Patents by Inventor Jean-Marc Soumet

Jean-Marc Soumet 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: 11960849
    Abstract: Aspects discussed herein may relate to using machine learning models as part of methods and techniques for ingesting, creating, storing, editing, and managing a document. The document may be a legal contract that includes one or more clauses. Among other things, one or more machine learning models may be configured to recognize clauses and/or classifications, or types, of clauses. For example, the one or more generative language models may be used to generate one or more recommended edits to a clause, generate one or more suggested clauses that are missing from the contract, and/or generate one or more suggested locations where a clause may be inserted into or moved within the contract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ironclad, Inc.
    Inventors: Cai GoGwilt, Jennifer S. S. Monteleone, Adam Weber, Yujiao Zhang, Angela Kou, Vidya Ravikumar, Kevin Verdieck, Wolfgang Van HellicksonSabelhaus, Katherine Vilhena, Peter Nam That Ton, Nilay Amit Sadavarte, Sumuk Rao, Jean-Marc Soumet, Alexander S. Gillmor
  • Publication number: 20240086651
    Abstract: Aspects discussed herein may relate to using machine learning models as part of methods and techniques for ingesting, creating, storing, editing, and managing a document. The document may be a legal contract that includes one or more clauses. Among other things, one or more machine learning models may be configured to recognize clauses and/or classifications, or types, of clauses. For example, the one or more generative language models may be used to generate one or more recommended edits to a clause, generate one or more suggested clauses that are missing from the contract, and/or generate one or more suggested locations where a clause may be inserted into or moved within the contract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Cai GoGwilt, Jennifer S.S. Monteleone, Adam Weber, Yujiao Zhang, Angela Kou, Vidya Ravikumar, Kevin Verdieck, Wolfgang Van HellicksonSabelhaus, Katherine Vilhena, Peter Nam That Ton, Nilay Amit Sadavarte, Sumuk Rao, Jean-Marc Soumet, Alexander S. Gillmor
  • Patent number: 11880659
    Abstract: Methods and systems for hierarchical natural language understanding are described. A representation of an utterance is inputted to a first machine learning model to obtain information on the first utterance. According to the information on the utterance a determination that the representation of the utterance is to be inputted to a second machine learning model that performs a dedicated natural language task is performed. In response to determining that the representation of the utterance is to be inputted to a second machine learning model, the utterance is inputted to the second machine learning model to obtain an output of the dedicated natural language task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Shiva Kumar Pentyala, Jean-Marc Soumet, Shashank Harinath, Shilpa Bhagavath, Johnson Liu, Ankit Chadha
  • Patent number: 11769013
    Abstract: A multi-tenant system performs custom configuration of a tenant-specific chatbot to process and act upon natural language requests. The multi-tenant system configures the tenant-specific chatbots without requiring tenant-specific training. The multi-tenant system providing a user interface for configuring a tenant-specific set of permitted actions. The multi-tenant system determines a set of example phrases for each of the selected permitted actions. The multi-tenant system receives a natural language request from a user and identifies the action that the user wants to perform. The multi-tenant system uses a neural network to compare the natural language request with example phrases to identify an example phrase that matches the natural language request. The multi-tenant system performs the action corresponding to the matching example phrase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Machado, James Douglas Harrison, Caiming Xiong, Xinyi Yang, Thomas Archie Cook, Roojuta Lalani, Jean-Marc Soumet, Karl Ryszard Skucha, Juan Rodriguez, Manju Vijayakumar, Vishal Motwani, Tian Xie, Bryan McCann, Nitish Shirish Keskar, Zhihao Zou, Chitra Gulabrani, Minal Khodani, Adarsha Badarinath, Rohiniben Thakar, Srikanth Kollu, Kevin Schoen, Qiong Liu, Amit Hetawal, Kevin Zhang, Kevin Zhang, Johnson Liu, Rafael Amsili
  • Patent number: 11544465
