Patents by Inventor Barry G. Becker

Barry G. Becker 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: 10795566
    Abstract: An apparatus has an input configured to obtain various categories of naïve Bayes model data, and a formatter operatively coupled with the input. The formatter is configured to generate a format for displaying the naïve Bayes model data on a display device. The apparatus also has a displayer operatively coupled with the formatter. The displayer is configured to display the naïve Bayes model data in a two dimensional manner in the format on the display device. In addition, the displayer also is configured to display a navigation tool for maneuvering the displayed naïve Bayes model data on the display device when the displayed naïve Bayes model data is too wide to display on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Mineset, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc David Hansen, Barry G. Becker
  • Patent number: 6460049
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product visualizes the structure of an evidence classifier. An evidence inducer generates an evidence classifier based on a training set of labeled records. A mapping module generates visualization data files. An evidence visualization tool uses the visualization data files to display an evidence pane and/or a label probability pane. A first evidence pane display view shows a normalized conditional probability of each label value, for each attribute value. The first evidence pane display view can be a plurality of rows of pie charts. Each pie slice in a pie chart has a size which is a function of the normalized conditional probability of each label value for the respective attribute value. For each pie chart, the mapping module maps a height that is a function of the number of records in the training set associated with the evidence classifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry G. Becker, Ron Kohavi, Daniel A. Sommerfield, Joel D. Tesler
  • Patent number: 6301579
    Abstract: A data structure visualization tool visualizes a data structure such as a decision table classifier. A data file based on a data set of relational data is stored as a relational table, where each row represents an aggregate of all the records for each combination of values of the attributes used. Once loaded into memory, an inducer is used to construct a hierarchy of levels, called a decision table classifier, where each successive level in the hierarchy has two fewer attributes. Besides a column for each attribute, there is a column for the record count (or more generally, sum of record weights), and a column containing a vector of probabilities (each probability gives the proportion of records in each class). Finally, at the top-most level, a single row represents all the data. The decision table classifier is then passed to the visualization tool for display and the decision table classifier is visualized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Inventor: Barry G. Becker
  • Patent number: 5930803
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product visualizes the structure of an evidence classifier. An evidence inducer generates an evidence classifier based on a training set of labeled records. A mapping module generates visualization data files. An evidence visualization tool uses the visualization data files to display an evidence pane and/or a label probability pane. A first evidence pane display view shows a normalized conditional probability of each label value, for each attribute value. The first evidence pane display view can be a plurality of rows of pie charts. Each pie slice in a pie chart has a size which is a function of the normalized conditional probability of each label value for the respective attribute value. A second evidence pane display view shows relative conditional probabilities of a selected label value, for each attribute value. The second evidence pane display view can be a plurality of rows of bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry G. Becker, Ron Kohavi, Daniel A. Sommerfield, Joel D. Tesler