Patents by Inventor Doug Warner

Doug Warner 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: 6850949
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for dynamically adapting selections in an automatic phone support system is described. The invention may integrate a dynamic knowledge base of responses with the menu selections on an automated phone system or other response system to present the most frequently used items earlier in the option list, or otherwise order options and information. Call data may be captured from single callers or historical ensembles of callers. An automatically generated similarity relationship may be used to initialize the system without historical call data, based on textual similarity or other techniques. Prioritization of options provides a more enjoyable, efficient experience for callers without increasing administrative overhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Right Now Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Doug Warner, Mike Myer, Tom Abshire
  • Publication number: 20040240640
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for dynamically adapting selections in an automatic phone support system is described. The invention may integrate a dynamic knowledge base of responses with the menu selections on an automated phone system or other response system to present the most frequently used items earlier in the option list, or otherwise order options and information. Call data may be captured from single callers or historical ensembles of callers. An automatically generated similarity relationship may be used to initialize the system without historical call data, based on textual similarity or other techniques. Prioritization of options provides a more enjoyable, efficient experience for callers without increasing administrative overhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Doug Warner, Mike Myer, Tom Abshire
  • Publication number: 20030225730
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for dynamically adapting selections in an automatic phone support system is described. The invention may integrate a dynamic knowledge base of responses with the menu selections on an automated phone system or other response system to present the most frequently used items earlier in the option list, or otherwise order options and information. Call data may be captured from single callers or historical ensembles of callers. An automatically generated similarity relationship may be used to initialize the system without historical call data, based on textual similarity or other techniques. Prioritization of options provides a more enjoyable, efficient experience for callers without increasing administrative overhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicant: RightNow Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Doug Warner, Mike Myer, Tom Abshire
  • Publication number: 20010044791
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for use in an information retrieval system is provided, which derives related informational items that have a usage based relationship strength, and which results in an efficient and more accurate dynamic relationship association between informational items. This system comprises the steps and means for, respectively, detecting a selection of at least a first informational item and a second informational item in an information retrieval session. A relationship type is assigned based on characteristic similarities between the first informational item and the second informational item. Additionally, a relationship strength is assigned based on historical frequency of the consecutive selection of the first and second informational items and providing an access to the second informational item upon detection of the first being accessed by a user of the information retrieval system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: James Neal Richter, Doug Warner, Ganesh Prabu