Patents by Inventor Alexander T. Bentley

Alexander T. Bentley 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).

  • Patent number: 11055296
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provides methods, computer program products, and systems for normalizing confidence score thresholds across systems in a federated environment. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to calculate normalization factors for participating hubs in a federated environment to normalize confidence score thresholds applied by those hubs and improve search results obtained therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander T. Bentley, Soma Shekar Naganna, Scott Schumacher, Shweta Shandilya
  • Publication number: 20190236074
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provides methods, computer program products, and systems for normalizing confidence score thresholds across systems in a federated environment. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to calculate normalization factors for participating hubs in a federated environment to normalize confidence score thresholds applied by those hubs and improve search results obtained therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander T. Bentley, Soma Shekar Naganna, Scott Schumacher, Shweta Shandilya
  • Patent number: 10303693
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provides methods, computer program products, and systems for normalizing confidence score thresholds across systems in a federated environment. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to calculate normalization factors for participating hubs in a federated environment to normalize confidence score thresholds applied by those hubs and improve search results obtained therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander T. Bentley, Soma Shekar Naganna, Scott Schumacher, Shweta Shandilya
  • Patent number: 9852164
    Abstract: Task patterns may exist in completed tasks within a task handling system. A task pattern may comprise task data and metadata and an action that the task handling system uses to complete the task. A task pattern may be identified and compared with task patterns in a database. If the identified task pattern matches a task in the database, a task pattern count for the task in the database can be incremented. If this incrementing results in the task pattern count exceeding a threshold, then the system can search for and identify other active tasks that match the task pattern. The appropriate action for the task pattern can be applied to each of the matched active tasks and each of the active tasks can then be closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander T. Bentley, Jonathan Limburn, Albert Maier, Scott Schumacher
  • Patent number: 9852166
    Abstract: Task patterns may exist in completed tasks within a task handling system. A task pattern may comprise task data and metadata and an action that the task handling system uses to complete the task. A task pattern may be identified and compared with task patterns in a database. If the identified task pattern matches a task in the database, a task pattern count for the task in the database can be incremented. If this incrementing results in the task pattern count exceeding a threshold, then the system can search for and identify other active tasks that match the task pattern. The appropriate action for the task pattern can be applied to each of the matched active tasks and each of the active tasks can then be closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander T. Bentley, Jonathan Limburn, Albert Maier, Scott Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20170249316
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provides methods, computer program products, and systems for normalizing confidence score thresholds across systems in a federated environment. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to calculate normalization factors for participating hubs in a federated environment to normalize confidence score thresholds applied by those hubs and improve search results obtained therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander T. Bentley, Soma Shekar Naganna, Scott Schumacher, Shweta Shandilya
  • Patent number: 9710562
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provides methods, computer program products, and systems for normalizing confidence score thresholds across systems in a federated environment. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to calculate normalization factors for participating hubs in a federated environment to normalize confidence score thresholds applied by those hubs and improve search results obtained therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander T. Bentley, Soma Shekar Naganna, Scott Schumacher, Shweta Shandilya
  • Patent number: 9703876
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provides methods, computer program products, and systems for normalizing confidence score thresholds across systems in a federated environment. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to calculate normalization factors for participating hubs in a federated environment to normalize confidence score thresholds applied by those hubs and improve search results obtained therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander T. Bentley, Soma Shekar Naganna, Scott Schumacher, Shweta Shandilya
  • Publication number: 20170075725
    Abstract: Task patterns may exist in completed tasks within a task handling system. A task pattern may comprise task data and metadata and an action that the task handling system uses to complete the task. A task pattern may be identified and compared with task patterns in a database. If the identified task pattern matches a task in the database, a task pattern count for the task in the database can be incremented. If this incrementing results in the task pattern count exceeding a threshold, then the system can search for and identify other active tasks that match the task pattern. The appropriate action for the task pattern can be applied to each of the matched active tasks and each of the active tasks can then be closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander T. Bentley, Jonathan Limburn, Albert Maier, Scott Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20170075724
    Abstract: Task patterns may exist in completed tasks within a task handling system. A task pattern may comprise task data and metadata and an action that the task handling system uses to complete the task. A task pattern may be identified and compared with task patterns in a database. If the identified task pattern matches a task in the database, a task pattern count for the task in the database can be incremented. If this incrementing results in the task pattern count exceeding a threshold, then the system can search for and identify other active tasks that match the task pattern. The appropriate action for the task pattern can be applied to each of the matched active tasks and each of the active tasks can then be closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander T. Bentley, Jonathan Limburn, Albert Maier, Scott Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20160147764
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provides methods, computer program products, and systems for normalizing confidence score thresholds across systems in a federated environment. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to calculate normalization factors for participating hubs in a federated environment to normalize confidence score thresholds applied by those hubs and improve search results obtained therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Alexander T. Bentley, Soma Shekar Naganna, Scott Schumacher, Shweta Shandilya
  • Publication number: 20160147885
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provides methods, computer program products, and systems for normalizing confidence score thresholds across systems in a federated environment. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to calculate normalization factors for participating hubs in a federated environment to normalize confidence score thresholds applied by those hubs and improve search results obtained therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Alexander T. Bentley, Soma Shekar Naganna, Scott Schumacher, Shweta Shandilya