Patents by Inventor Andrew J. Lavery

Andrew J. Lavery 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: 20240094331
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for dynamic performance enhancement of radio frequency (RF) based systems. A system implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes a waveform decoder configured to perform message decoding operations on a received RF signal waveform and to provide a decoding validation result for the message decoding operations. The system also includes a waveform attribute analyzer configured to analyze physical characteristics of the received RF signal waveform and to provide an attribute validation result for the physical characteristics. The system further includes a statistics analyzer configured to generate a statistic based on the decoding validation results and the attribute validation results and a thresholding system configured to generate anomaly detection based on a comparison of the generated statistic to a threshold value. In some embodiments, the RF signal waveform is an Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponder waveform or an IFF interrogator waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew E. Klappert, Robert F. Saracino, Richard J. Lavery, David C. Ringlen, Robert C. Bonino
  • Publication number: 20230376521
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for prioritizing items in a document to present to a user computing device. A natural language processor (NLP) is used to determine NLP items in a selected document to present to a reviewing user. The NLP items in the selected document have content to review to correct for errors. A determination is made of an attribute value for the selected document. A determination is made of user interactions with the NLP items in the selected document having the determined attribute value. An order is determined to present the NLP items in the selected document to present to the reviewing user to correct based on the determined user interactions. The selected document, with the determined NLP items presented in the determined order for the reviewing user to review and correct, is transmitted to a computing device of the reviewing user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Eric L. Erpenbach, Andrew J. Lavery, Richard J. Stevens, Fernando J. Suarez Saiz
  • Patent number: 11782967
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for determining user interactions with natural language processor (NLP) items in documents to determine priorities to present NLP items in documents to review. Information is received on user interactions with natural language processing (NLP) items in documents presented at least one computing device. Indication is made in a database of user interaction information on the user interactions with the NLP items indicated in the received transmitted information. The user interaction information in the database providing interaction information for NLP items in the selected document is used to determine an order of the NLP items in the selected document. Content of the NLP items in the selected document is transmitted to present to a reviewing user at a reviewing computing device in the determined order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric L. Erpenbach, Andrew J. Lavery, Richard J. Stevens, Fernando J. Suarez Saiz
  • Patent number: 11762897
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for determining user interactions with natural language processor (NLP) items in documents to determine priorities to present NLP items in documents to review. Information is received on user interactions with natural language processing (NLP) items in documents presented at least one computing device. Indication is made in a database of user interaction information on the user interactions with the NLP items indicated in the received transmitted information. The user interaction information in the database providing interaction information for NLP items in the selected document is used to determine an order of the NLP items in the selected document. Content of the NLP items in the selected document is transmitted to present to a reviewing user at a reviewing computing device in the determined order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric L. Erpenbach, Andrew J. Lavery, Richard J. Stevens, Fernando J. Suarez Saiz
  • Patent number: 11763234
    Abstract: An event at a location is identified. An event risk of the event can be calculated based on risk characteristics of both the location of the event (“location risk characteristics”) and the event itself (“personnel risk characteristics”). Location risk characteristics can include a visitor history of the location. Personnel risk characteristics can be based on attendees of the event, such as a number of attendees. The overall event risk, once calculated, can be compared to a threshold. Depending on the comparison, a risk mitigation policy can be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shunguo Yan, Su Liu, Andrew J. Lavery
  • Patent number: 11755822
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include a computer-implemented method for generating promise identifiers for documents. Aspects include processing a document including a reference, wherein processing includes performing natural language processing (NLP) the document, and identifying the reference included in the document. Aspects also include generating a promise identifier for the reference in the document, and responsive to processing the document, resolving the promise identifier for the reference by providing data of the reference associated with the promise identifier. Aspects of the invention also include a computer program product and system for generating promise identifiers for documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew J. Lavery, Scott Carrier, Paul Joseph Hake, Igor S. Ramos
  • Patent number: 11693526
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for modifying a user interface. Attributes of a source object identified by a user in connection with a user input for storing the source object are determined. Attributes of one or more target storage locations are determined. A target storage location for storing the source object is predicted, along with a confidence value associated with the prediction. The prediction is made using a machine learning model that predicts the predicted target storage location and associated confidence value based on the determined attributes of the source object. A plurality of target storage location usage patterns are determined. The user interface is modified based on the predicted target storage location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew J Lavery, James Lee Lentz, Shunguo Yan
  • Publication number: 20230106058
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a processing device, a natural language query corresponding to a request to create a document having a tabular structure, identifying, by the processing device, one or more attribute categories pertaining to the document, converting, by the processing device, the natural language query into a data access query for accessing at least one external data source, retrieving, by the processing device from the at least one external data source, a plurality of data items corresponding to the one or more attribute categories, and generating, by the processing device, the document by populating each cell of a plurality of cells of the document with a respective data item of the plurality of data items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew J. Lavery, Earl J. Wagner, Matthew Albright
  • Publication number: 20230094042
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a processing device from a client device associated with a user, a natural language query corresponding to a request to create, for the user, a personalized document having a tabular structure, determining, by the processing device, one or more attribute categories pertaining to the personalized document, identifying, by the processing device, at least one external data source including at least one subjective data source related to the user, retrieving, by the processing device from the at least one external data source, data items indicative of the one or more attribute categories, and generating, by the processing device, the personalized document for the user by populating each cell of the personalized document with a respective data item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew J. Lavery, Earl J. Wagner, Matthew Albright
  • Publication number: 20230094877
