Patents Examined by Stanley K Hill
  • Patent number: 11176491
    Abstract: Embodiments for intelligent learning for explaining anomalies to a user by a processor. One or more anomalous records may be identified in a knowledge base. A list of ranked candidate explanations may be generated for the one or more anomalous records. An active learning dialog may be initiated with one or more users to increase accuracy of the knowledge base, a domain knowledge, and each of the ranked candidate explanations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joao H. Bettencourt-Silva, Vanessa Lopez Garcia, Valentina Rho, Theodora Brisimi
  • Patent number: 11157793
    Abstract: The method for query training can include: determining a graphical representation, determining an inference network based on the graphical representation, determining a query distribution, sampling one or more train queries from the query distribution, and optionally determining a trained inference network by training the untrained inference network using the train query. The method can optionally include determining an inference query and determining an inference query result for the inference query using the trained inference network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Vicarious FPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Miguel Lazaro-Gredilla, Wolfgang Lehrach, Nishad Gothoskar, Guangyao Zhou, Antoine Dedieu, Dileep George
  • Patent number: 11158398
    Abstract: Histopathological scoring can be based on the areas of certain types of cells or the expression of genotypic or phenotypic characteristics of those cells, as identified by a biological assay. Automating a scoring process with an image analysis algorithm includes correctly delineating the areas of interest, a process known as segmentation. The present systems and methods accomplish this segmentation using a generative adversarial network trained to generate masks covering each area of interest. The invention can perform both segmentation and classification by using a separate image band for each class. A scoring algorithm may utilize the classifications of, for example, a tumor area and an area of immune cell staining by interpreting the separate image bands of each area. Classification problems with more bands would use images with the equivalent number of bands. There is no limit to the number of bands an image can encode for each pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Origin Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Darick M. Tong, Nishant Borude, Nivedita Suresh, Evan Szu, Clifford Szu
  • Patent number: 11144823
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for hierarchical weight-sparse convolution processing are described. An exemplary method comprises: obtaining an input tensor and a filter at a convolution layer of a neural network; segmenting the filter into a plurality of sub-filters; generating a hierarchical bit representation of the filter representing a plurality of non-zero weights in the filter, wherein the hierarchical bit representation comprises a first layer, the first layer comprising a plurality of bits respectively corresponding to the plurality of sub-filters in the filter, each of the plurality of bits indicating whether the corresponding sub-filter includes at least one non-zero weight; and performing multiply-and-accumulate (MAC) operations based on the hierarchical bit representation of the filter and the input tensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: MOFFETT TECHNOLOGIES CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhibin Xiao, Enxu Yan, Wei Wang, Yong Lu
  • Patent number: 11144825
    Abstract: A method for creating an interpretable model for healthcare predictions includes training, by a deep learning processor, a neural network to predict health information by providing training data, including multiple combinations of measured or observed health metrics and corresponding medical results, to the neural network. The method also includes determining, by the deep learning processor and using the neural network, prediction data including predicted results for the measured or observed health metrics for each of the multiple combinations of the measured or observed health metrics based on the training data. The method also includes training, by the deep learning processor or a learning processor, an interpretable machine learning model to make similar predictions as the neural network by providing mimic data, including combinations of the measured or observed health metrics and corresponding predicted results of the prediction data, to the interpretable machine learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Yan Liu, Zhengping Che, Sanjay Purushotham
  • Patent number: 11144827
    Abstract: A supervised learning processing (SLP) system and non-transitory, computer program product provides cooperative operation of a network of supervised learning processors to concurrently distribute supervised learning processor training, generate predictions, and provide prediction driven responses to input objects, such as NL statements. The SLP system includes SLP stages that are distributed across multiple SLP subsystems. Concurrently training SLP's provides accurate predictions of input objects and responses thereto, the SLP system and non-transitory, computer program product enhance the network by providing high quality value predictions and responses and avoiding potential training and operational delays. The SLP system can enhance the network of SLP subsystems by providing flexibility to incorporate multiple SLP models into the network and train at least a proper subset of the SLP models while concurrently using the SLP system and non-transitory, computer program product in commercial operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: OJO Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Howard Levy, Jacy Myles Legault, David Robert Rubin, John Kenneth Berkowitz, David Ross Pratt
  • Patent number: 11126946
