Patents by Inventor Erik Mueller

Erik Mueller 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: 12248879
    Abstract: A system includes one or more memory devices storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform steps of a method. A method can include receiving observations and a corresponding class label, determining a candidate key based on the observations, determining a current memory state of a memory module based on a similarity of stored keys to the candidate key, generating a measurement vector based on the current memory state, concatenating the candidate key and measurement vector to form a state vector, determining, based on the state vector and an action distribution policy, an action of a plurality of actions such that the determined action maximizes an expected reduction in entropy as compared to the remaining actions of the plurality actions, executing the determined action, determining a value of the determined action, and updating, based on the value, the action distribution policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Omar Florez Choque, Erik Mueller
  • Patent number: 12236936
    Abstract: A system includes one or more memory devices storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform steps of providing automated natural dialogue with a customer. The system may generate one or more events and commands temporarily stored in queues to be processed by one or more of a dialogue management device, an API server, and an NLP device. The dialogue management device may create adaptive responses to customer communications using a customer context, a rules-based platform, and a trained machine learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory W. Zoller, Scott Karp, Sujay Eliphaz Jacob, Erik Mueller, Stephanie Hay, Adam Roy Paynter
  • Patent number: 12230254
    Abstract: Various embodiments may be generally directed to the use of an adversarial learning framework for persona-based dialogue modeling. In some embodiments, automated multi-turn dialogue response generation may be performed using a persona-based hierarchical recurrent encoder-decoder-based generative adversarial network (phredGAN). Such a phredGAN may feature a persona-based hierarchical recurrent encoder-decoder (PHRED) generator and a conditional discriminator. In some embodiments, the conditional discriminator may include an adversarial discriminator that is provided with attribute representations as inputs. In some other embodiments, the conditional discriminator may include an attribute discriminator, and attribute representations may be handled as targets of the attribute discriminator. The embodiments are not limited in this context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Oluwatobi Olabiyi, Alan Salimov, Anish Khazane, Erik Mueller
  • Publication number: 20250023833
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for generating dynamic interface options using machine learning models. The dynamic interface options may be generated in real time and reflect the likely goals and/or intents of a user. The machine learning model may provide these features by interpreting multi-modal feature inputs. For example, the machine learning model may include a first machine learning model, wherein the first machine learning model comprises a convolutional neural network, and a second machine learning model, wherein the second machine learning model performs a Weight of Evidence (WOE) analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Minh Le, Erik Mueller, Rui Zhang
  • Patent number: 12190212
    Abstract: System and method of generating an executable action item in response to natural language dialogue are disclosed herein. A computing system receives a dialogue message from a remote client device of a customer associated with an organization, the dialogue message comprising an utterance indicative of an implied goal. A natural language processor of the computing system parses the dialogue message to identify one or more components contained in the utterance. The planning module of the computing system identifies the implied goal. The computing system generates a plan within a defined solution space. The computing system generates a verification message to the user to confirm the plan. The computing system transmits the verification message to the remote client device of the customer. The computing system updates an event queue with instructions to execute the action item according to the generated plan upon receiving a confirmation message from the remote client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Karp, Erik Mueller, Zachary Kulis
  • Publication number: 20250005591
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for autonomously determining and resolving a customer's perceived discrepancy during a customer service interaction. The method can include receiving an incoming communication from a customer; extracting, by a Natural Language Processing (NLP) device, a perceived state and an expected state of a product or service based on the incoming communication; determining by a discrepancy determination device, a discrepancy between the perceived and expected state of the product or service; verifying, by a rule-based platform, the discrepancy; generating a response based on the discrepancy, the response comprising one or more of: a fact pattern response related to the perceived discrepancy and a confirmation or correction of a verified discrepancy; and outputting, for presentation to the customer, the response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Alexandra Coman, Erik Mueller
  • Patent number: 12182672
