Patents by Inventor James McTiernan

James McTiernan 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).

  • Publication number: 20240250921
    Abstract: Virtual agents may be deployed to conduct a communication with a customer to determine and resolve a work item. During the communication, the virtual agent may need to obtain or provide information to other entities. However, coding a virtual agent to perform such communications is difficult and error prone. By providing a messaging system with a central repository, the virtual agent may register an interest in another entity, group of entities, the state of one or more entities, or information contained therein via messaging to a central repository. The central repository then provides callback messages to the virtual agent that matches the interest or any other conditions specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Reinhard P. Klemm, James McTiernan, Elizabeth Harrington, John A. Young
  • Publication number: 20240223706
    Abstract: Large monolithic virtual agents attempt to provide all skills and abilities in a contact center in order to resolve a work item (call) from a customer. However, as the issues become more complex this paradigm results in errors, inefficiencies and knowledge shortcomings on the information and data they have been trained with. Accordingly, systems and methods are provided that enable a number of individual specialized virtual agents, working together, to be deployed. Each has a finite set of abilities and a communication may be transferred to the particular specialized virtual agent having the ability required to resolve a work item. A discovery service is provided to enable an agent to identify particular specialized virtual agent(s) having the required ability in order to resolve the work item, part of the work item or multiple work items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Harsh V. Mendiratta, Reinhard P. Klemm, Elizabeth Harrington, James McTiernan
  • Patent number: 8131703
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described that provide for generating ordered search results based on dynamic web analytics data that allows a resulting list of records that is responsive to a query to be ranked in a fashion that improves user satisfaction and conversion success rate. The system interrogates a target website to build a database of products and services. The individual pages/products in the database of products and services are ranked based on analytics data. Responses to searches of the target website are ordered as list of records that reflects the analytics data, which improves the ordering of the list of records based on criteria such as web page popularity, product popularity, or conversion success rate. Further embodiments provide for the generation of appropriately ordered search engine feed data based on the ranked database of products and services for the target website as well as the generation of search engine sitemaps with an appropriate priority attribute based on the analytics data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Marshall Bessieres, Kevin Wallace, King Rhoton, James McTiernan, Brian Herring, Jianmin Wu, Steven Kusmer
  • Publication number: 20070244883
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described that provide for generating ordered search results based on dynamic web analytics data that allows a resulting list of records that is responsive to a query to be ranked in a fashion that improves user satisfaction and conversion success rate. The system interrogates a target website to build a database of products and services. The individual pages/products in the database of products and services are ranked based on analytics data. Responses to searches of the target website are ordered as list of records that reflects the analytics data, which improves the ordering of the list of records based on criteria such as web page popularity, product popularity, or conversion success rate. Further embodiments provide for the generation of appropriately ordered search engine feed data based on the ranked database of products and services for the target website as well as the generation of search engine sitemaps with an appropriate priority attribute based on the analytics data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: WEBSIDESTORY, INC.
    Inventors: Marshall Bessieres, Kevin Wallace, King Rhoton, James McTiernan, Brian Herring, Jianmin Wu, Steven Kusmer
  • Patent number: 4189053
    Abstract: A medicinal dispensing system comprising a blister package containing up to 1,000 individual doses of a given medication and a sealable envelope, preferably transparent on one side, for the containment of quantities of medication dispensed as per description is disclosed.Attached to one side of the envelope are multiple flaps preprinted with information relating to the chemical composition of the drug, contraindications, potentiating effects when used with other medications, etc. On the other side of the envelope is a space for the encoding of dosage information, frequency of administration and other pertinent information concerning the prescription being filled. The blister sheet contains perforations to allow for the detachment of as many individually-packaged doses of medication as are called for to fill a given prescription.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1980
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Frank V. Stagnitto, James McTiernan, Morris D. Kamo, Walter Antosik
  • Patent number: D287812
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1987
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Bordonaro, James McTiernan
  • Patent number: D288894
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1987
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Bordonaro, James McTiernan