Patents Examined by Michael B. Holmes
  • Using classified text or images and deep learning algorithms to identify risk of product defect and provide early warning
    Patent number: 9754205
    Abstract: Deep learning is used to identify specific, potential risks to an enterprise (of which product liability is the prime example here) while such risks are still internal electronic communications. The system involves mining and using existing classifications of data (e.g., from an internal litigation database, or from external sources such as customer complaints, and/or warranty claims) to train one or more deep learning algorithms, and then examining the enterprise's internal electronic communications with the trained algorithm, to generate a scored output that will enable enterprise personnel to be alerted to risks and take action in time to prevent the risks from resulting in harm to the enterprise or others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: INTRASPEXION INC.
    Inventor: Nelson E. Brestoff
  • System and method for automatic local grid refinement in reservoir simulation systems
    Patent number: 9753181
    Abstract: A system and method of automatic local grid refinements in reservoir simulation systems is described. In one aspect of the disclosure, a method is directed to a computer-implemented method of modeling a formation. The method includes applying a coarse grid to a geologic formation of interest, the coarse grid having a plurality of coarse grid blocks and identifying a structure of interest disposed in the formation. Further, the method includes determining a fine grid zone around the structure based upon a time period for flow simulation of the geologic formation and a geologic characteristic of the geologic formation in a local region adjacent the structure and applying a fine grid to the coarse grid blocks encompassed by the fine grid zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sheldon Gorell, Amit Kumar
  • Method of automatically modifying the probability of random selection of a presentation based on how long the user delays before skipping (time-based skip weighting)
    Patent number: 9747948
    Abstract: A method of adjusting the probability of a presentation being randomly selected during random play based on user feedback where the length of delay prior to the user pressing the skip button causes a modification in the probability of that presentation being displayed again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Inventor: David Wallace Croft
  • Multimedia personal historical information system and method
    Patent number: 9742753
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile and web-based personal history capture-store-retrieval process and system intended to be used by individuals or groups (including companies and educational institutions) to record personal historical information in multimedia file format from any source, such as the individual's smartphone, tablet, or personal computer. The system will assist individuals in the recording and storage and retrieval of the individual's (or group's) personal histories. The system employs an artificial intelligence engine to analyze user content (e.g., information, data, metadata, and historical content associated with such user) and design prompts to the user to input additional information. The system also provides a method for creating an e-book from the content, either by a single user or by collaboration among multiple users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: HJ Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Patrick L. Talley
  • Generating accurate reason codes with complex non-linear modeling and neural networks
    Patent number: 9734447
    Abstract: A computer system computes a score for a received data exchange and, in accordance with a neural network and input variables determined by received current exchange and history data, the computed score indicates a condition suitable for a denial. A set of attribution scores are computed using an Alternating Decision Tree model in response to a computed score that is greater than a predetermined score threshold value for the denial. The computed score is provided to an assessment unit and, if the computed score indicates a condition suitable for the denial and if attribution scores are computed, then a predetermined number of input variable categories from a rank-ordered list of input variable categories is also provided to the assessment unit of the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: SAS INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Vesselin Diev, Brian Lee Duke
  • Diagnosis support system, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
    Patent number: 9734299
    Abstract: A diagnosis support system obtains input information corresponding to a case, identifies a diagnosis corresponding to the case based on the input information, obtains the inference probability of the diagnosis, and displays supporting information corresponding to the inference probability of the identified diagnosis on a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Yakami, Koji Fujimoto, Masami Kawagishi, Gakuto Aoyama
  • Diagnosis support apparatus and method of controlling the same
    Patent number: 9734300
    Abstract: A diagnosis support apparatus which supports diagnosis based on information associated with a diagnosis name in advance is provided. In the diagnosis support apparatus, an acquisition unit acquires the diagnosis name set by a user. A providing unit provides negative information for the diagnosis name set by the user based on the information. With the above arrangement, the diagnosis support apparatus selects and presents information influencing the diagnosis name expected by the user, thereby efficiently presenting information required by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masami Kawagishi, Kiyohide Satoh, Yoshio Iizuka, Takeshi Kubo, Masahiro Yakami, Koji Fujimoto
  • Extraction of information from clinical reports
    Patent number: 9734297
    Abstract: A method for extracting information from electronic documents, including: learning terms and term variants from a training corpus, wherein the terms and the term variants correspond to a specialized dictionary related to the training corpus; generating a list of negative indicators found in the training corpus; performing a partial match of the terms and the term variants in a set of electronic documents to create initial match results; and performing a negation test using the negative indicators and a positive terms test using the terms and the term variants on the initial match results to remove matches from the initial match results that fail either the negation test or the positive terms test, resulting in final match results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tanveer F Syeda-Mahmood, Laura Chiticariu
  • Recommender control system, apparatus, method and related aspects
    Patent number: 9734453
    Abstract: A recommender system (18) is described which is capable of being controlled using training data provided by an external controller (16). The controller (16) is arranged to control the input of training data from client devices (22) to a recommender system (18) to drive the recommender system's performance towards a set level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company
    Inventors: Ian Christopher Kegel, Tamas Jambor, Jun Wang
  • Decision service manager
    Patent number: 9729397
    Abstract: The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for modeling and deploying decision services. One computer-implemented method includes creating a connection between a decision service manager and a managed system, establishing a signature of a decision service, developing, using at least one computer, the decision service based upon the established signature of the decision service, performing a deployment readiness check, transferring generated code implementing the decision service to the managed system upon a determination that the deployment readiness check was successful, inserting the generated code into the managed system, and retrieving a deployment status from the managed system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventor: Carsten Ziegler
  • Method for heterogeneous network policy based management
    Patent number: 9729418
    Abstract: Communication networks in general may benefit from appropriate policy based management. More particularly, heterogeneous networks or HetNets may benefit from methods for policy based management. A method according to certain embodiments includes detecting a reportable event. The method also includes determining whether or how to report the event based on a probability criterion. The method further includes taking an action with respect to reporting the event based on whether the probability criterion is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Gyula Bodog, Anatoly Andrianov
  • Asymmetrical multilateral decision support system
    Patent number: 9727640
    Abstract: A system and methodology which can effectively provide decision makers with a better means of making decisions in a way that greatly improves the availability, reliability, and relevance of the information which they provide and use to make decisions. The system and methodology facilitates maximizing mutual utility in the context of a mutual decision between multiple users and groups of users identified generally as Parties and Counterparties and performs user specified actions based on meeting mutual threshold parameters. The system provides significant technical advantages over the prior art in that it uses helps Parties and Counterparties identify optimal arrangements and configurations with less errors, fewer computational cycles, less storage medium, and a smaller amount of time than would be possible using prior art systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Inventor: Erin C. Despain
  • Inference pipeline system and method
    Patent number: 9723450
    Abstract: A system to infer place data is disclosed that receives location data collected on a user's mobile electronic device, recognizes when, where and for how long the user makes stops, generates possible places visited, and predicts the likelihood of a user to visit those places.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Placed, Inc.
