Patents Examined by Mark E Hershley
  • Patent number: 11809423
    Abstract: An automated interactive optimization method of short keyword queries for improving information retrieval from opaque (black box) search engines is disclosed. The method requires collecting data from several fact-checking websites, for creating dataset used for evaluation; estimating the relevance of posts/query results retrieved from a search engine to a given input document, by calculating the mean relevance error (MRE), based on estimating the minimal distance between words comprising both the retrieved posts and the input document; labeling a subset of claims for evaluation, by choosing a number of claims that gained the maximal and the minimal mean relevance error (MRE); and finding the most appropriate queries in order to retrieve the maximal number of relevant posts using an opaque search engine, by performing an interactive greedy search for the best word that should be added to the input query, for maximizing the corresponding posts retrieved by the search engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: G. Negev Technologies and Applications Ltd., at Ben-Gurion University
    Inventors: Rami Puzis, Aviad Elyashar, Maor Reuben
  • Patent number: 11803599
    Abstract: In an aspect an apparatus for attribute data table matching is presented. An apparatus includes at least a processor. An apparatus includes a memory communicatively connected to at least a processor. A memory contains instructions configured at least a processor to receive an attribute data table from a user. A processor is configured to query an opportunity posting database as a function of a received attribute data table. A processor is configured to select an opportunity posting of an opportunity posting database as a function of at least an attribute data table criterion. A processor is configured to match an attribute data table to an opportunity posting as a function of at least an attribute data table criterion. A processor is configured to provide a match of an attribute data table to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: MY JOB MATCHER, INC.
    Inventor: Arran Stewart
  • Patent number: 11790018
    Abstract: In an aspect, an apparatus for attribute traversal is presented. An apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor. A memory contains instructions configuring at least a processor to receive user data. At least a processor configured to identify a plurality of attributes of user data. At least a processor is configured to calculate a proficiency score. At least a processor is configured to generate a utility function. At least a processor is configured to determine an attribute enhancement datum. At least a processor is configured to present an attribute enhancement datum to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Gravystack, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Donnell, Travis Adams, Chad Willardson
  • Patent number: 11768891
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for providing a scraping-based service. The method for providing a scraping-based service includes: requesting and receiving at least one of scraping rule information defining a series of tasks for obtaining external data; collecting the external data by executing tasks according to the received rule information; and providing service information to a user using the collected external data. According to the disclosure, by providing a scraping service through a client terminal and a remote server in a distributed manner, it is possible to increase efficiency of a scraping task and actively cope with changes in a scraping target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: KakaoBank Corp.
    Inventors: Dohyoung Keedi Kim, Hyeon Seung Kim
  • Patent number: 11768892
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method and apparatus for extracting the name of a POI, a device and a computer storage medium, and relates to the field of big data. An implementation includes: acquiring two or more text fragments identified from image data of the POI; constructing two or more candidate names using the text fragments; and ranking the candidate names using a pre-trained name ranking model, and determining the name of the POI according to the result of the ranking; wherein the name ranking model determines the probability of each candidate name as the name of the POI using at least one of a search web page feature, a document statistical feature and a semantic feature extracted from each candidate name, and ranks the candidate names according to the probabilities. With the present application, the name of the POI is automatically extracted with high accuracy. Compared with the manual review and annotation way in the prior art, a human cost is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jizhou Huang, Haifeng Wang
  • Patent number: 11762928
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for automated recommendation of new features for addition to an item based on user-generated feedback. In one example, the method may include receiving, via a user interface, a search query associated with an object, retrieving user-generated content that describes the object based on the received search query, identifying, via a machine learning model, one or more features to be added to the object based on the retrieved user-generated content, and outputting identifiers of the one or more features to be added to the object via the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Berno Kofler, Anne Demel
  • Patent number: 11762927
    Abstract: Processes and apparatuses for content personalization are provided, providing for rule configuration. Content personalization systems interpret user behavior and attributes along with the content users are interacting with, to build optimized predictive models of what content the user may want to see next. Those predictive models can be utilized to personalize content in one or more environments, including email, mobile and applications. Rules include filters applied to the predictive model output and/or the overall system output. Filters can be prioritized and iteratively applied or removed to adjust system output to satisfy desired result set criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Zeta Global Corp.
