Patents by Inventor Beth Anne M. Collopy

Beth Anne M. Collopy 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).

  • Question-answering system
    Patent number: 10255546
    Abstract: A computer program product and method provides a question and answer service that accepts an initial first question from a user and analyzes the question by a first generation subsystem to generate a first answer. A second generation subsystem of the question and answer service is configured to generate a second question based at least in-part on keywords from the first question and the first answer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mariana Alupului, Andrea L. Ames, Beth Anne M. Collopy, Joseph F. Pesot, Robert Pierce, David C. Steinmetz
  • QUESTION-ANSWERING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180129928
    Abstract: A computer program product and method provides a question and answer service that accepts an initial first question from a user and analyzes the question by a first generation subsystem to generate a first answer. A second generation subsystem of the question and answer service is configured to generate a second question based at least in-part on keywords from the first question and the first answer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Mariana Alupului, Andrea L. Ames, Beth Anne M. Collopy, Joseph F. Pesot, Robert Pierce, David C. Steinmetz
  • Question-answering system
    Patent number: 9946968
    Abstract: A computer program product and method provides a question and answer service that accepts an initial first question from a user and analyzes the question by a first generation subsystem to generate a first answer. A second generation subsystem of the question and answer service is configured to generate a second question based at least in-part on keywords from the first question and the first answer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mariana Alupului, Andrea L. Ames, Beth Anne M. Collopy, Joseph F. Pesot, Robert Pierce, David C. Steinmetz
  • QUESTION-ANSWERING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170213124
    Abstract: A computer program product and method provides a question and answer service that accepts an initial first question from a user and analyzes the question by a first generation subsystem to generate a first answer. A second generation subsystem of the question and answer service is configured to generate a second question based at least in-part on keywords from the first question and the first answer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Mariana Alupului, Andrea L. Ames, Beth Anne M. Collopy, Joseph F. Pesot, Robert Pierce, David C. Steinmetz
  • Question-answering system
    Patent number: 9471668
    Abstract: A computer program product and method provides a question and answer service that accepts an initial first question from a user and analyzes the question by a first generation subsystem to generate a first answer. A second generation subsystem of the question and answer service is configured to generate a second question based at least in-part on keywords from the first question and the first answer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mariana Alupului, Andrea L. Ames, Beth Anne M. Collopy, Joseph F. Pesot, Robert Pierce, David C. Steinmetz
  • ENSURING VALIDITY OF THE BOOKMARK REFERENCE IN A COLLABORATIVE BOOKMARKING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130230248
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for ensuring that the tags accurately describe a resource referenced by a bookmark in a collaborative bookmarking system. A user bookmarking an Internet resource that is referenced by a bookmark is detected. The user provides a description of the bookmark in the form of metadata, which includes tags, to be associated with the bookmark. The Internet resource is analyzed to determine its meaning. A second user bookmarking the same Internet resource that is referenced by the bookmark is detected. The second user provides a description of the bookmark in the form of metadata, which includes tags. The Internet resource is analyzed a second time to determine its meaning If the relatedness of these meanings is beyond a threshold limit, then the original bookmark metadata is invalidated and the invalidated tags are replaced with the tags provided by the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael G. Alexander, Paul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Beth Anne M. Collopy, Robert E. Loredo