    Inventors: David Shim, Brad Bicknell, George Varghese, Nick Gerner, Weilie Yi
  • Living activity inference device, program, and computer-readable recording medium
    Patent number: 9721208
    Abstract: The living activity inference device according to the present invention includes: an obtainer configured to obtain an energy consumption of an electric appliance; an appliance operation detector configured to identify an operational state of the electric appliance based on the energy consumption obtained by the obtainer; and an activity inferrer configured to perform an inference process of determining which one of a plurality of living activities predetermined a current living activity corresponds to, based on existing information including the operational state of the electric appliance identified by the appliance operation detector and a past living activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Shimizu, Takashi Nishiyama
  • System and method for determining a level of confidence that a media item is being presented
    Patent number: 9715659
    Abstract: A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for determining a level of confidence that an identified media item is currently being presented to a user is presented. A media item being presented to a user on an output device coupled to the client device is identified, the client device including an input device usable by a user of the client device to instruct the client device to acquire and present media items from a plurality of media devices. A level of confidence that the identified media item is currently being presented to the user is calculated. A determination is made that at least one predetermined event has occurred. A level of confidence that the identified media item is currently being presented to the user is adjusted based on the at least one predetermined event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventor: Vincent Dureau
  • Unspoken sentiment
    Patent number: 9715492
    Abstract: The sentiment of a message may not be obtainable from the message itself. However, many messages have an associated context that provides information useful in determining the sentiment of a message. Messages may include links to other resources, such as graphics or videos, which in turn include titles, comments, viewer ratings or other attributes that may provide a sentiment of the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: David Skiba, George Erhart, Lee Becker, Valentine C Matula
  • Systems and methods for page recommendations based on page reciprocity
    Patent number: 9710756
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media configured to determine whether a candidate content item may be presented in response to an indication of approval by a user regarding a seed content item according to a first technique. It is determined whether the seed content item may be presented in response to an indication of approval by the user regarding the candidate content item according to a second technique. Features, including a reciprocity feature based on the determining whether a candidate item may be presented and the determining whether the seed content item may be presented, are processed to generate a probability that the user will interact with the candidate content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Brewer, Bradley Ray Green
  • Method and system using keyword vectors and associated metrics for learning and prediction of user correlation of targeted content messages in a mobile environment
    Patent number: 9705998
    Abstract: Methods and systems for determining a suitability for a mobile client to display information are disclosed. A particular exemplary method includes receiving a plurality of sets of one or more first keywords on a mobile client, each set of first keywords associated with one or more respective first messages, monitoring user interaction of the respective first messages on the mobile client, performing learning operations on the mobile client with the first keywords based on monitored user interaction to estimate a set of keyword interest weights, receiving a set of target keywords associated with a target message, and displaying the target message on the mobile client based on the estimated keyword interest weights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Dilip Krishnaswamy, Nakul Verma, Vladimir Bychkovsky
  • Non-factoid question-answering system and computer program
    Patent number: 9697477
    Abstract: In order to provide a non-factoid question answering system with improved precision, the question answering system (160) includes: a candidate retrieving unit (222), responsive to a question, extracting answer candidates from a corpus storage (178); a feature vector generating unit (232) for generating features from combinations of a question with each of the answer candidates; SVMs (176) trained to calculate a score of how correct a combination of the question with an answer candidate is, upon receiving the feature vector therefor; and an answer ranker unit (234) outputting the answer candidate with the highest calculated score as the answer. The features are generated on the basis of the results of morphological analysis and parsing of the question, a phrase in the question evaluated as being positive or negative as well as its polarity, and the semantic classes of nouns in the features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
    Inventors: Jonghoon Oh, Kentaro Torisawa, Chikara Hashimoto, Takuya Kawada, Stijn De Saeger, Junichi Kazama, Yiou Wang
  • Image annotation using aggregated page information from active and inactive indices
    Patent number: 9697236
    Abstract: Architecture that addresses page information lost as part of a selection process in a search engine framework. An aggregation process collects all page or document information from the same image cluster and uses the aggregated page information to annotate one or more selected image-page pairs within the same image cluster. Once the entire set of descriptive terms is received, the entire set of descriptive terms or only an optimum set of top N descriptive terms of the entire set is for annotation of one or more of the representative images in the cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Pak-Ming Cheung, Bo Geng, Xin Yu, Arun Sacheti