Patents by Inventor Jerome Quinn

Jerome Quinn 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).

  • Natural language interaction with large databases
    Publication number: 20070162275
    Abstract: A method includes applying at least one tag to at least one data element stored in a database the tag having at least one associated rule, utilizing the at least one associated rule to generate at least one variant of the data element, and storing the at least one variant in the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William Ablondi, Vaibhava Goel, Ea-Ee Jan, Benoit Maison, Jerome Quinn, Karthik Visweswariah
  • Method and apparatus for detecting data anomalies in statistical natural language applications
    Publication number: 20070016399
    Abstract: Techniques for detecting data anomalies in a natural language understanding (NLU) system are provided. A number of categorized sentences, categorized into a number of categories, are obtained. Sentences within a given one of the categories are clustered into a number of sub clusters, and the sub clusters are analyzed to identify data anomalies. The clustering can be based on surface forms of the sentences. The anomalies can be, for example, ambiguities or inconsistencies. The clustering can be performed, for example, with a K-means clustering algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yuqing Gao, Hong-Kwang Kuo, Roberto Pieraccini, Jerome Quinn, Cheng Wu