    Inventors: Christian Monberg, Barney Govan
  • Patent number: 11734375
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media (transitory and non-transitory) for learning to automatically navigate interactive web documents and/or websites. More particularly, various approaches are presented for training various deep Q network (DQN) agents to perform various tasks associated with reinforcement learning, including hierarchical reinforcement learning, in challenging web navigation environments with sparse rewards and large state and action spaces. These agents include a web navigation agent that can use learned value function(s) to automatically navigate through interactive web documents, as well as a training agent, referred to herein as a “meta-trainer,” that can be trained to generate synthetic training examples. Some approaches described herein may be implemented when expert demonstrations are available. Other approaches described herein may be implemented when expert demonstrations are not available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Aleksandra Faust, Dilek Hakkani-Tur, Izzeddin Gur, Ulrich Rueckert
  • Patent number: 11726984
    Abstract: A data redistribution method, apparatus and a database cluster includes at least one first node, and an original table is stored on the at least one first node. A data redistribution process for redistributing the original table to the at least one first node and a second node is started, and the data redistribution process includes: starting a first transaction for creating a temporary table on the at least one first node and the second node, and associating an import operation for the original table with an import operation for the temporary table; starting a second transaction for selecting an old tuple from the original table based on a transaction identifier of the first transaction, and redistribute the selected old tuple to the temporary table. After the second transaction ends, metadata of the original table and metadata of the temporary table are exchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuefu Zhang, Fanbin Meng, Hao Xiang
  • Patent number: 11727058
    Abstract: A method involves receiving search queries, having search terms, submitted to at least one computerized search engine. For each query, a corresponding pairwise relation in the search queries is calculated. The corresponding pairwise relation is a corresponding probability of a potential edge relationship between at least two terms. Thus, potential edges are formed. A general graph of the terms is constructed by selecting edges from the potential edges. The general graph is nodes representing the terms used in the search queries. The general graph also is edges representing semantic relationships among the nodes. A hierarchical graph is constructed from the general graph by altering at least one of the edges among the nodes in the general graph to form the hierarchical graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Oren Sar Shalom, Alexander Zhicharevich, Rami Cohen, Yonatan Ben-Simhon
  • Patent number: 11727070
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a system and method to plan preparation of a meal that may include more than one dish. Online recipes are obtained from a database based on criteria set by the user. Recipes are analyzed for time and effort requirements at each step. If a meal includes more than one dish, a merge of the timelines is performed to determine if it is feasible to prepare all dishes concurrently. Suppliers that can supply all ingredients required by the recipes that meet all user criteria are recommended to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: 7262591 Canada Ltd.
    Inventor: Chris Knight
  • Patent number: 11727035
    Abstract: A workflow executed by an on-premise installation of the content management system can include a cloud workflow and an on-premise workflow relating to on-premise content retained in an on-premise repository managed by the on-premise installation of the content management system. A synchronization can be initiated between the on-premise content and a cloud copy of the on-premise content to reflect a change to either of the on-premise content or the cloud copy in the other of the on-premise content and the cloud copy. The cloud copy can exist at a location managed by a cloud-based installation of the content management system. Upon detection that the cloud workflow has been completed by the location using the cloud copy, a resumption of the on-premise workflow can be triggered using the synchronization between the on-premise content and the cloud copy of the on-premise content. Related systems, methods, products, etc. are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Hyland UK Operations Limited
    Inventors: Paul Holmes-Higgin, Frederik Heremans, Tijs Rademakers, Joram Barrez
  • Patent number: 11709897
    Abstract: A data management services architecture includes architectural components that run in both a storage and compute domains. The architectural components redirect storage requests from the storage domain to the compute domain, manage resources allocated from the compute domain, ensure compliance with a policy that governs resource consumption, deploy program code for data management services, dispatch service requests to deployed services, and monitor deployed services. The architectural components also include a service map to locate program code for data management services, and service instance information for monitoring deployed services and dispatching requests to deployed services. Since deployed services can be stateless or stateful, the services architecture also includes state data for the stateful services, with supporting resources that can expand or contract based on policy and/or service demand. The architectural components also include containers for the deployed services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Deepak Raghu Kenchammana-Hosekote, Shiva Chaitanya, Saeed Ghanbari, Barry Patrick Benight, David Anthony Slik
  • Patent number: 11709813
