Patents by Inventor Christopher J. Karle

Christopher J. Karle 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: 10713571
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for automatically generating question and answer pairs for training a question answering system for a given domain. The mechanism receives user input of question text for a question to be submitted to a question answering system in a user interface. The mechanism determines a question strength score for the question text. The question strength score represents a likelihood the question text will result in a correct answer with high confidence. The mechanism presents a graphical representation of the question strength score in the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Giffels, Christopher J. Karle, William G. O'Keeffe, Ketan T. Patel, David D. Taieb, Sabrina Yee
  • Patent number: 9633309
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for automatically generating question and answer pairs for training a question answering system for a given domain. The mechanism receives user input of question text for a question to be submitted to a question answering system in a user interface. The mechanism determines a question strength score for the question text. The question strength score represents a likelihood the question text will result in a correct answer with high confidence. The mechanism presents a graphical representation of the question strength score in the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Giffels, Christopher J. Karle, William G. O'Keeffe, Ketan T. Patel, David D. Taieb, Sabrina Yee
  • Publication number: 20160189029
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for automatically generating question and answer pairs for training a question answering system for a given domain. The mechanism receives user input of question text for a question to be submitted to a question answering system in a user interface. The mechanism determines a question strength score for the question text. The question strength score represents a likelihood the question text will result in a correct answer with high confidence. The mechanism presents a graphical representation of the question strength score in the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Giffels, Christopher J. Karle, William G. O'Keeffe, Ketan T. Patel, David D. Taieb, Sabrina Yee
  • Patent number: 9286153
    Abstract: An approach is provided for monitoring the health of a Question/Answer (QA) Computing System. In the approach, performed by an information handling system, a number of static questions are periodically submitted to the QA system, wherein each of the static questions corresponds to a previously established verified answer. Responses are received from the QA system, with the responses including answers corresponding to the submitted static questions. Monitoring the performance of the QA system based on the received responses. When the monitoring detects a problem with the QA system, a user is notified of the detected problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Giffels, Christopher J. Karle, William G. O'Keeffe, Ketan T. Patel, David D. Taieb, Sabrina Yee
  • Publication number: 20150371137
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for automatically generating question and answer pairs for training a question answering system for a given domain. The mechanism receives user input of question text for a question to be submitted to a question answering system in a user interface. The mechanism determines a question strength score for the question text. The question strength score represents a likelihood the question text will result in a correct answer with high confidence. The mechanism presents a graphical representation of the question strength score in the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Giffels, Christopher J. Karle, William G. O'Keeffe, Ketan T. Patel, David D. Taieb, Sabrina Yee
  • Publication number: 20150169395
    Abstract: An approach is provided for monitoring the health of a Question/Answer (QA) Computing System. In the approach, performed by an information handling system, a number of static questions are periodically submitted to the QA system, wherein each of the static questions corresponds to a previously established verified answer. Responses are received from the QA system, with the responses including answers corresponding to the submitted static questions. Monitoring the performance of the QA system based on the received responses. When the monitoring detects a problem with the QA system, a user is notified of the detected problem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Giffels, Christopher J. Karle, William G. O'Keeffe, Ketan T. Patel, David D. Taieb, Sabrina Yee
  • Patent number: 8122342
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for enforcing accessible content development. The mechanism enforces accessible content development by accessing a tag library descriptor for each of a plurality of markup tags for web content authoring where the tag library descriptor notes one or more tag sub-elements required for accessibility. The mechanism analyzes each markup tag in a piece of web content by comparing the tag library descriptor accessibility requirements to sub-elements included with each markup tag to determine whether all required accessibility sub-elements are present. The mechanism generates an error message if all required accessibility sub-elements of a markup tag are not present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher J. Karle, Corinne M. Ryan, Richard S. Schwerdtfeger
  • Publication number: 20080184104
    Abstract: Systems, methods and media for enforcing accessible content development are disclosed. One embodiment provides a method for enforcing accessible content development comprising accessing a tag library descriptor for each of a plurality of markup tags for web content authoring where the tag library descriptor notes one or more tag sub-elements required for accessibility. The method may further include analyzing each markup tag in a piece of web content by comparing the tag library descriptor accessibility requirements to sub-elements included with each markup tag to determine whether all required accessibility sub-elements are present. The method may further include generating an error message if all required accessibility sub-elements of a markup tag are not present. Tile one or more tag sub-elements associated with accessibility may include alternate text for one or more of an image, table, label or graph. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Christopher J. Karle, Corinne M. Ryan, Richard S. Schwerdtfeger
  • Publication number: 20080162488
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solution for updating browser page elements over a distributed network. Specifically, the present invention associates a control with a downloaded data element. This association may be provided via the Document Object Model (DOM) of the web page. The control, in turn, is linked with the data element itself, or with a sub-element that depends from the root data element. This dependent data element may have been obtained from the remote location simultaneously with the data element. Upon activation of the control, the dependent data element is displayed without a need for the remote location to be accessed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Christopher J. Karle, Laurent Hasson, Fenil Shah