Patents by Inventor Ernesto VALDES FORTE

Ernesto VALDES FORTE 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: 11929066
    Abstract: Described are systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program product embodiments for automatically processing intent-based spoken language for SLU. The disclosed solution uses a scale-free network structured conversational knowledge graph that stores nodes representative of actions, objects, and intent names and edges representative of relationships between the nodes. For all phrases (including a sentence) from the same intent, the system calculates a mean feature vector using a Universal Sentence Embedding (USE) model as a feature element. The system also employs a multi-step intent detection strategy. A graph query technique may be used to match all potential intent nodes from the trained knowledge graph. The system may compute a covariance matrix between the feature element of an input phrase and feature elements of all potential intents. The major component of the covariance matrix along with the maximum covariance may be used to determine the final intent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: PwC Product Sales LLC
    Inventors: Yizhuo Zhang, Walter Quesada, Thomas J. Foth, Ernesto Valdes Forte, Jun Li
  • Patent number: 11722324
    Abstract: Systems and methods for secure and accountable execution of computer scripts are disclosed. A system for validating an execution of a set of computer instructions may be configured to receive a first cryptographic hash, the first cryptographic hash corresponding to the set of computer instructions, to receive a second cryptographic hash, the second cryptographic hash corresponding to a runtime utility, wherein the runtime utility is configured to execute the set of computer instructions, to generate a ledger entry comprising the first cryptographic hash, the second cryptographic hash, and an indicator of success, and to add the ledger entry to a blockchain ledger, wherein the blockchain ledger is configured to receive the ledger entry from an authenticated node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Foth, Francis Njoroge Kahura, Ernesto Valdes Forte
  • Publication number: 20210288823
    Abstract: Systems and methods for secure and accountable execution of computer scripts are disclosed. A system for validating an execution of a set of computer instructions may be configured to receive a first cryptographic hash, the first cryptographic hash corresponding to the set of computer instructions, to receive a second cryptographic hash, the second cryptographic hash corresponding to a runtime utility, wherein the runtime utility is configured to execute the set of computer instructions, to generate a ledger entry comprising the first cryptographic hash, the second cryptographic hash, and an indicator of success, and to add the ledger entry to a blockchain ledger, wherein the blockchain ledger is configured to receive the ledger entry from an authenticated node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph FOTH, Francis Njoroge KAHURA, Ernesto Valdes FORTE
  • Publication number: 20210104234
    Abstract: Described are systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program product embodiments for automatically processing intent-based spoken language for SLU. The disclosed solution uses a scale-free network structured conversational knowledge graph that stores nodes representative of actions, objects, and intent names and edges representative of relationships between the nodes. For all phrases (including a sentence) from the same intent, the system calculates a mean feature vector using a Universal Sentence Embedding (USE) model as a feature element. The system also employs a multi-step intent detection strategy. A graph query technique may be used to match all potential intent nodes from the trained knowledge graph. The system may compute a covariance matrix between the feature element of an input phrase and feature elements of all potential intents. The major component of the covariance matrix along with the maximum covariance may be used to determine the final intent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
    Inventors: Yizhuo ZHANG, Walter QUESADA, Thomas J. FOTH, Ernesto VALDES FORTE, Jun LI