Patents by Inventor Curtis Lester

Curtis Lester 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: 9552547
    Abstract: Electronic communications can be normalized using neural networks. For example, an electronic representation of a noncanonical communication can be received. A normalized version of the noncanonical communication can be determined using a normalizer including a neural network. The neural network can receive a single vector at an input layer of the neural network and transform an output of a hidden layer of the neural network into multiple values that sum to a total value of one. Each value of the multiple values can be a number between zero and one and represent a probability of a particular character being in a particular position in the normalized version of the noncanonical communication. The neural network can determine the normalized version of the noncanonical communication based on the multiple values. Whether the normalized version should be output can be determined based on a result from a flagger including another neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignees: SAS INSTITUTE INC., NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Samuel Paul Leeman-Munk, Wookhee Min, Bradford Wayne Mott, James Curtis Lester, II, James Allen Cox
  • Publication number: 20160350650
    Abstract: Electronic communications can be normalized using neural networks. For example, an electronic representation of a noncanonical communication can be received. A normalized version of the noncanonical communication can be determined using a normalizer including a neural network. The neural network can receive a single vector at an input layer of the neural network and transform an output of a hidden layer of the neural network into multiple values that sum to a total value of one. Each value of the multiple values can be a number between zero and one and represent a probability of a particular character being in a particular position in the normalized version of the noncanonical communication. The neural network can determine the normalized version of the noncanonical communication based on the multiple values. Whether the normalized version should be output can be determined based on a result from a flagger including another neural network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Samuel Paul Leeman-Munk, Wookhee Min, Bradford Wayne Mott, James Curtis Lester, II, James Allen Cox
  • Publication number: 20160350652
    Abstract: A neural network can be used to determine edit operations for normalizing an electronic communication. For example, an electronic representation of multiple characters that form a noncanonical communication can be received. It can be determined that the noncanonical communication is mapped to at least two canonical terms in a database. A recurrent neural network can be used to determine one or more edit operations usable to convert the noncanonical communication into a normalized version of the noncanonical communication. In some examples, the one or more edit operations can include inserting a character into the noncanonical communication, deleting the character from the noncanonical communication, or replacing the character with another character in the noncanonical communication. The noncanonical communication can be transformed into the normalized version of the noncanonical communication by performing the one or more edit operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Wookhee Min, Samuel Paul Leeman-Munk, Bradford Wayne Mott, James Curtis Lester, II, James Allen Cox
  • Patent number: 6613154
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a well casing and a method for its use. The apparatus includes: a coupling having first and second ends, the first end constructed and arranged for connection to a drill stem of a drilling rig having vertical and rotational motion and means for pumping liquid therethrough to the coupling, the coupling having a central passageway therethrough connected to the means for pumping liquid; a drill collar tube having first and second ends, the first end of the drill collar tube connected to the second end of the coupling, the drill collar tube having a central passageway therethrough connected to the central passageway of the coupling, an outer surface, a plurality of nozzles disposed between the central passageway and the outer surface, and closure means for closing the second end of the drill collar tube; and a plurality of brushes disposed generally perpendicularly to the outer surface of the drill collar tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Goulds Pumps, Incorporated
    Inventor: Curtis Lester