Patents by Inventor Corville O. Allen
Corville O. Allen 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).
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Patent number: 12099495Abstract: A mechanism is provided to review and verify provenance of analytic execution by a contract analytic binding and provenance system. The mechanism is activated to execute a set of analytics for a contract and verifies outcomes of the analytics before writing them to a blockchain network. The mechanism evaluates the provenance data records stored on peer ledgers and establishes transparency of the outcomes by validating consensus between characteristics of the provenance data.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Corville O. Allen, Pratul Gupta, Francisco Phelan Curbera, Richard Martin Scott
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Patent number: 11954226Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for executing verifiable computation modules to process private data at private data owner platform, comprising obtaining a computation module having a unique identifier recorded in a distributed ledger controlled by a plurality of computing nodes, generating a key pair comprising a signing key and a verification key derived from the signing key, recording, in the distributed ledger, an execution record associating an execution instance of the computation module with the verification key, initiating the execution instance of the computation module to process a private dataset incorporated with the signing key. outputting a computation outcome, computing an execution result signature for the execution instance based on the unique identifier and the private data and the signing key, and recording the execution result signature in the distributed ledger to enable verification of the execution instance.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Alexander Kofman, Artem Barger, Corville O. Allen, Jonathan Bnayahu, Pratul Gupta, Yacov Manevich
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Patent number: 11942221Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for implementing a disambiguation engine for disambiguating content. Electronic content is received from a corpus of electronic content, and analyzed to identify an ambiguous portion of content. The ambiguous portion of content is a portion of the electronic content whose meaning is not made explicit in the ambiguous portion of content. A context associated with the ambiguous portion of content is determined and a set of one or more context based ambiguous content interpretation rules associated with the determined context is applied to the ambiguous portion of content to generate an interpretation of the ambiguous portion of content. The ambiguous portion of content is annotated based on the interpretation to generate disambiguated electronic content which is stored for processing as part of a subsequent operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Inventors: Corville O. Allen, Timothy A. Bishop
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Patent number: 11847710Abstract: A mechanism is provided to implement a contract analytic binding and provenance system. The mechanism loads contract rules for an agreement between a plurality of contract parties and creates an analytic entry per rule to form a set of analytic entries, Each analytic entry is associated with an executable analytic function. The mechanism assigns each analytic entry a directed acyclic graph vertex. The mechanism confirms alignment between the contract rules and the set of analytic entries and stores the set of analytic entries in peer ledgers associated with the plurality of contract parties. The mechanism activates the set of analytic entries responsive to confirming provenance of the peer ledgers associated with the plurality of contract parties.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Corville O. Allen, Pratul Gupta, Francisco Phelan Curbera, Richard Martin Scott
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Patent number: 11836211Abstract: Mechanisms for generating different lines of questioning based on evaluation of a previous line of questioning are provided. A set of evidential data specifying a plurality of concept entities and input specifying a scenario to be evaluated are received. The scenario specifies a hypothetical link between at least two of the concept entities. A first set of questions corresponding to the at least two information concept entities are evaluated based on the set of evidential data. Based on results of evaluating the first set of questions, a second set of questions is automatically generated to further expand upon and investigate the results of evaluating the first set of questions. The second set of questions are processed and an indication of the scenario and a corresponding measure of support for or against the scenario being a valid scenario is output.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2014Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Darryl M. Adderly, Corville O. Allen, Robert K. Tucker
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Patent number: 11829765Abstract: A mechanism is provided to orchestrates entitled execution of a set of analytics. The mechanism retrieves an analytic entry from an immutable data record source and identifies an analytic associated with the analytic entry, and an associated dataset. The analytic and the dataset are encrypted using an owner's key. The mechanism decrypts the analytic using a decryption key and executes the analytic based on the decrypting.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Corville O. Allen, Pratul Gupta
