Patents by Inventor Alfredo Alba

Alfredo Alba 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).

  • Publication number: 20200151810
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes receiving a request to perform an action associated with a virtual monetary account, applying one or more rules associated with the virtual monetary account to one or more characteristics of the request, and conditionally implementing the request, based on results of the applying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel F. Gruhl, Christian B. Kau, Chad E. DeLuca, Anna Lisa Gentile, Alfredo Alba, Linda H. Kato, Steven R. Welch
  • Publication number: 20200097597
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method for on-demand relation extraction from unstructured text that includes obtaining a text corpus of domain related unstructured text. Representations of the unstructured text that capture entity-specific syntactic knowledge are created. Initial user seeds of informative examples containing relations are received. Extraction models in a neural network are trained using the initial user seeds. Performance information and a confidence score are provided for each prediction for each extraction model. A next batch of informative examples are identified for annotation from the text corpus based on training a neural network classifier on a pool of labeled informative examples. Stopping criteria is determined based on differences of the performance information and the confidence score in relation to parameters for each extraction model. Based on the stopping criteria, it is determined whether to retrain a particular extraction model after the informative examples have been labeled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Ismini Lourentzou, Anna Lisa Gentile, Daniel Gruhl, Alfredo Alba, Chris Kau, Chad DeLuca, Linda Kato, Petar Ristoski, Steven R. Welch
  • Publication number: 20200099517
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a system, program product, and method for use with a physical computing device to process a data access request. The associated data is encrypted with a key pair that includes both a persistent key and a transient key. Both keys require authentication to access the requested data. The transient key is subject to real-time monitoring, with changes in situational data selectively affecting the validity of the transient key, and selectively changing the physical state of the physical computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chad DeLuca, Daniel Gruhl, Linda Kato, Cartic Ramakrishnan, Chris Kau, Alfredo Alba
  • Publication number: 20200097602
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method that includes determining candidate ontologies for alignment from multiple available knowledge bases. An initial target ontology is selected from the candidate ontologies and correcting the initial selected ontology with received refinement input. Concepts in the selected initial ontology are aligned with concepts of the target ontology using a deep learning hierarchical classification with received review input. A user is assisted to build, change and grow the selected initial ontology exploiting both the target ontology and new facts extracted from unstructured data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Petar Ristoski, Anna Lisa Gentile, Daniel Gruhl, Alfredo Alba, Chris Kau, Chad DeLuca, Linda Kato, Ismini Lourentzou, Steven R. Welch
  • Publication number: 20200084171
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a system, program product, and method for use with an intelligent (AI) computer platform to process and physically convey a notification to a physical medium. In response to receipt, a notification is processed against a hierarchical arrangement of categories. The notification is processed in real-time, including translation of the notification with respect to a tier in the hierarchy. A delivery mechanism and associated instruction is dynamically determined, which includes adaptively assigning the translated notification together with a delivery instruction to a destination device. A physical medium and associated physical device are identified, and the notification is physically conveyed to the physical device across the physical medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Gruhl, Chris Kau, Linda Kato, Alfredo Alba, Chad DeLuca
  • Publication number: 20200019608
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method for relevant language-independent terminology extraction from content, the method including extracting lexicon items from the content based on context extraction patterns using statistical processing. Feedback on the extracted lexicon items is received to automatically tune scores and thresholds for the context extraction patterns. Available Linked Data is leveraged for a bootstrap source. The relevant language-independent terminology extraction is bootstrapped using the bootstrap source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Anna Lisa Gentile, Daniel Gruhl, Petar Ristoski, Steven R. Welch, Alfredo Alba, Chris Kau, Chad DeLuca, Linda Kato
  • Publication number: 20190377740
    Abstract: Influencers (individuals or groups) over a selected audience (observers or recipients of information, objects and/or events) on a given topic are measured based on influence features, which include a sentiment flipping influence feature indicative of ability of an audience member to influence other audience members to change their sentiment on the selected topic. Other influence features include the ability to influence others: to change followership; to express interest in a topic associated with a hashtag pioneered by the influencer, based on the effectiveness and phrasing of language used. The output of the influence engine can be a score representing the relative influence of audience members over the audience on the topic of interest. Influencers may be ranked according to their total influence score over the audience on the topic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Alfredo Alba, Clemens Drews, Daniel Gruhl, Neal R. Lewis, Pablo N. Mendes, Meenakshi Nagarajan, CARTIC RAMAKRISHNAN
