Patents by Inventor Benny Lin

Benny Lin 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: 20230252324
    Abstract: An IP-to-Domain (IP2D) resolution system predicts which domain is most likely associated with an IP address. The resolution system generates unique source vote features (FSV) from (IP, domain, source) data. The FSV features are used to train a machine learning model that predicts which domain is most likely associated with an IP address. The domain predictions can then be used to more efficiently process events, more accurately calculate consumption scores, and more accurately detect associated company surges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Bombora, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik G. Matlick, Robert James Armstrong, Benny Lin, Nicholaus Eugene Halecky, Will Kurt, Nishann Mann, Julia Kruk
  • Publication number: 20230232052
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a content consumption monitor (CCM) that determines surges in content consumption based on changes in content consumptions scores. The CCM determines the content consumptions scores for domains and/or organizations (orgs) based on session events generated by different devices/users from the org and/or domain, a number of events generated by the org/domain, content and/or user interactions with the content indicated by the events, relevancy scores of the content to one or more topics, and/or other criteria. The CCM detects surges in consumption or interest in a topic for the domain/org when the consumption score reaches a threshold and/or within a period of time. The CCM may adjust the consumption score based on the changes in the relevancy, number of events and/or the number of users over different time periods. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: BOMBORA, INC.
    Inventors: Oleg Valentin KHAVRONIN, Benny LIN, Anthony LIVHITS, Erik Gregory MATLICK, Christian Michael BURTON, Robert James ARMSTRONG, Nicholaus E. HALECKY
  • Patent number: 11631015
    Abstract: An IP-to-Domain (IP2D) resolution system predicts which domain is most likely associated with an IP address. The resolution system generates unique source vote features (FSV) from (IP, domain, source) data. The FSV features are used to train a computer learning model that predicts which domain is most likely associated with an IP address. The domain predictions can then be used to more efficiently process events, more accurately calculate consumption scores, and more accurately detect associated company surges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Bombora, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik G. Matlick, Nicholaus Eugene Halecky, Benny Lin
  • Patent number: 11589083
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a content consumption monitor (CCM) determines surges in content consumption based on changes in content consumptions scores. The CCM determines the content consumptions scores for domains and/or organizations (orgs) based on session events generated by different devices/users from the org and/or domain, a number of events generated by the org/domain, content and/or user interactions with the content indicated by the events, relevancy scores of the content to one or more topics, and/or other criteria. The CCM detects surges in consumption or interest in a topic for the domain/org when the consumption score reaches a threshold and/or within a period of time. The CCM may adjust the consumption score based on the changes in the relevancy, number of events and/or the number of users over different time periods. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: BOMBORA, INC.
    Inventors: Oleg Valentin Khavronin, Benny Lin, Anthony Livhits, Erik Gregory Matlick, Christian Michael Burton, Robert James Armstrong
  • Patent number: 11556942
    Abstract: A content consumption monitor (CCM) generates intent data that identifies topics of real-time interest to users. The CCM uses the intent data to direct information to more interested audiences and reduce the information noise/overload that may prevent users from viewing information. This targeted information may increase user conversion rates for seminars, advertising, documents downloads, or any other activity associated with published information. In one example, the CCM generates the intent data from third party content. Using a wide variety of third party content enables the CCM to better identify current user interests. The CCM may aggregate the intent data for different demographics, such as for companies, job positions, age, gender, or geographic locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: BOMBORA, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Livhits, Cynthia Huynh, Hassan Ahmed, Benny Lin, Robert Armstrong, Erik Matlick, Mark Herschberg
  • Publication number: 20220279220
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a content consumption monitor (CCM) determines surges in content consumption based on changes in content consumptions scores. The CCM determines the content consumptions scores for domains and/or organizations (orgs) based on session events generated by different devices/users from the org and/or domain, a number of events generated by the org/domain, content and/or user interactions with the content indicated by the events, relevancy scores of the content to one or more topics, and/or other criteria. The CCM detects surges in consumption or interest in a topic for the domain/org when the consumption score reaches a threshold and/or within a period of time. The CCM may adjust the consumption score based on the changes in the relevancy, number of events and/or the number of users over different time periods. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: BOMBORA, INC.
