Patents by Inventor Joseph Ellsworth
Joseph Ellsworth 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: 12039545Abstract: A third-party service may be used to assist entities in responding to requests of users by determining a suggested response to a received communication. The third party service may receive a request from a first entity, such as via an application programming interface request, that includes a message in a conversation. A conversation feature vector may be computed by processing the message with a first neural network. A suggested respond to the message may be determined by processing the conversation feature vector with a second neural network. The third-party service may then return the suggested response for use in the conversation. The third-party service may similarly be used to assist other entities in responding to requests of users.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2023Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: ASAPP, INC.Inventors: Shawn Henry, Gustavo Sapoznik, Hui Dai, Joseph Ellsworth Hackman
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Patent number: 11956187Abstract: A company may implement automated workflows for convenience of users or to reduce support costs. For example, allowing a user to change an address using an automated workflow may be faster or less expensive than with a human agent. In some instances, a first communications session may be started between a first user and a second user. During the first communications session, one or more communications may be processed to select an intent of the first user and a value of an information item communicated by the first user. An automated workflow may be selected to continue assisting the first user, and the first user may be transferred to a second communications session with the automated workflow. The automated workflow may be initialized with the value of the information item that was provided during the first communications session so that the first user does not need to repeat information.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: ASAPP, INC.Inventors: Joseph Ellsworth Hackman, Christopher David Fox, Jonathan David Weese, Satchuthananthavale Rasiah Kuhan Branavan, Tao Lei
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Publication number: 20230214847Abstract: A third-party service may be used to assist entities in responding to requests of users by determining a suggested response to a received communication. The third party service may receive a request from a first entity, such as via an application programming interface request, that includes a message in a conversation. A conversation feature vector may be computed by processing the message with a first neural network. A suggested respond to the message may be determined by processing the conversation feature vector with a second neural network. The third-party service may then return the suggested response for use in the conversation. The third-party service may similarly be used to assist other entities in responding to requests of users.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Shawn Henry, Gustavo Sapoznik, Hui Dai, Joseph Ellsworth Hackman
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Publication number: 20230179548Abstract: A company may implement automated workflows for convenience of users or to reduce support costs. For example, allowing a user to change an address using an automated workflow may be faster or less expensive than with a human agent. In some instances, a first communications session may be started between a first user and a second user. During the first communications session, one or more communications may be processed to select an intent of the first user and a value of an information item communicated by the first user. An automated workflow may be selected to continue assisting the first user, and the first user may be transferred to a second communications session with the automated workflow. The automated workflow may be initialized with the value of the information item that was provided during the first communications session so that the first user does not need to repeat information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2023Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Joseph Ellsworth Hackman, Christopher David Fox, Jonathan David Weese, Satchuthananthavale Rasiah Kuhan Branavan, Tao Lei
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Patent number: 11588760Abstract: A company may implement automated workflows for convenience of users or to reduce support costs. For example, allowing a user to change an address using an automated workflow may be faster or less expensive than with a human agent. In some instances, a first communications session may be started between a first user and a second user. During the first communications session, one or more communications may be processed to select an intent of the first user and a value of an information item communicated by the first user. An automated workflow may be selected to continue assisting the first user, and the first user may be transferred to a second communications session with the automated workflow. The automated workflow may be initialized with the value of the information item that was provided during the first communications session so that the first user does not need to repeat information.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: ASAPP, INC.Inventors: Joseph Ellsworth Hackman, Christopher David Fox, Jonathan David Weese, Satchuthananthavale Rasiah Kuhan Branavan, Tao Lei
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Patent number: 11588759Abstract: A company may implement automated workflows for convenience of users or to reduce support costs. For example, allowing a user to change an address using an automated workflow may be faster or less expensive than with a human agent. Companies may provide support over different types of communications channels with different capabilities, such as voice channels and text channels. Instead of implementing different workflows for different channels, a company may separate aspects of the workflow that are common to different channels from aspects of the workflow that are different for different channels. For example, a workflow may be implemented to determine an action in response to a received communication where the action may be used with multiple channels. The action may then be used to select an action implementation that is specific to a channel.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: ASAPP, INC.Inventors: Mitchell Steven Morgan, Frederick William Poe Heckel, Priya Sawant, Adrien Brochard, Christopher David Fox, Tao Lei, Joseph Ellsworth Hackman
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Publication number: 20220337538Abstract: A message may be suggested to a user participating in a conversation using one or more neural networks where the suggested message is adapted to the preferences or communication style of the user. The suggested message may be adapted to the user with a user embedding vector that represents the preferences or communication style of the user in a vector space. To suggest a message to the user, a conversation feature vector may be computed by processing the text of the conversation with a neural network. A context score may be computed for one or more designated messages, where the context score is computed by processing the user embedding vector, the conversation feature vector, and a designated message feature vector with a neural network. A designated message may be selected as a suggested message for the user using the context scores. The suggestion may then be presented to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Kelsey Taylor Ball, Tao Lei, Christopher David Fox, Joseph Ellsworth Hackman