    Abstract: A method includes identifying, by a processing device, a document having a tabular structure including cells. The document is associated with a set of update controls for automatically updating content in at least one cell of the cells. The method further includes detecting, by the processing device and based on the set of update controls, an event triggering an automated update of the content in the at least one cell, and responsive to detecting the event, obtaining, by the processing device, data from at least one external data source in accordance with the set of update controls, and causing, by the processing device, the content in the at least one cell to be updated based on the data from the at least one external data source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew J. Lavery, Earl J. Wagner, Matthew Albright
  • Patent number: 11520972
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include resolving future reference identifiers for documents. Aspects of the invention include processing a document including a reference to a future event, wherein processing includes performing natural language processing (NLP) on the document, and identifying the reference to the future event included in the document. Aspects of the invention also include generating a future reference identifier for the reference to the future event, and responsive to processing an occurrence of the future event, resolving the future reference identifier by providing data from a subsequent document for the future event associated with the future reference identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew J Lavery, Scott Carrier, Paul Joseph Hake, Igor S. Ramos
  • Publication number: 20220189642
    Abstract: A processor may receive congregation data. The congregation data may be associated with a particular area. The processor may analyze the congregation data. The processor may generate a social movement model of the particular area. The processor may generate one or more routes from a first location to a second location in the particular area based on the social movement model. The one or more routes may reduce the level of exposure to an infectious disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Shunguo Yan, Andrew J. Lavery, Su Liu, Jonathan D. Dunne
  • Patent number: 11358031
    Abstract: A system assists a user to traverse a structure. A safety device includes a sensor assembly to detect positions of a user along a travel path for a structure, wherein the travel path includes a plurality of attachment points to secure the user to the structure via one or more lines, a motion assembly to move the safety device along the travel path based on the detected positions of the user, wherein the motion assembly maintains a threshold distance from the user, and a coupling mechanism to couple the one or more lines to one or more of the attachment points encountered along the travel path. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for assisting a user to traverse a structure in substantially the same manner described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Dickenson, Igor S. Ramos, Andrew J. Lavery
  • Publication number: 20220179932
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for modifying a user interface. Attributes of a source object identified by a user in connection with a user input for storing the source object are determined. Attributes of one or more target storage locations are determined. A target storage location for storing the source object is predicted, along with a confidence value associated with the prediction. The prediction is made using a machine learning model that predicts the predicted target storage location and associated confidence value based on the determined attributes of the source object. A plurality of target storage location usage patterns are determined. The user interface is modified based on the predicted target storage location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew J Lavery, James Lee Lentz, Shunguo Yan
  • Patent number: 11347928
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include detecting and processing sections spanning processed document partitions by caching a document partition. The document partition includes metadata indicating that the document partition is a portion of a whole document. Aspects also include pairing a candidate paragraph from the document partition with a cached paragraph segment and determining, using a coherence model, a probability that the candidate paragraph and the cached paragraph segment constitute a semantically coherent paragraph. Aspects further include discarding the cached paragraph segment and processing the candidate paragraph and the cached paragraph segment separately based on a determination that the probability is less than a threshold level and processing the candidate paragraph and the cached paragraph segment together as a cross-partition paragraph based on a determination that the probability is greater than the threshold level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew J Lavery, Igor S. Ramos, Paul Joseph Hake, Scott Carrier
  • Patent number: 11314801
    Abstract: Partial-image search criteria are derived that include a combination of multiple partial-image user selections of portions of at least one image. Visual search results are returned responsive to a search for images that correspond to the derived partial-image search criteria. The visual search results include at least one identified image that includes features that correspond to the derived partial-image search criteria that include the combination of the multiple partial-image user selections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Wayfair LLC
    Inventors: Kimberly H. Cady, Scott B. Greer, Andrew J. Lavery, Sarah R. Plantenberg
  • Publication number: 20220083932
    Abstract: An event at a location is identified. An event risk of the event can be calculated based on risk characteristics of both the location of the event (“location risk characteristics”) and the event itself (“personnel risk characteristics”). Location risk characteristics can include a visitor history of the location. Personnel risk characteristics can be based on attendees of the event, such as a number of attendees. The overall event risk, once calculated, can be compared to a threshold. Depending on the comparison, a risk mitigation policy can be implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Shunguo Yan, Su Liu, Andrew J. Lavery
  • Publication number: 20220043968
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include resolving future reference identifiers for documents. Aspects of the invention include processing a document including a reference to a future event, wherein processing includes performing natural language processing (NLP) on the document, and identifying the reference to the future event included in the document. Aspects of the invention also include generating a future reference identifier for the reference to the future event, and responsive to processing an occurrence of the future event, resolving the future reference identifier by providing data from a subsequent document for the future event associated with the future reference identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew J Lavery, Scott Carrier, Paul Joseph Hake, Igor S. Ramos
  • Publication number: 20220043967
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include a computer-implemented method for generating promise identifiers for documents. Aspects include processing a document including a reference, wherein processing includes performing natural language processing (NLP) the document, and identifying the reference included in the document. Aspects also include generating a promise identifier for the reference in the document, and responsive to processing the document, resolving the promise identifier for the reference by providing data of the reference associated with the promise identifier. Aspects of the invention also include a computer program product and system for generating promise identifiers for documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew J. Lavery, Scott Carrier, Paul Joseph Hake, Igor S. Ramos
  • Publication number: 20220036060
    Abstract: An image of a financial instrument can be received and analyzed. One or more properties of the financial instrument can be determined based on the image. A uniqueness rating of the financial instrument can be determined based on the property or properties. Terms of the financial instrument are identified, and the financial instrument and identified terms are recorded in a digital storage base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Igor S. Ramos, Marc Dickenson, Andrew J. Lavery