Patents by Inventor Claudia Gentile

Claudia Gentile 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).

  • Method and system for determining text coherence
    Patent number: 8185378
    Abstract: A method and system for determining text coherence in an essay is disclosed. A method of evaluating the coherence of an essay includes receiving an essay having one or more discourse elements and text segments. The one or more discourse elements are annotated either manually or automatically. A text segment vector is generated for each text segment in a discourse element using sparse random indexing vectors. The method or system then identifies one or more essay dimensions and measures the semantic similarity of each text segment based on the essay dimensions. Finally, a coherence level is assigned to the essay based on the measured semantic similarities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Educational Testing Service
    Inventors: Jill Burstein, Derrick Higgins, Claudia Gentile, Daniel Marcu
  • Method and System for Determining Text Coherence
    Publication number: 20100223051
    Abstract: A method and system for determining text coherence in an essay is disclosed. A method of evaluating the coherence of an essay includes receiving an essay having one or more discourse elements and text segments. The one or more discourse elements are annotated either manually or automatically. A text segment vector is generated for each text segment in a discourse element using sparse random indexing vectors. The method or system then identifies one or more essay dimensions and measures the semantic similarity of each text segment based on the essay dimensions. Finally, a coherence level is assigned to the essay based on the measured semantic similarities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Jill Burstein, Derrick Higgins, Claudia Gentile, Daniel Marcu
  • Method and system for determining text coherence
    Patent number: 7720675
    Abstract: A method and system for determining text coherence in an essay is disclosed. A method of evaluating the coherence of an essay includes receiving an essay having one or more discourse elements and text segments. The one or more discourse elements are annotated either manually or automatically. A text segment vector is generated for each text segment in a discourse element using sparse random indexing vectors. The method or system then identifies one or more essay dimensions and measures the semantic similarity of each text segment based on the essay dimensions. Finally, a coherence level is assigned to the essay based on the measured semantic similarities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Educational Testing Service
    Inventors: Jill Burstein, Derrick Higgins, Claudia Gentile, Daniel Marcu
  • Method and system for determining text coherence
    Publication number: 20050143971
    Abstract: A method and system for determining text coherence in an essay is disclosed. A method of evaluating the coherence of an essay includes receiving an essay having one or more discourse elements and text segments. The one or more discourse elements are annotated either manually or automatically. A text segment vector is generated for each text segment in a discourse element using sparse random indexing vectors. The method or system then identifies one or more essay dimensions and measures the semantic similarity of each text segment based on the essay dimensions. Finally, a coherence level is assigned to the essay based on the measured semantic similarities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Jill Burstein, Derrick Higgins, Claudia Gentile, Daniel Marcu