Patents by Inventor Joseph Cessna
Joseph Cessna 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).
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Patent number: 11893461Abstract: Systems and methods for labeling data are disclosed. An example method may be performed by one or more processors of a labeling system and include retrieving labeled data, identifying characteristics predictive of labels that would be entered for unlabeled data items having the respective characteristics based on the labeled data, training an analysis model to predict labels that would be entered for unlabeled data items, generating, for unlabeled data items, using the trained analysis model, a prediction of a label that will be entered for the respective unlabeled data item if the respective unlabeled data item is presented for labeling, selecting, based on the generated predictions, a subset of unlabeled data items to be presented for labeling, receiving labels for the subset of unlabeled data items, determining that a completion criteria associated with the trained analysis model is met, and generating labels for remaining unlabeled data items.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Sean Rowan, Joseph Cessna
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Publication number: 20220147879Abstract: Systems and methods for labeling data are disclosed. An example method may be performed by one or more processors of a labeling system and include retrieving labeled data, identifying characteristics predictive of labels that would be entered for unlabeled data items having the respective characteristics based on the labeled data, training an analysis model to predict labels that would be entered for unlabeled data items, generating, for unlabeled data items, using the trained analysis model, a prediction of a label that will be entered for the respective unlabeled data item if the respective unlabeled data item is presented for labeling, selecting, based on the generated predictions, a subset of unlabeled data items to be presented for labeling, receiving labels for the subset of unlabeled data items, determining that a completion criteria associated with the trained analysis model is met, and generating labels for remaining unlabeled data items.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Sean Rowan, Joseph Cessna
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Patent number: 11321629Abstract: A method and system assists users to generate training sets of labeled data items for machine learning processes. The method and system receives data sets of unlabeled data items from users. The method and system presents data items from the data set for labeling by the users. The method and system analyzes data items that have been labeled by the user and selects future data items to be presented to the user based on analysis of the labeled data items.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Sean Rowan, Joseph Cessna
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Patent number: 11069001Abstract: A method and system adaptively improves potential customer conversion rates, revenue metrics, and/or other target metrics by providing effective user experience options to some users while concurrently testing user responses to other user experience options, according to one embodiment. The method and system selects the user experience options by applying user characteristics data to an analytics model, according to one embodiment. The method and system analyzes user responses to the user experience options to update the analytics model, and to dynamically adapt the personalization of the user experience options, according to one embodiment. The method and system filters out user experience options from delivery to users, if the user experience options are non-compliant with one or more business rules, to maintain business relations for the service provider and to maintain user confidence in the services provided by the service provider (e.g., a tax return preparation system), according to one embodiment.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Massimo Mascaro, Joseph Cessna, Peter Ouyang
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Patent number: 11030631Abstract: A method and system adaptively improves potential customer conversion rates, revenue metrics, and/or other target metrics by providing effective user experience options to some users while concurrently testing user responses to other user experience options, among a variety of user experience options, according to one embodiment. The method and system selects the user experience options by applying user characteristics data to an analytics model, according to one embodiment. The method and system analyzes user responses to the user experience options to update the analytics model, and to dynamically adapt the personalization of the user experience options, at least partially based on feedback from users, according to one embodiment. The method and system determines bias weights from characteristics of the analytics model and uses the bias weights to compensate for data biases when updating or generating analytics models.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Massimo Mascaro, Joseph Cessna, Peter Ouyang
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Patent number: 10621677Abstract: A method and system adaptively improves potential customer conversion rates, revenue metrics, and/or other target metrics by providing effective user experience options to some users while concurrently testing user responses to other user experience options, according to one embodiment. The method and system selects the user experience options by applying user characteristics data to an analytics model to identify a predictive model that selects or determines the user experience options, according to one embodiment. The method and system analyzes user responses to the predictive model and/or user experience options to update the analytics model, and to dynamically adapt the personalization of the user experience options, according to one embodiment. The method and system dynamically and automatically defines, evaluates, and updates analytics models to provide progressively improving personalization of user experiences in a software system.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2016Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Massimo Mascaro, Joseph Cessna, Peter Ouyang