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Patent number: 11425064Abstract: A message may be suggested to a user participating in a conversation using one or more neural networks where the suggested message is adapted to the preferences or communication style of the user. The suggested message may be adapted to the user with a user embedding vector that represents the preferences or communication style of the user in a vector space. To suggest a message to the user, a conversation feature vector may be computed by processing the text the conversation with a neural network. A context score may be computed for one or more designated messages, where the context score is computed by processing the user embedding vector, the conversation feature vector, and a designated message feature vector with a neural network. A designated message may be selected as a suggested message for the user using the context scores. The suggestion may then presented to the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: ASAPP, INC.Inventors: Kelsey Taylor Ball, Tao Lei, Christopher David Fox, Joseph Ellsworth Hackman
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Patent number: 11373044Abstract: Machine learning models may be used during a communications session to process natural language communications and perform actions relating to the communications session. For example, a machine learning model may be used to provide an automated response to a user, to suggest a completion of text being entered by a user, or to provide information about a relevant resource. Machine learning models may rely on machine learning model data that is updated during a communications session as communications are processed by the machine learning model. To improve the performance of a machine learning model when a user leaves a first communications session and enters a second communications session, the machine learning model data may be stored during a first communications session and then retrieved during the second communications session to initialize a machine learning model for the second communications session.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: ASAPP, INC.Inventors: Christopher David Fox, Tao Lei, Joseph Ellsworth Hackman
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Publication number: 20210126881Abstract: A message may be suggested to a user participating in a conversation using one or more neural networks where the suggested message is adapted to the preferences or communication style of the user. The suggested message may be adapted to the user with a user embedding vector that represents the preferences or communication style of the user in a vector space. To suggest a message to the user, a conversation feature vector may be computed by processing the text the conversation with a neural network. A context score may be computed for one or more designated messages, where the context score is computed by processing the user embedding vector, the conversation feature vector, and a designated message feature vector with a neural network. A designated message may be selected as a suggested message for the user using the context scores. The suggestion may then presented to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2019Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Kelsey Taylor Ball, Tao Lei, Christopher David Fox, Joseph Ellsworth Hackman
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Publication number: 20200327892Abstract: Machine learning models may be used during a communications session to process natural language communications and perform actions relating to the communications session. For example, a machine learning model may be used to provide an automated response to a user, to suggest a completion of text being entered by a user, or to provide information about a relevant resource. Machine learning models may rely on machine learning model data that is updated during a communications session as communications are processed by the machine learning model. To improve the performance of a machine learning model when a user leaves a first communications session and enters a second communications session, the machine learning model data may be stored during a first communications session and then retrieved during the second communications session to initialize a machine learning model for the second communications session.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2019Publication date: October 15, 2020Inventors: Christopher David Fox, Tao Lei, Joseph Ellsworth Hackman
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Publication number: 20200329144Abstract: A company may implement automated workflows for convenience of users or to reduce support costs. For example, allowing a user to change an address using an automated workflow may be faster or less expensive than with a human agent. Companies may provide support over different types of communications channels with different capabilities, such as voice channels and text channels. Instead of implementing different workflows for different channels, a company may separate aspects of the workflow that are common to different channels from aspects of the workflow that are different for different channels. For example, a workflow may be implemented to determine an action in response to a received communication where the action may be used with multiple channels. The action may then be used to select an action implementation that is specific to a channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2019Publication date: October 15, 2020Inventors: Mitchell Steven Morgan, Frederick William Poe Heckel, Priya Sawant, Adrien Brochard, Christopher David Fox, Tao Lei, Joseph Ellsworth Hackman
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Publication number: 20200327192Abstract: A company may implement automated workflows for convenience of users or to reduce support costs. For example, allowing a user to change an address using an automated workflow may be faster or less expensive than with a human agent. In some instances, a first communications session may be started between a first user and a second user. During the first communications session, one or more communications may be processed to select an intent of the first user and a value of an information item communicated by the first user. An automated workflow may be selected to continue assisting the first user, and the first user may be transferred to a second communications session with the automated workflow. The automated workflow may be initialized with the value of the information item that was provided during the first communications session so that the first user does not need to repeat information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2019Publication date: October 15, 2020Inventors: Joseph Ellsworth Hackman, Christopher David Fox, Jonathan David Weese, Satchuthananthavale Rasiah Kuhan Branavan, Tao Lei
