Patents by Inventor Andrew J. KERR

Andrew J. KERR 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).

  • Method, computer program product and system for enabling personalized recommendations using intelligent dialog
    Patent number: 11321759
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a recommendation are disclosed. A method includes: presenting a first question via a user interface; receiving a response to the first question via the user interface; determining a second question using the received response to the first question and a weighted collection of attributes corresponding to a plurality of items; presenting the determined second question via the user interface; receiving a response to the second question via the user interface; determining at least one recommended item from the plurality of items based on the response to the first question, the response to the second question, and the weighted collection of attributes corresponding to the plurality of items; and presenting the determined at least one recommended item via the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Trevor S. Adams, Chaitanya Bilgikar, Andrew Guldman, Andrew J. Kerr, Ridhima Mahajan
  • PLATFORM FOR ENABLING PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS USING INTELLIGENT DIALOG
    Publication number: 20180005293
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a recommendation are disclosed. A method includes: presenting a first question via a user interface; receiving a response to the first question via the user interface; determining a second question using the received response to the first question and a weighted collection of attributes corresponding to a plurality of items; presenting the determined second question via the user interface; receiving a response to the second question via the user interface; determining at least one recommended item from the plurality of items based on the response to the first question, the response to the second question, and the weighted collection of attributes corresponding to the plurality of items; and presenting the determined at least one recommended item via the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Trevor S. ADAMS, Chaitanya BILGIKAR, Andrew GULDMAN, Andrew J. KERR, Ridhima MAHAJAN