Patents by Inventor Dale R. Zwart

Dale R. Zwart 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: 11288278
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a computer system, a question; identifying one or more first semantic elements in the question; selecting, from one or more electronic documents, a plurality of candidate responses to the question based on comparison of the one or more first semantic elements to second semantic elements; determining completeness scores for the plurality of candidate responses, wherein each of the completeness scores indicates how completely a corresponding candidate response from the plurality of candidate responses answers the question; determining relevance scores for the plurality of candidate responses, wherein each of the relevance scores indicates how relevant a corresponding candidate response from the plurality of candidate responses is to the question; and providing, by the computer system, at least a portion of the plurality of candidate responses based, at least in part, on the completeness scores and the relevance scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Felicity Enders, Farrell J. Lloyd, Dale R. Zwart
  • Publication number: 20200004753
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a computer system, a question; identifying one or more first semantic elements in the question; selecting, from one or more electronic documents, a plurality of candidate responses to the question based on comparison of the one or more first semantic elements to second semantic elements; determining completeness scores for the plurality of candidate responses, wherein each of the completeness scores indicates how completely a corresponding candidate response from the plurality of candidate responses answers the question; determining relevance scores for the plurality of candidate responses, wherein each of the relevance scores indicates how relevant a corresponding candidate response from the plurality of candidate responses is to the question; and providing, by the computer system, at least a portion of the plurality of candidate responses based, at least in part, on the completeness scores and the relevance scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Felicity Enders, Farrell J. Lloyd, Dale R. Zwart
  • Patent number: 10353904
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a computer system, a question; identifying one or more first semantic elements in the question; selecting, from one or more electronic documents, a plurality of candidate responses to the question based on comparison of the one or more first semantic elements to second semantic elements; determining completeness scores for the plurality of candidate responses, wherein each of the completeness scores indicates how completely a corresponding candidate response from the plurality of candidate responses answers the question; determining relevance scores for the plurality of candidate responses, wherein each of the relevance scores indicates how relevant a corresponding candidate response from the plurality of candidate responses is to the question; and providing, by the computer system, at least a portion of the plurality of candidate responses based, at least in part, on the completeness scores and the relevance scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Mayo foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Felicity Enders, Farrell J. Lloyd, Dale R. Zwart
  • Publication number: 20150074095
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a computer system, a question; identifying one or more first semantic elements in the question; selecting, from one or more electronic documents, a plurality of candidate responses to the question based on comparison of the one or more first semantic elements to second semantic elements; determining completeness scores for the plurality of candidate responses, wherein each of the completeness scores indicates how completely a corresponding candidate response from the plurality of candidate responses answers the question; determining relevance scores for the plurality of candidate responses, wherein each of the relevance scores indicates how relevant a corresponding candidate response from the plurality of candidate responses is to the question; and providing, by the computer system, at least a portion of the plurality of candidate responses based, at least in part, on the completeness scores and the relevance scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Felicity Enders, Farrell J. Floyd, Dale R. Zwart