potential social platform within a social platform pool; vetting the potential social platform to determine whether the potential social platform is eligible for inclusion within the social platform pool; and accepting the potential social platform for inclusion within the social platform pool if it is determined that the potential social platform is eligible for inclusion within the social platform pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Givewith LLC
    Inventor: Paul A. Polizzotto