    Abstract: Approaches to using unstructured input to update heterogeneous data stores include receiving unstructured text input, receiving a template for interpreting the unstructured text input, identifying, using an entity classifier, entities in the unstructured text input, identifying one or more potential parent entities from the identified entities based on the template, receiving a selection of a parent entity from the one or more potential parent entities, identifying one or more potential child entities from the identified entities based on the template and the selected parent entity, receiving a selection of a child entity from the one or more potential child entities, identifying an action item in the unstructured text input based on the identified entities and the template, determining, using an intent classifier, an intent of the action item, and updating a data store based on the determined intent, the identified entities, and the selected child entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Machado, John Ball, Thomas Archie Cook, Jr., Shashank Harinath, Roojuta Lalani, Zineb Laraki, Qingqing Liu, Mike Rosenbaum, Karl Ryszard Skucha, Jean-Marc Soumet, Manju Vijayakumar
  • Patent number: 11436481
    Abstract: A method for natural language processing includes receiving, by one or more processors, an unstructured text input. An entity classifier is used to identify entities in the unstructured text input. The identifying the entities includes generating, using a plurality of sub-classifiers of a hierarchical neural network classifier of the entity classifier, a plurality of lower-level entity identifications associated with the unstructured text input. The identifying the entities further includes generating, using a combiner of the hierarchical neural network classifier, a plurality of higher-level entity identifications associated with the unstructured text input based on the plurality of lower-level entity identifications. Identified entities are provided based on the plurality of higher-level entity identifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Govardana Sachithanandam Ramachandran, Michael Machado, Shashank Harinath, Linwei Zhu, Yufan Xue, Abhishek Sharma, Jean-Marc Soumet, Bryan McCann
  • Publication number: 20220245349
    Abstract: Methods and systems for hierarchical natural language understanding are described. A representation of an utterance is inputted to a first machine learning model to obtain information on the first utterance. According to the information on the utterance a determination that the representation of the utterance is to be inputted to a second machine learning model that performs a dedicated natural language task is performed. In response to determining that the representation of the utterance is to be inputted to a second machine learning model, the utterance is inputted to the second machine learning model to obtain an output of the dedicated natural language task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Shiva Kumar Pentyala, Jean-Marc Soumet, Shashank Harinath, Shilpa Bhagavath, Johnson Liu, Ankit Chadha
  • Publication number: 20210209305
    Abstract: Approaches to using unstructured input to update heterogeneous data stores include receiving unstructured text input, receiving a template for interpreting the unstructured text input, identifying, using an entity classifier, entities in the unstructured text input, identifying one or more potential parent entities from the identified entities based on the template, receiving a selection of a parent entity from the one or more potential parent entities, identifying one or more potential child entities from the identified entities based on the template and the selected parent entity, receiving a selection of a child entity from the one or more potential child entities, identifying an action item in the unstructured text input based on the identified entities and the template, determining, using an intent classifier, an intent of the action item, and updating a data store based on the determined intent, the identified entities, and the selected child entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Michael MACHADO, John BALL, Thomas Archie COOK, JR., Shashank HARINATH, Roojuta LALANI, Zineb LARAKI, Qingqing LIU, Mike ROSENBAUM, Karl Ryszard SKUCHA, Jean-Marc SOUMET, Manju VIJAYAKUMAR
  • Publication number: 20210141865
    Abstract: A multi-tenant system performs custom configuration of a tenant-specific chatbot to process and act upon natural language requests. The multi-tenant system configures the tenant-specific chatbots without requiring tenant-specific training. The multi-tenant system providing a user interface for configuring a tenant-specific set of permitted actions. The multi-tenant system determines a set of example phrases for each of the selected permitted actions. The multi-tenant system receives a natural language request from a user and identifies the action that the user wants to perform. The multi-tenant system uses a neural network to compare the natural language request with example phrases to identify an example phrase that matches the natural language request. The multi-tenant system performs the action corresponding to the matching example phrase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Machado, James Douglas Harrison, Caiming Xiong, Xinyi Yang, Thomas Archie Cook, Roojuta Lalani, Jean-Marc Soumet, Karl Ryszard Skucha, Juan Manuel Rodriguez, Manju Vijayakumar, Vishal Motwani, Tian Xie, Bryan McCann, Nitish Shirish Keskar, Armen Abrahamyan, Zhihao Zou, Chitra Gulabrani, Minal Khodani, Adarsha Badarinath, Rohiniben Thakar, Srikanth Kollu, Kevin Schoen, Qiong Liu, Amit Hetawal, Kevin Zhang, Kevin Zhang, Victor Brouk, Johnson Liu, Rafael Amsili
