Patents by Inventor Edward Graham Katz
Edward Graham Katz 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).
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Patent number: 11783817Abstract: A processor may identify an anomaly in one or more communications. A processor may monitor the one or more communications for an utterance. A processor may perform natural language processing (NLP) on the utterance. A processor may generate an understanding of the utterance using natural language understanding (NLU). A processor may detect the anomaly from the understanding of the utterance. A processor may execute a response, responsive to detecting the anomaly.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Gregory M. J. H. Tkaczyk, Edward Graham Katz, John S Quimby
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Patent number: 11762667Abstract: A method for adjusting device system settings in response to analysis of displayed content. In some embodiments, a processor may extract content from contents displayed on a screen of a device. The processor may analyze features of the content. The processor may classify the content as belonging to a content class, based on analysis of the content features, utilizing a machine learning model. The processor may update the device system settings based on the content class.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John A Riendeau, Charles E. Beller, Edward Graham Katz, Sean Thomas Thatcher
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Patent number: 11762810Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and computer program product in which operations are performed to receive a question that includes a descriptor and an indication that indicates that a unique answer to the question is expected. A determination is made of instances of matching descriptors and descriptor targets from a set of documents. The determined descriptor targets are compared for consistency. In response to determining that the determined descriptor targets are inconsistent, more restrictive descriptors are iteratively generated via a selection model based on metadata associated with the question until the descriptor targets are consistent. An answer to the question is returned from consistent descriptor targets.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Donna K Byron, Charles E. Beller, Edward Graham Katz, Christopher F. Ackermann
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Patent number: 11720554Abstract: An embodiment for expanding a search query is provided. The embodiment may include receiving a stopping criterion for stopping a search. The embodiment may also include receiving an initial search query. The embodiment may further include submitting the initial search query to an information retrieval system. The embodiment may also include identifying enrichment terms from the retrieved initial set of documents. The embodiment may further include generating a subsequent search query that includes one or more enrichment terms from the retrieved initial set of documents. The embodiment may also include submitting the subsequent search query to the information retrieval system. The embodiment may further include determining whether the stopping criterion is met, and in response to determining the stopping criterion is not met, iterating identifying, generating, submitting steps until the stopping criterion is met.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Sean Thomas Thatcher, Edward Graham Katz, Charles E. Beller, John A. Riendeau, Kristen Maria Summers
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Patent number: 11544312Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a data processing system to implement a cognitive natural language processing (NLP) system with descriptor uniqueness identification to support named entity mention clustering. The mechanism annotates a set of documents from a corpus of documents for entity types and mentions, collects descriptor usages from all documents in the corpus of documents, analyzes the descriptor usages to classify the descriptors as base terms or modifier terms, generates compatibility scores for the descriptors, and performs entity merging of entity clusters based on the compatibility scores.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Donna K. Byron, Edward Graham Katz, Christopher F. Ackermann, Charles E. Beller
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Patent number: 11531708Abstract: A method, system, and computer-usable medium are disclosed for answering general background questions on a topic from documents with glossary sections, A set of documents with glossaries is received from which a set of terms and associated glossary entries are extracted, where each term has a corresponding glossary entry. Association is performed of related glossary entries. The associations is based on a similarity algorithm to form glossary clusters where each glossary cluster refers to one or more glossary entries. A query with query terms tailored to general information is received. The glossary clusters are ranked relevance to the query terms to form a ranked set. A set of glossary clusters meeting a high ranked threshold is selected and provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Charles E. Beller, Edward Graham Katz, John A Riendeau, Sean Thomas Thatcher
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Publication number: 20220383866Abstract: A processor may identify an anomaly in one or more communications. A processor may monitor the one or more communications for an utterance. A processor may perform natural language processing (NLP) on the utterance. A processor may generate an understanding of the utterance using natural language understanding (NLU). A processor may detect the anomaly from the understanding of the utterance. A processor may execute a response, responsive to detecting the anomaly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2021Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Gregory M. J. H. Tkaczyk, Edward Graham KATZ, John S. Quimby
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Patent number: 11443208Abstract: Embodiments are provided that relate to a computer system, a computer program product, and a machine-implemented method for assessing a statement by an entity to a recipient group, particularly in a social media environment, for an inconsistency with a previous (historical) statement to the same recipient group, and notifying the entity of the inconsistency. In certain embodiments, an alternative statement is provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sean Thomas Thatcher, Edward Graham Katz, Charles E. Beller, John A. Riendeau
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Publication number: 20220215018Abstract: An embodiment for expanding a search query is provided. The embodiment may include receiving a stopping criterion for stopping a search. The embodiment may also include receiving an initial search query. The embodiment may further include submitting the initial search query to an information retrieval system. The embodiment may also include identifying enrichment terms from the retrieved initial set of documents. The embodiment may further include generating a subsequent search query that includes one or more enrichment terms from the retrieved initial set of documents. The embodiment may also include submitting the subsequent search query to the information retrieval system. The embodiment may further include determining whether the stopping criterion is met, and in response to determining the stopping criterion is not met, iterating identifying, generating, submitting steps until the stopping criterion is met.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2021Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Sean Thomas Thatcher, Edward Graham Katz, Charles E. Beller, John A. Riendeau, Kristen Maria Summers
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Publication number: 20220197672Abstract: A method for adjusting device system settings in response to analysis of displayed content. In some embodiments, a processor may extract content from contents displayed on a screen of a device. The processor may analyze features of the content. The processor may classify the content as belonging to a content class, based on analysis of the content features, utilizing a machine learning model. The processor may update the device system settings based on the content class.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: JOHN A RIENDEAU, Charles E. Beller, Edward Graham KATZ, Sean Thomas Thatcher
