Patents by Inventor Benjamin Indyk

Benjamin Indyk 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: 20180032890
    Abstract: A method and system improves content searching in a question and answer customer support system by using a crowd-machine learning hybrid predictive model, according to one embodiment. The question and answer customer support system determines which customer support content to provide to users by using the hybrid predictive model, according to one embodiment. The question and answer customer support system receives a search query from a user and applies the search query (or a representation of the search query) to the hybrid predictive model, according to one embodiment. The hybrid predictive model generates a likelihood that particular customer support content is relevant to a user's search query, according to one embodiment. The question and answer customer support system acquires user feedback from users and updates/trains the hybrid predictive model based on the user feedback, according to one embodiment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Igor A. Podgorny, Benjamin Indyk, Matthew Cannon, Jonathan Guidry, Irene F. Ma
  • Patent number: 9818406
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for adjusting user experience of a software application based on paralinguistic information. One embodiment presented herein includes a computer-implemented method for adjusting a user experience of a software application. The method comprises receiving, at a computing device, an audio stream comprising audio of a user. The method further comprises analyzing the audio stream for paralinguistic information to determine an attribute of the user. The method further comprises identifying content of the audio stream. The method further comprises determining one or more actions based on the content of the audio stream. The method further comprises selecting at least one of the one or more actions based on the attribute of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Raymond Chan, Igor A. Podgorny, Benjamin Indyk
  • Publication number: 20170235789
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for dynamically personalizing application content presented to a user based on “voice-of-customer” feedback, in real-time. As described, the user may provide voice-of-customer feedback characterizing an initial selection of application content presented to the user may be evaluated to identify a set of topics referenced by the voice-of-customer feedback. Keywords associated with the identified topics may be used to enhance the selection of application content presented to the user. For example, keywords associated with the identified topics may be added to an initial search query composed by the user. Doing so can improve the relevance or helpfulness of information content or software interfaces identified using the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Igor A. PODGORNY, Warren BARTOLOME, Kelvin HUNG, Benjamin INDYK
  • Publication number: 20110131520
    Abstract: A system and a method transfer media content from a mobile device to a home network. A media application on the mobile device may be enabled to share media content with rendering devices in the home network. A user may enable and disable transfer of the media content from the media application to a target rendering device. Further, the media application may indicate visually the target rendering device and whether the media content is currently being transferred. Still further, the user may select a new target rendering device. Moreover, the media application may indicate network errors or other problems which may prevent the rendering of the media content and may enable the user to correct the network errors or the other problems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Osama Al-Shaykh, Dann Wilkens, Benjamin Indyk