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to system(s) and method(s) for continuous business optimization of an organization based on a cognitive decision making process. In one embodiment, the method comprises generating an opportunity instance package associated with a business opportunity from a set of business opportunities associated with an organization based on analysis of a stream of raw data. Further, the method comprises generating a strategy using the opportunity instance package and one or more of a predictive technique, prescriptive technique and optimization technique. Furthermore, the method comprises generating a set of instruction associated with one or more actors associated with the organization based on the strategy, thereby enabling continuous business optimization of the organization based on a cognitive decision-making process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: DIWO, LLC
    Inventors: Satyendra Pal Rana, Chandra Puttanna Keerthy, Krishna Prakash Kallakuri
  • Patent number: 11100414
    Abstract: One or more multi-layer systems are used to perform inference. A multi-layer system may correspond to a node that receives a set of sensory input data for hierarchical processing, and may be grouped to perform processing for sensory input data. Inference systems at lower layers of a multi-layer system pass representation of objects to inference systems at higher layers. Each inference system can perform inference and form their own versions of representations of objects, regardless of the level and layer of the inference systems. The set of candidate objects for each inference system is updated to those consistent with feature-location representations for the sensors as well as object representations at lower layers. The set of candidate objects is also updated to those consistent with candidate objects from other inference systems, such as inference systems at other layers of the hierarchy or inference systems included in other multi-layer systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Numenta, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Hawkins, Subutai Ahmad
  • Patent number: 11093860
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for obtaining a plurality of model representations of predictive models, each model representation associated with a respective user and expresses a respective predictive model, and selecting a model implementation for each of the model representations based on one or more system usage properties associated with the user associated with the corresponding model representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Wei-Hao Lin, Travis H. K. Green, Robert Kaplow, Gang Fu, Gideon S. Mann
  • Patent number: 11093828
    Abstract: A machine learning device is connected to a fiber laser device. The machine learning device observes, as a state variable representing a driving state of the fiber laser device, a state quantity including time-series data on output light detection results obtained by detecting a light output of laser light emitted from the fiber laser device and time-series data on reflected light detection results obtained by detecting reflected light of the laser light, and acquires determination data representing a failure occurrence situation in the fiber laser device as determined from a difference between the output light detection results and a light output instruction of the fiber laser device. The machine learning device learns a boundary condition for failure occurrence caused by the reflected light by using the state variable and the determination data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takigawa, Hisatada Machida
  • Patent number: 11080159
    Abstract: A monitor-mine-manage cycle is described, for example, for managing a data center, a manufacturing process, an engineering process or other processes. In various example, the following steps are performed as a continuous automated loop: receiving raw events from an observed system; monitoring the raw events and transforming them into complex events; mining the complex events and reasoning on results; making a set of proposed actions based on the mining; and managing the observed system by applying one or more of the proposed actions to the system. In various examples, the continuous automated loop proceeds while raw events are continuously received from the observed system and monitored. In some examples an application programming interface is described comprising programming statements which allow a user to implement a monitor-mine-manage loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Panos Periorellis, Eldar Akchurin, Joris Claessens, Ivo Jose Garcia dos Santos, Oliver Nano
  • Patent number: 11068786
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for domain-specific pruning of neural networks are described. An exemplary method includes obtaining a first neural network trained based on a first training dataset; obtaining one or more second training datasets respectively from one or more domains; training, based on the first neural network and the one or more second training datasets, a second neural network comprising the first neural network and one or more branches extended from the first neural network. The one or more branches respectively correspond to the one or more domains, and each comprises one or more layers trained based on one of the one or more second training datasets. The method may further include: pruning the second neural network by reducing a number of active neurons; and applying the pruned second neural network for inferencing in the one or more domains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: MOFFETT TECHNOLOGIES CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Jiachao Liu, Enxu Yan
  • Patent number: 11049025
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for assigning computational problems to be solved by compute nodes that have artificial intelligence problem-solving capability. A method includes receiving a computational problem to be solved. Node-related processing attributes of the compute nodes are used to determine which one or more of the compute nodes are capable of solving the computational problem. One or more of the compute nodes are selected to handle the computational problem based upon the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventor: George Tosh
  • Patent number: 11042810