  • Patent number: 10430422
    Abstract: Influencers (individuals or groups) over a selected audience (observers or recipients of information, objects and/or events) on a given topic are measured based on influence features, which include a sentiment flipping influence feature indicative of ability of an audience member to influence other audience members to change their sentiment on the selected topic. Other influence features include the ability to influence others: to change followership; to express interest in a topic associated with a hashtag pioneered by the influencer, based on the effectiveness and phrasing of language used. The output of the influence engine can be a score representing the relative influence of audience members over the audience on the topic of interest. Influencers may be ranked according to their total influence score over the audience on the topic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alfredo Alba, Clemens Drews, Daniel Gruhl, Neal R. Lewis, Pablo N. Mendes, Meenakshi Nagarajan, Cartic Ramakrishnan
  • Publication number: 20190155908
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for disambiguating meaning of terms. A natural language processing system obtains a first corpora of words used in a first sense and a second corpora of the same words that are used in a second sense. Each of these corpora of words may be associated with different linguistic domains. The natural language processing system generates a first and a second set of patterns using both the first and second corpora of words, respectively. A question passage is then received by the natural language processing system. The natural language processing system examines a word of interest in the question passage. The user is then notified that the word of interest is being used in the first sense or the second sense in response to identifying the word of interest in only the first set of patterns or the second set of patterns, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Alfredo Alba, Clemens Drews, Daniel F. Gruhl, Linda H. Kato, Christian B. Kau, Neal R. Lewis, Pablo N. Mendes, Meenakshi Nagarajan, Cartic Ramakrishnan
  • Patent number: 10255271
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for disambiguating meaning of terms. A natural language processing system obtains a first corpora of words used in a first sense and a second corpora of the same words that are used in a second sense. Each of these corpora of words may be associated with different linguistic domains. The natural language processing system generates a first and a second set of patterns using both the first and second corpora of words, respectively. A question passage is then received by the natural language processing system. The natural language processing system examines a word of interest in the question passage. The user is then notified that the word of interest is being used in the first sense or the second sense in response to identifying the word of interest in only the first set of patterns or the second set of patterns, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alfredo Alba, Clemens Drews, Daniel F. Gruhl, Linda H. Kato, Christian B. Kau, Neal R. Lewis, Pablo N. Mendes, Meenakshi Nagarajan, Cartic Ramakrishnan
  • Patent number: 10176164
    Abstract: A method comprising receiving an item via a computer input device, comparing the item to a plurality of lexicons using a processor, and determining, using the processor and based upon the comparison, that the item is part of a fragment matching at least one of the plurality of lexicons. The method also comprises storing, using the processor, the fragment in a section of a document determined based on the at least one of the plurality of lexicons, and receiving at least one other item via the computer input device after the fragment is stored in the section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alfredo Alba, Anni R. Coden, Clemens Drews, Daniel F. Gruhl, Neal R. Lewis, Pablo N. Mendes, Cartic Ramakrishnan, Joseph F. Terdiman
  • Patent number: 10176889
    Abstract: A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to receive a document having multiple section headers, segment the document into at least first and second sections based on the section headers, segment items in the first section into fragments and identify a section type for each of the fragments, determine that the identified section type for at least one of the fragments better matches a type of the second section than it matches a type of the first section, and re-locate the at least one of the fragments to the second section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alfredo Alba, Anni R. Coden, Clemens Drews, Daniel F. Gruhl, Neal R. Lewis, Pablo N. Mendes, Cartic Ramakrishnan, Joseph F. Terdiman
  • Patent number: 10176890
    Abstract: A method comprising receiving a document having multiple sections of different types using a processor. The method also comprises obtaining a plurality of lexicons using the processor, each of the lexicons for interpreting fragments in one or more of the section types. The method further comprises interpreting fragments in a first section of the multiple sections using the processor and one or more lexicons. The method still further comprises determining, based upon the interpretation and using the processor, that a fragment in the first section is misplaced. The method still further comprises re-locating, using the processor, the misplaced fragment to a second section of the multiple sections in the document to generate a re-organized document. The method additionally includes storing the re-organized document in a hardware storage system using the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alfredo Alba, Anni R. Coden, Clemens Drews, Daniel F. Gruhl, Neal R. Lewis, Pablo N. Mendes, Cartic Ramakrishnan, Joseph F. Terdiman
  • Patent number: 10169325