    Abstract: Described are methods and systems are for generating dynamic conversational queries. For example, as opposed to being a simply reactive system, the methods and systems herein provide means for actively determining a user's intent and generating a dynamic query based on the determined user intent. Moreover, these methods and systems generate these queries in a conversational environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Minh Le, William Miller, Sara Mikulic, Rui Zhang, Erik Mueller
  • Patent number: 12120073
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for generating dynamic interface options using machine learning models. The dynamic interface options may be generated in real time and reflect the likely goals and/or intents of a user. The machine learning model may provide these features by interpreting multi-modal feature inputs. For example, the machine learning model may include a first machine learning model, wherein the first machine learning model comprises a convolutional neural network, and a second machine learning model, wherein the second machine learning model performs a Weight of Evidence (WOE) analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Minh Le, Erik Mueller, Rui Zhang
  • Patent number: 12093969
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for using multi-modal regression to predict customer intent to contact a merchant. Multi-modal data including numerical data and unstructured data are extracted from customer interactions with the merchant. Features of the numerical data and the unstructured data are separately extracted and classified using techniques specific to the data types. The features for each type are then separately used to predict probabilities of customer intent. A neural network is used to combine the predictions into a single set of estimates of customer intent. This set of estimates of customer intents is used to estimate a probability that the customer will contact the merchant. The customer is then contacted based on the estimate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Minh Le, Rui Zhang, Erik Mueller, Victor Alvarez Miranda
  • Publication number: 20240303571
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for processing risk mitigation controls. The system analyzes text to determine control components located within the text, where the text defines one or more measures to provide assurance of compliance with organizational process requirements. The system further maps, by machine learning models, the control components to a process executable model workflow based on corresponding control code. Upon receiving a trigger, the system automatically instantiates the process model workflow and executes tasks of the control code, monitors a status of the tasks, captures an audit record of the execution and streams the audit record to an uneditable archive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Erik MUELLER, Jaime MANTILLA, Tanusree Datta MCCABE
  • Publication number: 20240283760
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, intent prediction and dialogue generation may be facilitated. In some embodiments, a chat initiation request may be obtained from a user. The latest activity information associated with the user may be provided to a prediction model to obtain a first set of predicted intents of the user. For each intent of the first set of predicted intents, a candidate question may be selected from a question set based on the candidate question matching the intent. In some embodiments, the candidate questions may be simultaneously presented on the chat interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Victor Alvarez MIRANDA, Rui ZHANG, Vinay IGURE, Scott KARP, Erik MUELLER, Tanushree LUKE, Kunlaya SOIAPORN
  • Patent number: 12033161
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for autonomously determining and resolving a customer's perceived discrepancy during a customer service interaction. The method can include receiving an incoming communication from a customer; extracting, by a Natural Language Processing (NLP) device, a perceived state and an expected state of a product or service based on the incoming communication; determining by a discrepancy determination device, a discrepancy between the perceived and expected state of the product or service; verifying, by a rule-based platform, the discrepancy; generating a response based on the discrepancy, the response comprising one or more of: a fact pattern response related to the perceived discrepancy and a confirmation or correction of a verified discrepancy; and outputting, for presentation to the customer, the response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Alexandra Coman, Erik Mueller
  • Patent number: 11985098
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, intent prediction and dialogue generation may be facilitated. In some embodiments, a chat initiation request may be obtained from a user. The latest activity information associated with the user may be provided to a prediction model to obtain a first set of predicted intents of the user. For each intent of the first set of predicted intents, a candidate question may be selected from a question set based on the candidate question matching the intent. In some embodiments, the candidate questions may be simultaneously presented on the chat interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Victor Alvarez Miranda, Rui Zhang, Vinay Igure, Scott Karp, Erik Mueller, Tanushree Luke, Kunlaya Soiaporn
  • Publication number: 20240095498
    Abstract: A system for using hash keys to preserve privacy across multiple tasks is disclosed. The system may provide training batch(es) of input observations each having a customer request and stored task to an encoder, and assign a hash key(s) to each of the stored tasks. The system may provide a new batch of input observations with a new customer request and new task to the encoder. The encoder may generate a new hash key assigned to the new customer request and determine whether any existing hash key corresponds with the new hash key. If so, the system may associate the new batch of input observations with the corresponding hash key and update the corresponding hash key such that it is also configured to provide access to the new batch of input observations. If not, the system may generate a new stored task and assign the new hash key to it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Omar Florez CHOQUE, Erik Mueller
