Patents by Inventor Carla Quinn

Carla Quinn 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).

  • Detecting and mitigating bias in natural language processing
    Patent number: 11657226
    Abstract: An embodiment for detecting and mitigating bias is provided. The embodiment may include receiving real-world data from a database. The embodiment may also include creating an inverted index from the real-world data. The embodiment may further include analyzing words in the inverted index. The analyzation may identify a plurality of categories in the real-world data. The embodiment may also include generating a structure template containing various entities within each category of the plurality of categories. The embodiment may further include receiving a test record of the structure template. The embodiment may also include providing alternative entities in the test record where bias is likely to occur. The embodiment may further include storing the test record. The embodiment may also include in response to determining bias exists, indicating a corrective action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Carla Quinn, Keith Goode, Mayo Takeuchi, John Handy Bosma
  • DETECTING AND MITIGATING BIAS IN NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20220188518
    Abstract: An embodiment for detecting and mitigating bias is provided. The embodiment may include receiving real-world data from a database. The embodiment may also include creating an inverted index from the real-world data. The embodiment may further include analyzing words in the inverted index. The analyzation may identify a plurality of categories in the real-world data. The embodiment may also include generating a structure template containing various entities within each category of the plurality of categories. The embodiment may further include receiving a test record of the structure template. The embodiment may also include providing alternative entities in the test record where bias is likely to occur. The embodiment may further include storing the test record. The embodiment may also include in response to determining bias exists, indicating a corrective action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Carla Quinn, Keith Goode, Mayo Takeuchi, John Handy Bosma