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Patent number: 10621597Abstract: A method and system adaptively improves potential customer conversion rates, revenue metrics, and/or other target metrics by providing effective user experience options to some users while concurrently testing user responses to other user experience options, according to one embodiment. The method and system selects the user experience options by applying user characteristics data to an analytics model, according to one embodiment. The method and system analyzes user responses to the user experience options to update the analytics model, and to dynamically adapt the personalization of the user experience options, according to one embodiment. The method and system dynamically and automatically defines, evaluates, and updates analytics models to provide progressively improving personalization of user experiences in a software system.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Massimo Mascaro, Joseph Cessna, Peter Ouyang
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Patent number: 10460398Abstract: Disclosed methods and systems crowdsource the detection of usability issues in user experience pages of a tax return preparation system, according to one embodiment. Testing and debugging combinations and sequences of user experience pages can be time consuming and costly, and crowdsourcing the detection of usability issues can reduce the length of time typically consumed in detecting issues in a user experience flow, according to one embodiment. The methods and system include monitoring users' navigation behavior (e.g., system access data) within user experience pages, using predictive models to detect when users are experiencing a potential issue, and providing issue resolution content to both help the users and characterize the potential issue, according to one embodiment.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2016Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Christopher C. Gielow, Igor A. Podgorny, Joseph Cessna, Matthew Cannon
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Patent number: 10387787Abstract: A method and system adaptively improves potential customer conversion rates, revenue metrics, and/or other target metrics by providing effective user experience options, from a variety of different user experience options, to some users while concurrently testing user responses to other user experience options, according to one embodiment. The method and system selects the user experience options by applying user characteristics data to an analytics model, according to one embodiment. The method and system analyzes user responses to the user experience options to update the analytics model, and to dynamically adapt the personalization of the user experience options, at least partially based on feedback from users, according to one embodiment.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Joseph Cessna, Massimo Mascaro, Joel R. Minton
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Patent number: 10373064Abstract: A method and system adaptively improves potential customer conversion rates, revenue metrics, and/or other target metrics by providing effective user experience options, from a variety of different user experience options, to some users while concurrently testing user responses to other user experience options, according to one embodiment. The method and system selects the user experience options by applying user characteristics data to an analytics model, according to one embodiment. The characteristics of the analytics model are adjusted and/or tuned to control/reduce uncertainty in identifying effective user experience options, according to one embodiment. The method and system analyzes user responses to the user experience options to update the analytics model, and to dynamically adapt the personalization of the user experience options, at least partially based on feedback from users, according to one embodiment.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Massimo Mascaro, Joseph Cessna, Peter Ouyang
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Patent number: 10162734Abstract: Disclosed methods and systems crowdsource quality assurance testing and error detection for user experience pages of a tax return preparation system, according to one embodiment. Testing and debugging combinations and sequences user experience pages can be time consuming and costly, and crowdsourcing error detection can reduce the length of time typically consumed in detecting all errors in a user experience flow, according to one embodiment. The methods and system include monitoring users' navigation behavior (e.g., system access data) within one or more user experience pages, using predictive models to detect when users are experiencing a potential issue, and providing issue resolution content to both help the users and characterize the potential issue, according to one embodiment. If the potential issue is an error, the methods and systems include requesting more information about the error, to facilitate resolving the error for current and subsequent users, according to one embodiment.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Igor A. Podgorny, Joseph Cessna, Christopher C. Gielow, Matthew Cannon
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Patent number: 9983859Abstract: A method and system facilitates the development of data science transformations in one programming language and the deployment of the data science transformations in another programming language, according to one embodiment. The method and system preserves relationships, functions, configurations, and characteristics between combinations of data transformations, according to one embodiment. The preservation of the relationships, functions, configurations, and characteristics is enabled by developing and providing a set of low-level (e.g., atomic) transformations that enable users to build their own models, libraries, and configurations into macro-transformations (e.g., conglomerate transformations), according to one embodiment.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Massimo Mascaro, Joseph Cessna, Jonathan Lunt
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Publication number: 20170315791Abstract: A method and system facilitates the development of data science transformations in one programming language and the deployment of the data science transformations in another programming language, according to one embodiment. The method and system preserves relationships, functions, configurations, and characteristics between combinations of data transformations, according to one embodiment. The preservation of the relationships, functions, configurations, and characteristics is enabled by developing and providing a set of low-level (e.g., atomic) transformations that enable users to build their own models, libraries, and configurations into macro-transformations (e.g., conglomerate transformations), according to one embodiment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Massimo Mascaro, Joseph Cessna, Jonathan Lunt