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Patent number: 11823798Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a data processing system comprising least one processor and at least one memory, the at least one memory comprising instructions executed by the at least one processor to cause the at least one processor to implement a clinical decision support system. The mechanism receives a plurality of patient electronic medical records (EMRs) for a patient from a plurality of different sources. For a portion of a patient EMR record of the plurality of patient EMRs, the mechanism detects entities and analyzes a document structure of the portion of the patient EMR to identify a hierarchical structure of the portion of the patient EMR. The mechanism generates a container representation of the portion of the patient EMR based on the hierarchical structure. The mechanism placing each of the one or more sentences within the container representation based on relative position within the hierarchical structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Inventors: Corville O. Allen, Roberto DeLima, Aysu Ezen Can, Robert C. Sizemore
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Patent number: 11810070Abstract: A generator categorizes documents in one or more transactions into buckets, each identified by a separate category for an expected time window based on a separate relative age of each of the documents evaluated from one or more dates identified in the documents. The generator trains a document classifier with a model of the separate relative age of each of the documents as a temporal characteristic correlated with the respective category of a respective bucket of the buckets. The document classifier executes on a input documents to classify each of the input documents as a particular logical type identified by a particular category from among multiple logical types.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Andrew R. Freed, Corville O. Allen
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Patent number: 11791024Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a data processing system to implement localized device specific limitations on access to patient medical information. An authorizing device receives a request from a requestor device via a dose proximity communication protocol requesting to access an electronic medical record (EMR) associated with a patient. The authorizing device receives user input via a user interface specifying conditions for permitting access to the EMR. The authorizing device transmits an access authorization request to a patient registry system requesting the patient registry system to provide access to the EMR associated with the patient in accordance with the conditions for permitting access specified by the user input. The patient registry system generates a temporary access data structure based on the specified conditions. The patient registry system processes a subsequent request from the requestor device to access the EMR in accordance with the temporary access data structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2017Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Inventor: Corville O. Allen
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Patent number: 11769014Abstract: A classifier receives a digital scan of a document and converts the content of the document in the digital scan from an image into text. The classifier analyzes the text to determine one or more predicted roles of one or more signatories, each predicted role determined based on one or more signature elements in the content of the document executed by the one or more signatories. The classifier evaluates each of the one or more predicted roles in view of a plurality of expected signatory role characteristics of a plurality of categories of documents of a transaction to select a particular category associated with the document from among the plurality of categories. The classifier classifies the document within the transaction as a particular logical type identified by the particular category from among a plurality of logical types for the transaction.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Andrew R. Freed, Corville O. Allen
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Publication number: 20230277139Abstract: Systems and method of the invention provide an in situ diagnostic system for traumatic brain injury (TBI). In implementations, a method includes: receiving, by a computing device, real-time user parameter data from one or more sensors of the user during a monitoring event; writing, by the computing device, the real-time user parameter data as time series data in a data store; determining, by the computing device, that at least one parameter of the real-time user parameter data meets or exceeds a predetermined parameter threshold value; calculating, by the computing device, a diagnostic score for the user based on the time series data, baseline parameter data of the user, and a determined protective equipment profile of the user; and automatically diagnosing a potential traumatic brain injury (TBI) of the user in situ based on the diagnostic score meeting or exceeding a diagnostic threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Caroline K. Cameron, Corville O. Allen
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Patent number: 11705125Abstract: A processor may receive data regarding a context for a first dialog turn. The processor may monitor a voice input from a user for the first dialog turn. The processor may detect a first pause in the voice input, the first pause having a duration that satisfies a time threshold. The processor may receive, based on the first pause, first voice input data. The processor may analyze the first voice input data. The processor may determine that additional time is recommended for the voice input to be provided by the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Andrew R. Freed, Corville O. Allen, Shikhar Kwatra, Joseph Kozhaya
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Patent number: 11651242Abstract: Text is received from a first user. The text is associated with an electronic communication tool for communication to a second user. Candidate answers are generated based on the text using a question answering system. At least one of the candidate answers is provided to the first user.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Corville O. Allen, James E. Carey, Jenny S. Li, John S. Mysak
