Patents by Inventor Alexander Charles Tonetti

Alexander Charles Tonetti has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Cognitive system for declarative tone modification
    Patent number: 11068654
    Abstract: An approach is provided in which an information handling system analyzes a message tone vector corresponding to a message against a target tone vector corresponding to a recipient of the message. The message tone vector includes a set of message tone attributes and the target tone vector includes a set of target tone thresholds. The information handling system, in response to determining a difference between the message tone vector and the target tone vector, creates a variant message by substituting words in the message with one or more similar words based on the target tone vector. In turn, the information handling system sends the variant message to the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Charles E. Beller, Alexander Charles Tonetti, Edward G. Katz, John Riendeau, Sean Thomas Thatcher
  • IMPLEMENTING TRAINING OF A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR EMBODIED CONVERSATIONAL AGENT
    Publication number: 20200234181
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing enhanced training of a personality model for an embodied conversational agent. An adjustable personality model is provided for the conversational agent interacting with a user with the adjustable personality model configured to provide emotion and tone responses based on detected emotions of the user and a communication objective. Responsive to detecting a first emotion of the user in a conversation with the conversational agent, the adjustable personality model is utilized to embody the conversational agent with a first emotion and tone. Responsive to detecting a second emotion of the user different from the first emotion, the adjustable personality model is utilized to embody the conversational agent with a second emotion and tone possibly different from the first emotion and tone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Edward Graham Katz, Alexander Charles Tonetti, John A. Riendeau, Charles E. Beller
  • Cognitive System for Declarative Tone Modification
    Publication number: 20200159825
    Abstract: An approach is provided in which an information handling system analyzes a message tone vector corresponding to a message against a target tone vector corresponding to a recipient of the message. The message tone vector includes a set of message tone attributes and the target tone vector includes a set of target tone thresholds. The information handling system, in response to determining a difference between the message tone vector and the target tone vector, creates a variant message by substituting words in the message with one or more similar words based on the target tone vector. In turn, the information handling system sends the variant message to the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Charles E. Beller, Alexander Charles Tonetti, Edward G. Katz, John Riendeau, Sean Thomas Thatcher