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Publication number: 20170308960Abstract: A method and system adaptively improves potential customer conversion rates, revenue metrics, and/or other target metrics by providing effective user experience options to some users while concurrently testing user responses to other user experience options, according to one embodiment. The method and system selects the user experience options by applying user characteristics data to an analytics model to identify a predictive model that selects or determines the user experience options, according to one embodiment. The method and system analyzes user responses to the predictive model and/or user experience options to update the analytics model, and to dynamically adapt the personalization of the user experience options, according to one embodiment. The method and system dynamically and automatically defines, evaluates, and updates analytics models to provide progressively improving personalization of user experiences in a software system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2016Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Massimo Mascaro, Joseph Cessna, Peter Ouyang
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Publication number: 20170300933Abstract: A method and system adaptively improves potential customer conversion rates, revenue metrics, and/or other target metrics by providing effective user experience options to some users while concurrently testing user responses to other user experience options, according to one embodiment. The method and system selects the user experience options by applying user characteristics data to an analytics model, according to one embodiment. The method and system analyzes user responses to the user experience options to update the analytics model, and to dynamically adapt the personalization of the user experience options, according to one embodiment. The method and system dynamically and automatically defines, evaluates, and updates analytics models to provide progressively improving personalization of user experiences in a software system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2016Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Massimo Mascaro, Joseph Cessna, Peter Ouyang
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Publication number: 20170200087Abstract: A method and system adaptively improves potential customer conversion rates, revenue metrics, and/or other target metrics by providing effective user experience options, from a variety of different user experience options, to some users while concurrently testing user responses to other user experience options, according to one embodiment. The method and system selects the user experience options by applying user characteristics data to an analytics model, according to one embodiment. The characteristics of the analytics model are adjusted and/or tuned to control/reduce uncertainty in identifying effective user experience options, according to one embodiment. The method and system analyzes user responses to the user experience options to update the analytics model, and to dynamically adapt the personalization of the user experience options, at least partially based on feedback from users, according to one embodiment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2016Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicant: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Massimo Mascaro, Joseph Cessna, Peter Ouyang
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Publication number: 20170186097Abstract: A method and system adaptively improves potential customer conversion rates, revenue metrics, and/or other target metrics by providing effective user experience options, from a variety of different user experience options, to some users while concurrently testing user responses to other user experience options, according to one embodiment. The method and system selects the user experience options by applying user characteristics data to an analytics model, according to one embodiment. The user characteristics data include time data, e.g., when a user interacts with a software system, according to one embodiment. The method and system applies one or more time filters to data samples to train the analytics model, and the method and system analyzes user responses to the user experience options to update the analytics model, and to dynamically adapt the personalization of the user experience options, at least partially based on feedback from users, according to one embodiment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2015Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicant: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Massimo Mascaro, Joseph Cessna, Peter Ouyang
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Publication number: 20170178199Abstract: A method and system adaptively improves potential customer conversion rates, revenue metrics, and/or other target metrics by providing effective marketing experience options, from a variety of different marketing experience options, to some users while concurrently testing user responses to other marketing experience options, according to one embodiment. The method and system selects the marketing experience options by applying user characteristics data to an analytics model, according to one embodiment. The method and system analyzes user responses to the marketing experience options to update the analytics model, and to dynamically adapt the personalization of the marketing experience options, at least partially based on feedback from users, according to one embodiment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2015Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Joseph Cessna, Massimo Mascaro, Peter Ouyang
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Publication number: 20060059763Abstract: The present invention relates to an expandable net device. An embodiment includes an expandable structure that is configurable in an expanded configuration and a contracted configuration. In an embodiment, the contracted configuration can facilitate insertion of the net device through an ice fishing hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2004Publication date: March 23, 2006Inventors: Nicholas Passint, Bryan Wilson, Joseph Cessna