  • Publication number: 20240048510
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to a system and method for proactively generating an intervening message for a remote client device in response to an anticipated user action. A computing system receives one or more streams of user activity. The one or more streams of user activity include interaction with a server of an organization via an application executing on the remote client device. The computing system inputs the one or more streams of user activity into a prediction model. The computing system identifies an anticipated user action based on a prediction output from the prediction model. The computing system determines, based on a solution model, a proposed solution to the anticipated user action. The computing system generates an anticipated message to be transmitted to the remote client device of the user. The computing system transmits the anticipated message to the remote client device of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Karp, Erik Mueller
  • Patent number: 11836601
    Abstract: A system for using hash keys to preserve privacy across multiple tasks is disclosed. The system may provide training batch(es) of input observations each having a customer request and stored task to an encoder, and assign a hash key(s) to each of the stored tasks. The system may provide a new batch of input observations with a new customer request and new task to the encoder. The encoder may generate a new hash key assigned to the new customer request and determine whether any existing hash key corresponds with the new hash key. If so, the system may associate the new batch of input observations with the corresponding hash key and update the corresponding hash key such that it is also configured to provide access to the new batch of input observations. If not, the system may generate a new stored task and assign the new hash key to it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Omar Florez Choque, Erik Mueller
  • Publication number: 20230368778
    Abstract: Various embodiments may be generally directed to the use of an adversarial learning framework for persona-based dialogue modeling. In some embodiments, automated multi-turn dialogue response generation may be performed using a persona-based hierarchical recurrent encoder-decoder-based generative adversarial network (phredGAN). Such a phredGAN may feature a persona-based hierarchical recurrent encoder-decoder (PHRED) generator and a conditional discriminator. In some embodiments, the conditional discriminator may include an adversarial discriminator that is provided with attribute representations as inputs. In some other embodiments, the conditional discriminator may include an attribute discriminator, and attribute representations may be handled as targets of the attribute discriminator. The embodiments are not limited in this context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Oluwatobi OLABIYI, Alan SALIMOV, Anish KHAZANE, Erik MUELLER
  • Publication number: 20230335108
    Abstract: A system includes one or more memory devices storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform steps of providing automated natural dialogue with a customer. The system may generate one or more events and commands temporarily stored in queues to be processed by one or more of a dialogue management device, an API server, and an NLP device. The dialogue management device may create adaptive responses to customer communications using a customer context, a rules-based platform, and a trained machine learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Gregory W. Zoller, Scott Karp, Sujay Eliphaz Jacob, Erik Mueller, Stephanie Hay, Adam Roy Paynter
  • Patent number: 11784947
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to a system and method for proactively generating an intervening message for a remote client device in response to an anticipated user action. A computing system receives one or more streams of user activity. The one or more streams of user activity include interaction with a server of an organization via an application executing on the remote client device. The computing system inputs the one or more streams of user activity into a prediction model. The computing system identifies an anticipated user action based on a prediction output from the prediction model. The computing system determines, based on a solution model, a proposed solution to the anticipated user action. The computing system generates an anticipated message to be transmitted to the remote client device of the user. The computing system transmits the anticipated message to the remote client device of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Karp, Erik Mueller
  • Patent number: 11735157
    Abstract: A system includes one or more memory devices storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform steps of providing automated natural dialogue with a customer. The system may generate one or more events and commands temporarily stored in queues to be processed by one or more of a dialogue management device, an API server, and an NLP device. The dialogue management device may create adaptive responses to customer communications using a customer context, a rules-based platform, and a trained machine learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory W. Zoller, Scott Karp, Sujay Eliphaz Jacob, Erik Mueller, Stephanie Hay, Adam Roy Paynter