    Abstract: A system, comprising an input device configured to receive a first item and a second item, and a processor communicably coupled to the input device and configured to determine that the first item is a fragment matching a lexicon, and place the fragment in a section of a document, the section selected based on the matching lexicon, wherein the processor is configured to perform the determination and the placement after it receives the first item but before it receives the second item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alfredo Alba, Anni R. Coden, Clemens Drews, Daniel F. Gruhl, Neal R. Lewis, Pablo N. Mendes, Cartic Ramakrishnan, Joseph F. Terdiman
  • Publication number: 20180373691
    Abstract: At least some embodiments are directed to a computer-implemented method that comprises receiving original input text that includes a term, comparing a definition of the term to definitions of multiple candidate replacement terms to generate a set of candidate replacement terms, and substituting each of the candidate replacement terms in the set for the term in the original input text to produce a plurality of modified input texts. The method also comprises determining the grammatical accuracy of each of the plurality of modified input texts, comparing meanings of the modified input texts to a meaning of the original input text, and modifying the set of candidate replacement terms based on the determinations of grammatical accuracy and the comparisons of the meanings. The method still further comprises ranking the modified set of candidate replacement terms using one or more criteria, and displaying the ranking on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Alfredo ALBA, Clemens DREWS, Daniel F. GRUHL, Christian B. KAU, Neal R. LEWIS, Pablo N. MENDES, Meenakshi NAGARAJAN, Cartic RAMAKRISHNAN
  • Publication number: 20180285762
    Abstract: One embodiment provides generating a similarity matrix corresponding to an input collection including initializing, by a processor, a working set as a collection of a multiple items. Until the similarity matrix converges: receiving a seed for similarity for at least one pair of items of the multiple items, and obtaining a similarity value for all other item pairs using a Naive Triangle Inequality process. The similarity is generated with obtained similarity values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Alfredo Alba, Kenneth L. Clarkson, Clemens Drews, Ronald Fagin, Daniel F. Gruhl, Neal R. Lewis, Pablo N. Mendes, Meenakshi Nagarajan, Cartic Ramakrishnan
  • Publication number: 20180260460
    Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to analytics engine selection management. A set of reference data may be ingested by a first analytics engine to compile a first set of characteristic data. The set of reference data may be ingested by a second analytics engine to compile a second set of characteristic data. The first set of characteristic data may be compiled for the first analytics engine. The second set of characteristic data may be compiled for the second analytics engine. A set of distinct attributes related to the first and second analytics engines may be determined based on the first and second sets of characteristic data. An analytics engine selection operation may be executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Alfredo Alba, Clemens Drews, Daniel F. Gruhl, Linda H. Kato, Christian B. Kau, Neal R. Lewis, Pablo N. Mendes, Meenakshi Nagarajan, Cartic Ramakrishnan
  • Publication number: 20180260459
    Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to analytics engine selection management. A set of reference data may be ingested by a first analytics engine to compile a first set of characteristic data. The set of reference data may be ingested by a second analytics engine to compile a second set of characteristic data. The first set of characteristic data may be compiled for the first analytics engine. The second set of characteristic data may be compiled for the second analytics engine. A set of distinct attributes related to the first and second analytics engines may be determined based on the first and second sets of characteristic data. An analytics engine selection operation may be executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Alfredo Alba, Clemens Drews, Daniel F. Gruhl, Linda H. Kato, Christian B. Kau, Neal R. Lewis, Pablo N. Mendes, Meenakshi Nagarajan, Cartic Ramakrishnan
  • Publication number: 20180225278
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for disambiguating meaning of terms. A natural language processing system obtains a first corpora of words used in a first sense and a second corpora of the same words that are used in a second sense. Each of these corpora of words may be associated with different linguistic domains. The natural language processing system generates a first and a second set of patterns using both the first and second corpora of words, respectively. A question passage is then received by the natural language processing system. The natural language processing system examines a word of interest in the question passage. The user is then notified that the word of interest is being used in the first sense or the second sense in response to identifying the word of interest in only the first set of patterns or the second set of patterns, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Alfredo Alba, Clemens Drews, Daniel F. Gruhl, Linda H. Kato, Christian B. Kau, Neal R. Lewis, Pablo N. Mendes, Meenakshi Nagarajan, Cartic Ramakrishnan
  • Publication number: 20180225277
    Abstract: A method comprising receiving an item via a computer input device, comparing the item to a plurality of lexicons using a processor, and determining, using the processor and based upon the comparison, that the item is part of a fragment matching at least one of the plurality of lexicons. The method also comprises storing, using the processor, the fragment in a section of a document determined based on the at least one of the plurality of lexicons, and receiving at least one other item via the computer input device after the fragment is stored in the section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Alfredo ALBA, Anni R. CODEN, Clemens DREWS, Daniel F. GRUHL, Neal R. LEWIS, Pablo N. MENDES, Cartic RAMAKRISHNAN, Joseph F. TERDIMAN