  • Patent number: 10970486
    Abstract: Approaches to using unstructured input to update heterogeneous data stores include receiving unstructured text input, receiving a template for interpreting the unstructured text input, identifying, using an entity classifier, entities in the unstructured text input, identifying one or more potential parent entities from the identified entities based on the template, receiving a selection of a parent entity from the one or more potential parent entities, identifying one or more potential child entities from the identified entities based on the template and the selected parent entity, receiving a selection of a child entity from the one or more potential child entities, identifying an action item in the unstructured text input based on the identified entities and the template, determining, using an intent classifier, an intent of the action item, and updating a data store based on the determined intent, the identified entities, and the selected child entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Michael Machado, John Ball, Thomas Archie Cook, Jr., Shashank Harinath, Roojuta Lalani, Zineb Laraki, Qingqing Liu, Mike Rosenbaum, Karl Ryszard Skucha, Jean-Marc Soumet, Manju Vijayakumar
  • Patent number: 10938907
    Abstract: Techniques and architectures for data modeling and management. Data modeling services are provided to agents within multiple different operating environments of a computing environment having at least one database stored on one or more physical memory devices communicatively coupled with one or more hardware processors the one or physical memory devices. Building and versioning of data modeling projects is coordinated and data utilized for the data modeling projects with the one or more hardware processors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Ka Hou Chan, Karl Ryszard Skucha, Kit Pang Szeto, Emmanual Felipe Oliveira, Jean-Marc Soumet, Simon Chan, Matvey Tovbin
  • Patent number: 10824608
    Abstract: A system may generate a score for a predictive model based on receiving a streaming data flow of events associated with a predictive model for a tenant. The system may receive the streaming data flow and calculate one or more feature values in real time based on the reception. The system may store each of the calculated features to a multi-tenant database server. The system may calculate a score for the predictive model based on the storage and may transmit an indication of the score (e.g., a prediction) based on the calculation. The system may transmit the score to, for example, a computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Yan Yang, Karl Ryszard Skucha, Marco Vivero, Joshua Sauter, Kit Pang Szeto, Leah McGuire, Matvey Tovbin, Jean-Marc Soumet, Qiong Liu, Vlad Patryshev
  • Publication number: 20200090033
    Abstract: A method for natural language processing includes receiving, by one or more processors, an unstructured text input. An entity classifier is used to identify entities in the unstructured text input. The identifying the entities includes generating, using a plurality of sub-classifiers of a hierarchical neural network classifier of the entity classifier, a plurality of lower-level entity identifications associated with the unstructured text input. The identifying the entities further includes generating, using a combiner of the hierarchical neural network classifier, a plurality of higher-level entity identifications associated with the unstructured text input based on the plurality of lower-level entity identifications. Identified entities are provided based on the plurality of higher-level entity identifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Govardana Sachithanandam RAMACHANDRAN, Michael MACHADO, Shashank HARINATH, Linwei ZHU, Yufan XUE, Abhishek SHARMA, Jean-Marc SOUMET, Bryan MCCANN
  • Publication number: 20200089757
