Patents by Inventor Joel Ranjan Tetreault

Joel Ranjan Tetreault 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: 10931604
    Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for commentary generation are provided. For example, a conversation, occurring through a conversation interface associated with a content item, is monitored to identify a tone of the conversation (e.g., users discussing a news article). If the tone deviates from a target tone (e.g., a negative tone of inflammatory comments, a low participation tone, an off topic tone, etc.), then intervention is automatically and programmatically performed for the conversation. For example, subject matter of the content item, information from external sources (e.g., other articles, social network posts, or website content associated with a topic of the news article), and/or programmatically generated information (e.g., topical statements generated by a neural network) are used to construct a comment. The comment is posted to the conversation interface in order to improve the conversation, such as to increase positive engagement by users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Media Inc.
    Inventors: Aasish Kumar Pappu, Joel Ranjan Tetreault
  • Patent number: 10789310
    Abstract: A fact machine receives a comment string from a webpage and segments the comments into sub-conversations. The fact machine also identifies entities within comments or draft comments as well as a sentiment and/or attributes associated with the entity. The fact machine then queries a knowledge base for facts relating to the entity, the attributes, and/or the sentiment. The fact machine then provides the facts to a user prior to the user posting a draft comment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Oath Inc.
    Inventors: Aasish Kumar Pappu, Sungjin Lee, Joel Ranjan Tetreault, Amanda Joy Stent
  • Publication number: 20190363998
    Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for commentary generation are provided. For example, a conversation, occurring through a conversation interface associated with a content item, is monitored to identify a tone of the conversation (e.g., users discussing a news article). If the tone deviates from a target tone (e.g., a negative tone of inflammatory comments, a low participation tone, an off topic tone, etc.), then intervention is automatically and programmatically performed for the conversation. For example, subject matter of the content item, information from external sources (e.g., other articles, social network posts, or website content associated with a topic of the news article), and/or programmatically generated information (e.g., topical statements generated by a neural network) are used to construct a comment. The comment is posted to the conversation interface in order to improve the conversation, such as to increase positive engagement by users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Aasish Kumar Pappu, Joel Ranjan Tetreault
  • Patent number: 10382367
    Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for commentary generation are provided. For example, a conversation, occurring through a conversation interface associated with a content item, is monitored to identify a tone of the conversation (e.g., users discussing a news article). If the tone deviates from a target tone (e.g., a negative tone of inflammatory comments, a low participation tone, an off topic tone, etc.), then intervention is automatically and programmatically performed for the conversation. For example, subject matter of the content item, information from external sources (e.g., other articles, social network posts, or website content associated with a topic of the news article), and/or programmatically generated information (e.g., topical statements generated by a neural network) are used to construct a comment. The comment is posted to the conversation interface in order to improve the conversation, such as to increase positive engagement by users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Oath Inc.
    Inventors: Aasish Kumar Pappu, Joel Ranjan Tetreault
  • Publication number: 20180145934
    Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for commentary generation are provided. For example, a conversation, occurring through a conversation interface associated with a content item, is monitored to identify a tone of the conversation (e.g., users discussing a news article). If the tone deviates from a target tone (e.g., a negative tone of inflammatory comments, a low participation tone, an off topic tone, etc.), then intervention is automatically and programmatically performed for the conversation. For example, subject matter of the content item, information from external sources (e.g., other articles, social network posts, or website content associated with a topic of the news article), and/or programmatically generated information (e.g., topical statements generated by a neural network) are used to construct a comment. The comment is posted to the conversation interface in order to improve the conversation, such as to increase positive engagement by users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Aasish Kumar Pappu, Joel Ranjan Tetreault
  • Publication number: 20180004718
    Abstract: A fact machine receives a comment string from a webpage and segments the comments into sub-conversations. The fact machine also identifies entities within comments or draft comments as well as a sentiment and/or attributes associated with the entity. The fact machine then queries a knowledge base for facts relating to the entity, the attributes, and/or the sentiment. The fact machine then provides the facts to a user prior to the user posting a draft comment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Yahoo Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Aasish Kumar Pappu, Sungjin Lee, Joel Ranjan Tetreault, Amanda Joy Stent