    Abstract: Methods and systems for attributing browsing activity from two or more different network-connected devices to a single user are disclosed. In one aspect, cookies generated by the browsing activity of different unidentified devices at a website are received. A random forest classifier trained on probabilities output from a Gaussian mixture model is applied to the unidentified cookies to determine a probability that two different cookies were generated by the same user. In some embodiments, personalized content is then delivered to the user based on the characteristics of the paired cookies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Shalin S. Shah, Nicholas Scott Eggert, Ramasubbu Venkatesh
  • Patent number: 11038769
    Abstract: A computer device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to train a generator neural network to simulate a network entity using a discriminator neural network that discriminates output associated with the network entity from output generated by the generator neural network. The computer device may be further configured to receive a set of input parameters associated with the simulated network entity; use the generator neural network to generate output for the simulated network entity based on the received set of input parameters; and apply the generated output for the simulated network entity to manage a communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Christopher Larish, Said Soulhi
  • Patent number: 11030518
    Abstract: An asynchronous convolutional neural network (CNN) can interpret a sequence of input data. An input value representing a sample of the sequence of input data is received by a computational unit (CU) in a layer of the asynchronous CNN. The CU calculates a dot product of the input value and a weight assigned to the CU to produce an activation value. A change detector (CD) associated with the CU detects a difference between the activation value and previous activation values. The CD determines whether the detected difference is significant, indicating that the sample of the sequence of input data includes a significant change. If the detected difference is significant, the activation value is supplied to at least one subsequent CU included in a subsequent layer of the asynchronous CNN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Daniel J Gebhardt, Benjamin J Migliori, Michael W Walton, Logan Straatemeier, Maurice R Ayache
  • Patent number: 11023811
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for performing cognitive computing operations comprising receiving streams of data from a plurality of data sources; processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources, the processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources performing data enriching for incorporation into a cognitive graph; defining a cognitive persona within the cognitive graph, the cognitive persona corresponding to an archetype user model, the cognitive persona comprising a set of nodes in the cognitive graph; associating a user with the cognitive persona; defining a cognitive profile within the cognitive graph, the cognitive profile comprising an instance of the cognitive persona that references personal data associated with the user; associating the user with the cognitive profile; and, performing a cognitive computing operation based upon the cognitive profile associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Cognitive Scale, Inc.
    Inventors: John N. Faith, Kyle W. Kothe, Matthew Sanchez, Neeraj Chawla
  • Patent number: 11023810
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for performing cognitive computing operations comprising receiving streams of data from a plurality of data sources; processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources, the processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources performing data enriching for incorporation into a cognitive graph; defining a cognitive persona within the cognitive graph, the cognitive persona corresponding to an archetype user model, the cognitive persona comprising a set of nodes in the cognitive graph, links among the set of nodes being weighted to provide a weighted cognitive graph; associating a user with the cognitive persona; and, performing a cognitive computing operation based upon the cognitive persona associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Cognitive Scale, Inc.
    Inventors: John N. Faith, Kyle W. Kothe, Matthew Sanchez, Neeraj Chawla
  • Patent number: 11023804
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium for processing a network input through a neural network having one or more initial neural network layers followed by a softmax output layer. In one aspect, the methods include obtaining a layer output generated by the one or more initial neural network layers and processing the layer output through the softmax output layer to generate a neural network output. Processing the layer output through the softmax output layer includes determining, for each possible output value, a number of occurrences in the layer output values; for each possible output value occurring in the layer output values, determining a respective exponentiation measure; determining a normalization factor for the layer output by combining the exponentiation measures in accordance with the number of occurrences of the possible output values; and determining, for each of layer output values, a softmax probability value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Reginald Clifford Young
  • Patent number: 11010431
    Abstract: A data storage device includes a memory array for storing data; a host interface for providing an interface with a host computer running an application; a central control unit configured to receive a command in a submission queue from the application and initiate a search process in response to a search query command; a preprocessor configured to reformat data contained in the search query command and generate a reformatted data; and one or more data processing units configured to extract one or more features from the reformatted data and perform a data operation on the data stored in the memory array in response to the search query command and return matching data from the data stored in the memory array to the application via the host interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Inventors: Sompong P. Olarig, Fred Worley, Nazanin Farahpour