    Abstract: Approaches to using unstructured input to update heterogeneous data stores include receiving unstructured text input, receiving a template for interpreting the unstructured text input, identifying, using an entity classifier, entities in the unstructured text input, identifying one or more potential parent entities from the identified entities based on the template, receiving a selection of a parent entity from the one or more potential parent entities, identifying one or more potential child entities from the identified entities based on the template and the selected parent entity, receiving a selection of a child entity from the one or more potential child entities, identifying an action item in the unstructured text input based on the identified entities and the template, determining, using an intent classifier, an intent of the action item, and updating a data store based on the determined intent, the identified entities, and the selected child entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Michael MACHADO, John BALL, Thomas Archie COOK, JR., Shashank HARINATH, Roojuta LALANI, Zineb LARAKI, Qingqing LIU, Mike ROSENBAUM, Karl Ryszard SKUCHA, Jean-Marc SOUMET, Manju VIJAYAKUMAR
  • Publication number: 20200090034
    Abstract: For a database system accessible by one or more users, a neural network model and related method are provided that allow a user of the database system to provide unstructured input in the form of a verbal or textual narrative or utterance that expresses the information in a language and manner that is more comfortable for the user. A portion of the narrative or utterance may relate to one or action items that the user intends to be taken with respect to the database system, such as creating, updating, modifying, or deleting a database item (e.g., contact, calendar item, deal, etc.). The neural model processes the unstructured input (narrative or utterance) and determines or classifies the intent with respect to the action item for the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Govardana Sachithanandam RAMACHANDRAN, Shashank HARINATH, Abhishek SHARMA, Jean-Marc SOUMET, Michael MACHADO, Bryan MCCANN
  • Publication number: 20200068018
    Abstract: Techniques and architectures for data modeling and management. Data modeling services are provided to agents within multiple different operating environments of a computing environment having at least one database stored on one or more physical memory devices communicatively coupled with one or more hardware processors the one or physical memory devices. Building and versioning of data modeling projects is coordinated and data utilized for the data modeling projects with the one or more hardware processors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Ka Hou Chan, Karl Ryszard Skucha, Kit Pang Szeto, Emmanual Felipe Oliveira, Jean-Marc Soumet, Simon Chan, Matvey Tovbin
  • Patent number: 10469584
    Abstract: Techniques and architectures for data modeling and management. Data modeling services are provided to agents within multiple different operating environments of a computing environment having at least one database stored on one or more physical memory devices communicatively coupled with one or more hardware processors the one or physical memory devices. Building and versioning of data modeling projects is coordinated and data utilized for the data modeling projects with the one or more hardware processors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Ka Hou Chan, Karl Ryszard Skucha, Kit Pang Szeto, Emmanual Felipe Oliveira, Jean-Marc Soumet, Simon Chan, Matvey Tovbin
  • Publication number: 20190147076
    Abstract: A system may generate a score for a predictive model based on receiving a streaming data flow of events associated with a predictive model for a tenant. The system may receive the streaming data flow and calculate one or more feature values in real time based on the reception. The system may store each of the calculated features to a multi-tenant database server. The system may calculate a score for the predictive model based on the storage and may transmit an indication of the score (e.g., a prediction) based on the calculation. The system may transmit the score to, for example, a computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Yan Yang, Karl Ryszard Skucha, Marco Vivero, Joshua Sauter, Kit Pang Szeto, Leah McGuire, Matvey Tovbin, Jean-Marc Soumet, Qiong Liu, Vlad Patryshev
  • Publication number: 20180097880
    Abstract: Techniques and architectures for data modeling and management. Data modeling services are provided to agents within multiple different operating environments of a computing environment having at least one database stored on one or more physical memory devices communicatively coupled with one or more hardware processors the one or physical memory devices. Building and versioning of data modeling projects is coordinated and data utilized for the data modeling projects with the one or more hardware processors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Ka Hou Chan, Karl Ryszard Skucha, Kit Pang Szeto, Emmanual Felipe Oliveira, Jean-Marc Soumet, Simon Chan, Matvey Tovbin