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Publication number: 20210382946Abstract: A method, system, and computer-usable medium are disclosed for answering general background questions on a topic from documents with glossary sections, A set of documents with glossaries is received from which a set of terms and associated glossary entries are extracted, where each term has a corresponding glossary entry. Association is performed of related glossary entries. The associations is based on a similarity algorithm to form glossary clusters where each glossary cluster refers to one or more glossary entries. A query with query terms tailored to general information is received. The glossary clusters are ranked relevance to the query terms to form a ranked set. A set of glossary clusters meeting a high ranked threshold is selected and provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2020Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Charles E. Beller, Edward Graham Katz, John A. Riendeau, Sean Thomas Thatcher
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Publication number: 20210349852Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and computer program product in which operations are performed to receive a question that includes a descriptor and an indication that indicates that a unique answer to the question is expected. A determination is made of instances of matching descriptors and descriptor targets from a set of documents. The determined descriptor targets are compared for consistency. In response to determining that the determined descriptor targets are inconsistent, more restrictive descriptors are iteratively generated via a selection model based on metadata associated with the question until the descriptor targets are consistent. An answer to the question is returned from consistent descriptor targets.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2020Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Donna K. BYRON, Charles E. BELLER, Edward Graham KATZ, Christopher F. ACKERMANN
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Publication number: 20210295178Abstract: Embodiments are provided that relate to a computer system, a computer program product, and a machine-implemented method for assessing a statement by an entity to a recipient group, particularly in a social media environment, for an inconsistency with a previous (historical) statement to the same recipient group, and notifying the entity of the inconsistency. In certain embodiments, an alternative statement is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sean Thomas Thatcher, Edward Graham Katz, Charles E. Beller, John A. Riendeau
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Publication number: 20210256049Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a data processing system to implement a cognitive natural language processing (NLP) system with descriptor uniqueness identification to support named entity mention clustering. The mechanism annotates a set of documents from a corpus of documents for entity types and mentions, collects descriptor usages from all documents in the corpus of documents, analyzes the descriptor usages to classify the descriptors as base terms or modifier terms, generates compatibility scores for the descriptors, and performs entity merging of entity clusters based on the compatibility scores.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2020Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Edward Graham Katz, Christopher F. Ackermann, Charles E. Beller
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Patent number: 11093774Abstract: Embodiments relate to an intelligent computer platform to create a document specific error correction model for amending OCR values. An image of a document is received and OCR is applied to the received image. Text is extracted from at least one static content field and the extracted text is compared to stored text from known static content. Responsive to a deviation identified in the comparison, a document specific error correction model is created and leveraged to correct OCR output. The model generates one or more variants for the dynamic content field associated with the static content field having the identified deviation. The generated variant(s) is subject to processing and one of the variants is selected as amended document content. A new document version is created from the amendment, the new document version including corrected OCR output.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Charles E. Beller, Edward Graham Katz, John A. Riendeau, Christopher Phipps, Sean Thomas Thatcher
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Publication number: 20210174109Abstract: Embodiments relate to an intelligent computer platform to create a document specific error correction model for amending OCR values. An image of a document is received and OCR is applied to the received image. Text is extracted from at least one static content field and the extracted text is compared to stored text from known static content. Responsive to a deviation identified in the comparison, a document specific error correction model is created and leveraged to correct OCR output. The model generates one or more variants for the dynamic content field associated with the static content field having the identified deviation. The generated variant(s) is subject to processing and one of the variants is selected as amended document content. A new document version is created from the amendment, the new document version including corrected OCR output.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2019Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Charles E. Beller, Edward Graham Katz, John A. Riendeau, Christopher Phipps, Sean Thomas Thatcher
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Patent number: 10803100Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a computer processing system are provided. The method includes identifying, by a processor using a topic identification system, topic information for a source topic-domain in a corpus. The method further includes extracting, by the processor, an entity from the source topic-domain. The method also includes tagging, by the processor, the entity with the topic information to obtain a tagged entity that includes a tag specifying the topic information. The method additionally includes storing the tagged entity in a memory device. The method further includes performing, by the processor, downstream processing of the tagged entity in a natural language processing pipeline using the tag of the tagged entity as an additional data point.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Christopher F. Ackermann, William G. Dubyak, Edward Graham Katz, Nicole O'Connor
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Publication number: 20200234181Abstract: A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing enhanced training of a personality model for an embodied conversational agent. An adjustable personality model is provided for the conversational agent interacting with a user with the adjustable personality model configured to provide emotion and tone responses based on detected emotions of the user and a communication objective. Responsive to detecting a first emotion of the user in a conversation with the conversational agent, the adjustable personality model is utilized to embody the conversational agent with a first emotion and tone. Responsive to detecting a second emotion of the user different from the first emotion, the adjustable personality model is utilized to embody the conversational agent with a second emotion and tone possibly different from the first emotion and tone.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2019Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Edward Graham Katz, Alexander Charles Tonetti, John A. Riendeau, Charles E. Beller
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Publication number: 20190163811Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a computer processing system are provided. The method includes identifying, by a processor using a topic identification system, topic information for a source topic-domain in a corpus. The method further includes extracting, by the processor, an entity from the source topic-domain. The method also includes tagging, by the processor, the entity with the topic information to obtain a tagged entity that includes a tag specifying the topic information. The method additionally includes storing the tagged entity in a memory device. The method further includes performing, by the processor, downstream processing of the tagged entity in a natural language processing pipeline using the tag of the tagged entity as an additional data point.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2017Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Christopher F. Ackermann, William G. Dubyak, Edward Graham Katz, Nicole O'Connor