Patents by Inventor James Rapp

James Rapp 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: 11875368
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for proactively predicting demand based on sparse transaction data. One example method includes receiving a request to predict transaction quantities for a plurality of transaction entities for a future time period. Historical transaction data for the transaction entities is identified for a plurality of categories of transacted items. The plurality of categories are organized using a hierarchy of levels. Multiple levels of the hierarchy are iterated over starting at a lowest level. For each current level in the iteration, features to include in a quantity forecasting model for the current level are identified. The quantity forecasting model is trained using the identified features. Predicted transaction dates are predicted for the current level by a transaction date prediction model. The quantity forecasting model is used to generate predicted quantity information for the current level for the predicted transaction dates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Pankti Jayesh Kansara, James Rapp, John Seeburger, Sangeetha Krishnamoorthy, Mario Ponce Midence
  • Patent number: 11854022
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for proactively predicting demand based on sparse transaction data. One example method includes receiving a request to predict transaction dates for a plurality of transaction entities for a future time period. Historical transaction data for the transaction entities is identified for a plurality of categories of transacted items. The plurality of categories are organized using a hierarchy of levels. Multiple levels of the hierarchy are iterated over, starting at a lowest level. For each current level in the iteration, a plurality of transaction date prediction models are trained and tested. Heuristics for the plurality of trained transaction date prediction models are compared to determine a most accurate transaction date prediction model. The most accurate transaction date prediction model is used to make a prediction of transaction dates for the current level for the future time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Ninad Kulkarni, Jing Wang, Pankti Jayesh Kansara, Mario Ponce Midence, James Rapp
  • Publication number: 20210117995
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for proactively predicting demand based on sparse transaction data. One example method includes receiving a request to predict transaction quantities for a plurality of transaction entities for a future time period. Historical transaction data for the transaction entities is identified for a plurality of categories of transacted items. The plurality of categories are organized using a hierarchy of levels. Multiple levels of the hierarchy are iterated over starting at a lowest level. For each current level in the iteration, features to include in a quantity forecasting model for the current level are identified. The quantity forecasting model is trained using the identified features. Predicted transaction dates are predicted for the current level by a transaction date prediction model. The quantity forecasting model is used to generate predicted quantity information for the current level for the predicted transaction dates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Pankti Jayesh Kansara, James Rapp, John Seeburger, Sangeetha Krishnamoorthy, Mario Ponce Midence
  • Publication number: 20210117839
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for proactively predicting demand based on sparse transaction data. One example method includes receiving a request to predict transaction dates for a plurality of transaction entities for a future time period. Historical transaction data for the transaction entities is identified for a plurality of categories of transacted items. The plurality of categories are organized using a hierarchy of levels. Multiple levels of the hierarchy are iterated over, starting at a lowest level. For each current level in the iteration, a plurality of transaction date prediction models are trained and tested. Heuristics for the plurality of trained transaction date prediction models are compared to determine a most accurate transaction date prediction model. The most accurate transaction date prediction model is used to make a prediction of transaction dates for the current level for the future time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Ninad Kulkarni, Jing Wang, Pankti Jayesh Kansara, Mario Ponce Midence, James Rapp
  • Publication number: 20160265274
    Abstract: Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for use of a mesh screen having a perimeter, an elastomeric material, and a flexible frame that surrounds elastomeric material and is attached to the mesh screen at or substantially proximate to the perimeter, wherein the flexible frame surrounds an entirety of the perimeter. In another embodiment, the flexible frame constitutes connected portions of flexible frame having elastomeric material(s) and portions of flexible frame not having elastomeric material(s). Example use may include pushing the apparatus into a window seal of a window opening to prevent macroscopic materials, such as particulates and insets, from ingress or egress into an otherwise closed system, such as the interior of an automobile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventor: James Rapp
  • Patent number: 9146836
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for linking diagnostic visualizations to regions of application code. Diagnostic visualizations emitted during execution of an application are displayed. The diagnostic visualizations partially represent the abstract objective of the application (e.g., as envisioned by a developer). Diagnostic data for at least one of a plurality of components is displayed. The diagnostic data indicates the performance of the at least one of the plurality of components during execution of the application. The displayed one or more diagnostic visualizations and the displayed diagnostic data is correlated to link the one or more diagnostic visualizations to the at least one of the plurality of components. Linking the one or more diagnostic visualizations to the at least one of the plurality of components can better indicate how the application's behavior reconciles the abstract objective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: James Rapp, Daniel Griffing, Alexander Dadiomov, Matthew Jacobs, Ben Nesson, Drake A. Campbell, Mayank Agarwal, Paulo Cesar Sales Janotti, Xinhua Ji, Eric Ledoux, Alexey Kamenev, Jared Robert Van Leeuwen
  • Patent number: 8490058
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for time-based navigation within resource utilization data. A computer system is configured to present resource utilization data representing performance of computer resources. The resource utilization data is displayed on a diagnostic data trace during the execution of the application. The user can select a desired time range and the resource utilization data within the time range will be displayed at other traces. The diagnostic data trace is still presented so that the user can understand the relation between the selected time range and the overall time length. Further, the user can modify the selected time range by change the extents of the selected time range using resizing tool. The resource utilization data within the modified selected time range, similarly, is also displayed along with the diagnostic data trace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: James Rapp, Daniel Griffing, Alexander Dadiomov, Matthew Jacobs, Hazim Shafi, Ryan Nowak, Ben Nesson, Drake A. Campbell, Mayank Agarwal, Paulo Cesar Sales Janotti, Xinhua Ji, George Essex Englebeck, Vikram Bapat
  • Publication number: 20130152052
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for linking diagnostic visualizations to regions of application code. Diagnostic visualizations emitted during execution of an application are displayed. The diagnostic visualizations partially represent the abstract objective of the application (e.g., as envisioned by a developer). Diagnostic data for at least one of a plurality of components is displayed. The diagnostic data indicates the performance of the at least one of the plurality of components during execution of the application. The displayed one or more diagnostic visualizations and the displayed diagnostic data is correlated to link the one or more diagnostic visualizations to the at least one of the plurality of components. Linking the one or more diagnostic visualizations to the at least one of the plurality of components can better indicate how the application's behavior reconciles the abstract objective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: James Rapp, Daniel Griffing, Alexander Dadiomov, Matthew Jacobs, Ben Nesson, Drake A. Campbell, Mayank Agarwal, Paulo Cesar Sales Janotti, Xinhua Ji, Eric Ledoux, Alexey Kamenev, Jared Robert Van Leeuwen
  • Publication number: 20130152051
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for time-based navigation within resource utilization data. A computer system is configured to present resource utilization data representing performance of computer resources. The resource utilization data is displayed on a diagnostic data trace during the execution of the application. The user can select a desired time range and the resource utilization data within the time range will be displayed at other traces. The diagnostic data trace is still presented so that the user can understand the relation between the selected time range and the overall time length. Further, the user can modify the selected time range by change the extents of the selected time range using resizing tool. The resource utilization data within the modified selected time range, similarly, is also displayed along with the diagnostic data trace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: James Rapp, Daniel Griffing, Alexander Dadiomov, Matthew Jacobs, Hazim Shafi, Ryan Nowak, Ben Nesson, Drake A. Campbell, Mayank Agarwal, Paulo Cesar Sales Janotti, Xinhua Ji, George Essex Englebeck, Vikram Bapat