Patents by Inventor David M. Blei

David M. Blei 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: 6772120
    Abstract: Computer method and apparatus for segmenting text streams is disclosed. Given is an input text stream formed of a series of words. A probability member provides working probabilities that a group of words is of a topic selected from a plurality of predetermined topics. The probability member accounts for relationships between words. A processing module receives the input text stream and using the probability member determines probability of certain words in the input text stream being of a same topic. As such, the processing module segments the input text stream into single topic groupings of words, where each grouping is of a respective single topic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Pedro J. Moreno, David M. Blei