    Inventors: Oleg Valentin KHAVRONIN, Benny LIN, Anthony LIVHITS, Erik Gregory MATLICK, Christian Michael BURTON, Robert James ARMSTRONG
  • Publication number: 20220230078
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments includes a network classification system (NCS) that generates a set of machine learning (ML) features from information about information objects accessed by various users, and determines an organization (org) type associated with the network address based on the set of ML features. Obtained network events may include the information about the accessed information objects. A content consumption monitor (CCM) generates consumption scores for the network addresses based on the identified org types. The CCM can generate more accurate intent and consumption data by filtering out events unrelated to content consumption for that org type. The NCS and the CCM may be implemented as the same network function, or the NCS and CCM may be implemented as separate network functions. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: BOMBORA, INC.
    Inventors: Erik Gregory MATLICK, Robert James ARMSTRONG, Benny LIN, Nicholaus Eugene HALECKY, Will KURT
  • Publication number: 20220188699
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a resource classification system (RCS) identifies one or more features in information objects (InObs) and uses the features to classify the InObs. The features may be based on structural semantics of the InObs, content semantics of InObs, content interaction behavior with the InObs, types of users accessing the InObs, and/or the like. The RCS may generate vectors that represent the different features. The vectors may be used to train a machine learning model to predict resource classifications of the InObs. The predicted resource classifications provide more accurate intent, consumption, and surge score predictions than existing solutions. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: BOMBORA, INC.
    Inventors: Erik G. MATLICK, Robert J. ARMSTRONG, Nicholaus E. HALECKY, Benny LIN
  • Publication number: 20220188700
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a distributed hyperparameter (HP) tuning system, which includes a manager and a plurality of trainers. The manager continuously estimates HP sets for a machine learning (ML) model and distributes each HP set to respective trainers. Each trainer obtains a respective HP set and trains a local version of the ML model using the respective HP set. Each trainer determines a performance value for an HP sets used to train its local version of the ML model, and sends the performance value and the HP set to the manager. The manager estimates a new HP set from the HP set received from each trainer. The HP set estimation continues until convergence takes place. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: BOMBORA, INC.
    Inventors: Oleg Valentin KHAVRONIN, Benny LIN, Anthony LIVHITS, Erik Gregory MATLICK, Christian Michael BURTON, Robert James ARMSTRONG
  • Publication number: 20210073661
    Abstract: An IP-to-Domain (IP2D) resolution system predicts which domain is most likely associated with an IP address. The resolution system generates unique source vote features (FSV) from (IP, domain, source) data. The FSV features are used to train a computer learning model that predicts which domain is most likely associated with an IP address. The domain predictions can then be used to more efficiently process events, more accurately calculate consumption scores, and more accurately detect associated company surges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Bombora, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik G. Matlick, Nicholaus Eugene Halecky, Benny Lin
  • Publication number: 20200410514
    Abstract: A content consumption monitor (CCM) generates intent data that identifies topics of real-time interest to users. The CCM uses the intent data to direct information to more interested audiences and reduce the information noise/overload that may prevent users from viewing information. This targeted information may increase user conversion rates for seminars, advertising, documents downloads, or any other activity associated with published information. In one example, the CCM generates the intent data from third party content. Using a wide variety of third party content enables the CCM to better identify current user interests. The CCM may aggregate the intent data for different demographics, such as for companies, job positions, age, gender, or geographic locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: BOMBORA, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony LIVHITS, Cynthia HUYNH, Hassan AHMED, Benny LIN, Robert ARMSTRONG, Erik MATLICK, Mark HERSCHBERG
  • Patent number: 10810604
    Abstract: A content consumption monitor (CCM) generates intent data that identifies topics of real-time interest to users. The CCM uses the intent data to direct information to more interested audiences and reduce the information noise/overload that may prevent users from viewing information. This targeted information may increase user conversion rates for seminars, advertising, documents downloads, or any other activity associated with published information. In one example, the CCM generates the intent data from third party content. Using a wide variety of third party content enables the CCM to better identify current user interests. The CCM may aggregate the intent data for different demographics, such as for companies, job positions, age, gender, or geographic locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: BOMBORA, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Livhits, Cynthia Huynh, Hassan Ahmed, Benny Lin, Robert Armstrong, Erik Matlick, Mark Herschberg
  • Publication number: 20190294642
    Abstract: A website classification system identifies one or more features in websites and uses the features to classify the websites. The website classification system may generate features identifying structural semantics of webpages, content semantics of webpages, content interaction behavior with the webpages, or types of users accessing the webpages. The website classification system may generate vectors that represent the different features. A first set of vectors from classified websites are used for training a computer learning model. Vectors from unclassified websites are then fed into the trained learning model to predict a particular website classification. The predicted website classifications provide more accurate intent, consumption, and surge score predictions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Erik G. Matlick, Robert J. Armstrong, Nicholaus Eugene Halecky, Benny Lin