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Patent number: 11636376Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for active machine learning is provided. The present invention may include annotating a plurality of data entries. The present invention may also include building a first dataset based on the annotated plurality of data entries. The present invention may then include receiving user feedback based on the built first dataset. The present invention may further include assigning a plurality of weights to a plurality of data entry subsets. The present invention may also include generating a second weighted dataset based on the received user feedback.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2018Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Aysu Ezen Can, Corville O. Allen, Roberto Delima
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Publication number: 20230080071Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for diagnosing one or more blast injuries of an individual based on sustained blast exposure is provided. The present invention may include identifying the presence of a blast event, monitoring the location of an individual for the duration of the blast event; determining a blast exposure associated with the blast event for the individual; determining a sustained blast exposure of the individual comprising the blast exposures associated with a plurality of blast events during a single, continuous period of time; and, responsive to the sustained blast exposure of the individual exceeding one or more threshold values, prompting the individual to seek medical attention for one or more blast injuries associated with the one or more threshold values.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Corville O. Allen, Caroline K. Cameron
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Patent number: 11593561Abstract: A phrase that includes a trigger word that modifies a meaning within the phrase is received. The trigger word is identified. The words of the phrase that are modified by the trigger word are identified by analyzing features of the phrase that link the trigger word to other words. The phrase is interpreted by modifying the second subset of words according to the modification of the trigger word.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Contreras, Krishna Mahajan, Roberto Delima, Kandhan Sekar, Corville O. Allen, Chris Mwarabu
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Publication number: 20230056783Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for executing verifiable computation modules to process private data at private data owner platform, comprising obtaining a computation module having a unique identifier recorded in a distributed ledger controlled by a plurality of computing nodes, generating a key pair comprising a signing key and a verification key derived from the signing key, recording, in the distributed ledger, an execution record associating an execution instance of the computation module with the verification key, initiating the execution instance of the computation module to process a private dataset incorporated with the signing key. outputting a computation outcome, computing an execution result signature for the execution instance based on the unique identifier and the private data and the signing key, and recording the execution result signature in the distributed ledger to enable verification of the execution instance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Alexander Kofman, Artem Barger, Corville O. Allen, Jonathan Bnayahu, Pratul Gupta, Yacov Manevich
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Patent number: 11586940Abstract: Text is received from a first user. The text is associated with an electronic communication tool for communication to a second user. Candidate answers are generated based on the text using a question answering system. At least one of the candidate answers is provided to the first user.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Corville O. Allen, James E. Carey, Jenny S. Li, John S. Mysak
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Patent number: 11562029Abstract: Embodiments relate to an intelligent computer platform to identify a lexical answer type (LAT), a first concept relevant to the received request and a second concept related to the identified first concept. The LAT, together with the first and second concepts are utilized to create a first and second cluster. Documents are selectively populated into the clusters. The clusters are subject to sorting based on a relevancy protocol.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Andrew R. Freed, Shikhar Kwatra, Corville O. Allen, Joseph Kozhaya
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Patent number: 11537875Abstract: A method identifies and removes bias from a machine learning model. A user/computer inputs a plurality of input training data into a machine learning system to generate an output of labeled output data. The user/computer evaluates the labeled output data according to a consistency metric to associate the labeled output data with a corresponding consistency assessment. The user/computer selects each labeled output data having a consistency assessment indicating a consistency assessment that is greater than a predetermined threshold to form a labeled output data subset, and then creates additional labeling for the labeled output data subset. The user/computer utilizes the additional labeling to distinguish each labeled training data from labeled output data subset as being mislabeled and biased, and then adjusts the learning machine based on the labeled output data subset being mislabeled and biased.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Joseph Kozhaya, Shikhar Kwatra, Corville O. Allen, Andrew R. Freed