    Abstract: A system and method for automatic generation of a data tree structure are disclosed. A database stores contract metadata associated with a plurality of contracts. The metadata includes relationship information data regarding parentage and/or child relationship between a particular contract and other contracts among the plurality of contracts. A processor operatively connects to the database via a communication network and accesses the database via the communication network to retrieve the contract metadata including the relationship information data. The processor also implements a search engine; stores the retrieved contract metadata including the relationship information data onto the search engine for creating a linkage between data points; and automatically generates, based on the created linkage between the data points, both an application programming interface (API) and a data tree structure that displays inter-dependency between two or more sets of contracts among the plurality of contracts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Ilya Slavin, Michelle Roberts, Ian Bone, Fernando Nitz
  • Patent number: 11704376
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques and systems for retrieval of content using link-based searches. Embodiments herein include receiving, by a server, a request including a hyperlink directed to a source content. The server may determine whether a database associated with the server comprises the hyperlink. The database stores information of multiple entities each corresponding to one or more hyperlinks. In response to a determination that the database includes the hyperlink, the server may identify an entity corresponding to the hyperlink and provide information of the entity to the computing device. In some embodiments, in response to a determination that the database does not include the hyperlink, the server may identify related web content and return results to user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: ModeSens Inc.
    Inventor: Hang Li
  • Patent number: 11698938
    Abstract: Generally, the present disclosure relates to solving issues with inefficient management of data within an organization by building a central repository of events within the data ecosystem. The data event management system, disclosed herein, offers a platform agnostic ledger of the data ecosystem that enables data transparency and identifies patterns/bottlenecks to properly adjust to meeting the needs of the data consumer. With this information, data driven decisions can be made to prioritize workload and ensure funding is supporting the consumer prioritized assets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Jacob Bursik, Robert James Koste
  • Patent number: 11698894
    Abstract: A multi-master replication system is disclosed. The multi-master replication system allows a large set of peer instances to collaboratively replicate data to each other. According to an example, a change detection thread running on a first server associated with a first instance of multiple instances of a replicated database monitors for changes to any of multiple records within one or more shared tables of the replicated database. Responsive to detection of a change to a record, an item is stored by the change detection thread onto a queue containing information regarding the change. Groups of changes are packaged into multiple chunks, in which each chunk (i) corresponds to a discrete unit of progress for both change detection and transport; (ii) is associated with multiple changed records; (iii) contains metadata about the multiple changed records; and (iv) does not contain data from the one or more shared tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Varley, Scott Hansma, Paul Burstein
  • Patent number: 11681771
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for determining conditions for a set of webpages. The program and method provide for receiving a first set of URLs, each URL of the first set corresponding to a respective webpage of a web site, the first set corresponding to a subset of webpages that comprise the website; identifying repeating patterns of field values in the first set; determining positive conditions that characterize the first set; determining, from the web site webpages other than those in the first set, a second set of URLs that satisfy the positive conditions; identifying repeating patterns of field values in the second set; determining positive conditions that characterize the second set; and computing negative conditions for the first set, by subtracting the positive conditions characterizing the second set from the positive conditions characterizing the first set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Content Square SAS
    Inventor: Slim Frikha
  • Patent number: 11663171
    Abstract: A portion of contents of a database is received from a first server. The received contents of the database is stored in a secondary storage system that tracks changes between different backup versions of contents of the database. A request to migrate the contents of the database to a second server is received. A version of contents of the database is provided to the second server using the secondary storage system. The secondary storage system is configured to determine an amount of changes to the database content from one of the versions of the database content provided to the second server and the amount of changes is utilized in determining whether to quiesce the database hosted on the first server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Cohesity, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhijit Chakankar, Manoj Singhal, Warren Shen, Sashikanth Madduri
  • Patent number: 11651042
    Abstract: Provided is a method, performed by an information processing device, of processing information by using an Internet of things (IoT) device, the method including: receiving, from a user, a web search query; fetching context information of at least one IoT device related to the web search query; automatically generating a synthetic web search query including the web search query and the context information of the at least one IoT device; and determining a control to be applied to the at least one IoT device by using a search result regarding the synthetic web search query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mainak Choudhury, Abhishek Sharma