  • Publication number: 20190050874
    Abstract: A content consumption monitor (CCM) receives events identifying how and when users access content. The CCM may identify internet protocol (IP) addresses associated with the events and determine types of establishments associated with the IP addresses based on how the users access the content at the IP addresses. The CCM may generate consumption scores for the IP addresses based on the identified types of establishments. For example, the CCM can generate consumption scores for IP addresses associated with private business locations. The CCM can generate more accurate intent and consumption data by filtering out events unrelated to company content consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Erik Gregory MATLICK, Robert James ARMSTRONG, Benny LIN, Nicholaus Eugene HALECKY, Will KURT
  • Publication number: 20180174163
    Abstract: A content consumption monitor (CCM) generates intent data that identifies topics of real-time interest to users. The CCM uses the intent data to direct information to more interested audiences and reduce the information noise/overload that may prevent users from viewing information. This targeted information may increase user conversion rates for seminars, advertising, documents downloads, or any other activity associated with published information. In one example, the CCM generates the intent data from third party content. Using a wide variety of third party content enables the CCM to better identify current user interests. The CCM may aggregate the intent data for different demographics, such as for companies, job positions, age, gender, or geographic locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Anthony LIVHITS, Cynthia HUYNH, Hassan AHMED, Benny LIN, Robert ARMSTRONG, Erik MATLICK, Mark HERSCHBERG
  • Patent number: 9940634
    Abstract: A content consumption monitor (CCM) generates intent data that identifies topics of real-time interest to users. The CCM uses the intent data to direct information to more interested audiences and reduce the information noise/overload that may prevent users from viewing information. This targeted information may increase user conversion rates for seminars, advertising, documents downloads, or any other activity associated with published information. In one example, the CCM generates the intent data from third party content. Using a wide variety of third party content enables the CCM to better identify current user interests. The CCM may aggregate the intent data for different demographics, such as for companies, job positions, age, gender, or geographic locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: BOMBORA, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Livhits, Cynthia Huynh, Hassan Ahmed, Benny Lin, Robert Armstrong, Erik Matlick, Mark Herschberg
  • Publication number: 20170364931
    Abstract: A distributed model generation system includes a master node that estimates parameter sets for a topic classification (TC) model. The estimated parameter sets are loaded into a queue. Multiple training nodes download the estimated parameter sets from the queue for training associated TC models. The training nodes generate model performance values for the trained TC models and send the model performance values back to the master node. The master node uses the model performance values and the associated parameter sets to estimate additional TC model parameter sets. The master node estimates new parameter sets until a desired model performance value is obtained. The master node may use a Bayesian optimization to more efficiently estimate the parameter sets and may distribute the high processing demands of model training and testing operations to the training nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Oleg Valentin Khavronin, Benny Lin, Anthony Livhits, Erik Gregory Matlick, Christian Michael Burton, Robert James Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20160132906
    Abstract: A content consumption monitor (CCM) identifies events from a domain, a number of the events, content associated with the events, and a relevancy of the content to a topic. The CCM may generate a consumption score for the domain and topic based on the number of events and the relevancy of the content to the topic. The CCM may identify domain surges for the topic when the consumption score reaches a threshold. The CCM may adjust the consumption score based on the changes in the relevancy, number of events and/or the number of users over different time periods. The consumption scores not only identify companies interested in different topics but also identifies consumption surges that indicate when the companies are most receptive to direct contacts regarding those topics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: Bombora, Inc.
    Inventors: Oleg Valentin KHAVRONIN, Benny LIN, Anthony LIVHITS, Erik Gregory MATLICK, Christian Michael BURTON, Robert James ARMSTRONG
  • Publication number: 20110188252
    Abstract: A lamp has a casing, a heat sink, a thermal tape, an LED module, two cables, a convex lens and a mounting collar. The heat sink, thermal tape and LED module are mounted in the casing. The cables are connected to the LED module and each cable has a stationary cable section, a detachable cable section and a cable connector assembly. The cable connector assembly is mounted between the stationary and detachable cable sections and selectively detaches the detachable cable section from the stationary cable section. The convex lens and mounted collar are mounted in the casing. The cable connector assembly facilitates the replacement of the LED module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventor: Benny Lin
  • Patent number: D641504
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Inventor: Benny Lin