Patents by Inventor John Antony FOLLAND

John Antony FOLLAND 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 interface for a data management system
    Patent number: 11609941
    Abstract: A data processing system which includes a data management system located in a first network, the data management system providing operations for modifying data stored by the first data management system, and a natural language processing system for processing natural language messages. The natural language processing system is located outside the first network. The system further comprises an interface application having access to the data management system adapted to: receive one or more natural language messages from a user; forward the natural language messages to the natural language processing system; receive an invocation message from the natural language processing system, the invocation message comprising operation data defining an operation to be performed at the data management system, the operation identified by the natural language processing system based on the natural language messages; and invoke the operation at the data management system based on the operation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: BRITISH GAS TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: John Antony Folland, Deepak Chandar Govardhan, Kaushal Trivedi, Ajith Kumar Yadhagiri
  • NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACE FOR A DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210064643
    Abstract: A data processing system which includes a data management system located in a first network, the data management system providing operations for modifying data stored by the first data management system, and a natural language processing system for processing natural language messages. The natural language processing system is located outside the first network. The system further comprises an interface application having access to the data management system adapted to: receive one or more natural language messages from a user; forward the natural language messages to the natural language processing system; receive an invocation message from the natural language processing system, the invocation message comprising operation data defining an operation to be performed at the data management system, the operation identified by the natural language processing system based on the natural language messages; and invoke the operation at the data management system based on the operation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: John Antony FOLLAND, Deepak Chandar GOVARDHAN, Kaushal TRIVEDI, Ajith Kumar YADHAGIRI