Patents by Inventor Courtney Dean

Courtney Dean 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: 10290221
    Abstract: A computer implemented systems and methods for determining an action for a user within a learning domain are disclosed, some embodiments of the methods comprise defining an initial learning model of a learning domain, determining an initial user state of the user, determining an initial user action from at least one learning domain action with the initial learning model, receiving a user observation of the user after the user executes the initial user action, determining an updated user state with the initial learning model given the updated user observation and determining a subsequent user action from the at least one learning domain action. Some embodiments utilize a Partially Observable Markov Model (POMDP) as the learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Aptima, Inc.
    Inventors: E. Webb Stacy, Courtney Dean, Alan Carlin, Danielle Dumond
  • Publication number: 20130288222
    Abstract: A computer implemented systems and methods for determining an action for a user within a learning domain are disclosed, some embodiments of the methods comprise defining an initial learning model of a learning domain, determining an initial user state of the user, determining an initial user action from at least one learning domain action with the initial learning model, receiving a user observation of the user after the user executes the initial user action, determining an updated user state with the initial learning model given the updated user observation and determining a subsequent user action from the at least one learning domain action. Some embodiments utilize a Partially Observable Markov Model (POMDP) as the learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: E. Webb Stacy, Courtney Dean, Alan Carlin, Danielle Dumond