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Publication number: 20200081907Abstract: A third-party company may assist companies in providing natural language interfaces for their customers. To implement a natural language interface for a company, a configuration may be received that includes information, such as a list intents, seed messages for the intents, and hierarchical information of the intents. An intent classifier may be trained using the configuration, and the natural language interface may be deployed for use with customers. Usage data of the natural language classifier may be collected and used to improve the natural language interface. Messages corresponding to an intent may be clustered into clusters of similar messages, and a prototype message may be obtained for each cluster to provide a human understandable description of the cluster. The information about the clusters may be used to improve the natural language interface, such as by creating a new intent with a cluster or moving a cluster to a different intent.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Satchuthananthavale Rasiah Kuhan Branavan, Joseph Ellsworth Hackman, Frederick William Poe Heckel, Aaron Isaksen
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Patent number: 10515104Abstract: A third-party company may assist companies in providing natural language interfaces for their customers. To implement a natural language interface for a company, a configuration may be received that includes information, such as a list intents, seed messages for the intents, and hierarchical information of the intents. An intent classifier may be trained using the configuration, and the natural language interface may be deployed for use with customers. Usage data of the natural language classifier may be collected and used to improve the natural language interface. Messages corresponding to an intent may be clustered into clusters of similar messages, and a prototype message may be obtained for each cluster to provide a human understandable description of the cluster. The information about the clusters may be used to improve the natural language interface, such as by creating a new intent with a cluster or moving a cluster to a different intent.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: ASAPP, INC.Inventors: Satchuthananthavale Rasiah Kuhan Branavan, Joseph Ellsworth Hackman, Frederick William Poe Heckel, Aaron Isaksen
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Patent number: 10489792Abstract: A company may desire to maintain a quality level for messages sent by customer service representatives to customers. The company may receive a message input by a customer service representative, modify the message with one or more neural networks, and transmit the modified message to a customer. To modify a message, an input vector may be created for each word of the message where the input vector is created using a word embedding of the word and a feature vector that represents the characters of the word. The input vectors for the words of the message may be sequentially processed with an encoding neural network to compute a message encoding vector that represents the message. The message encoding vector may then be processed by a decoding neural network to sequentially generate the words of a modified message. The modified message may then be transmitted to the customer.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: ASAPP, INC.Inventors: Joseph Ellsworth Hackman, Shawn Henry, Alan Nicolas Hampton, Tao Lei
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Publication number: 20190251104Abstract: A third-party company may assist companies in providing natural language interfaces for their customers. To implement a natural language interface for a company, a configuration may be received that includes information, such as a list intents, seed messages for the intents, and hierarchical information of the intents. An intent classifier may be trained using the configuration, and the natural language interface may be deployed for use with customers. Usage data of the natural language classifier may be collected and used to improve the natural language interface. Messages corresponding to an intent may be clustered into clusters of similar messages, and a prototype message may be obtained for each cluster to provide a human understandable description of the cluster. The information about the clusters may be used to improve the natural language interface, such as by creating a new intent with a cluster or moving a cluster to a different intent.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Satchuthananthavale Rasiah Kuhan Branavan, Joseph Ellsworth Hackman, Frederick William Poe Heckel, Aaron Isaksen
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Publication number: 20190213601Abstract: A company may desire to maintain a quality level for messages sent by customer service representatives to customers. The company may receive a message input by a customer service representative, modify the message with one or more neural networks, and transmit the modified message to a customer. To modify a message, an input vector may be created for each word of the message where the input vector is created using a word embedding of the word and a feature vector that represents the characters of the word. The input vectors for the words of the message may be sequentially processed with an encoding neural network to compute a message encoding vector that represents the message. The message encoding vector may then be processed by a decoding neural network to sequentially generate the words of a modified message. The modified message may then be transmitted to the customer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2018Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Joseph Ellsworth Hackman, Shawn Henry, Alan Nicolas Hampton, Tao Lei
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Patent number: 10210244Abstract: A third-party company may assist companies in providing natural language interfaces for their customers. To implement a natural language interface for a company, a configuration may be received that includes information, such as a list intents, seed messages for the intents, and hierarchical information of the intents. An intent classifier may be trained using the configuration, and the natural language interface may be deployed for use with customers. Usage data of the natural language classifier may be collected and used to improve the natural language interface. Messages corresponding to an intent may be clustered into clusters of similar messages, and a prototype message may be obtained for each cluster to provide a human understandable description of the cluster. The information about the clusters may be used to improve the natural language interface, such as by creating a new intent with a cluster or moving a cluster to a different intent.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: ASAPP, INC.Inventors: Satchuthananthavale Rasiah Kuhan Branavan, Joseph Ellsworth Hackman, Frederick William Poe Heckel, Aaron Isaksen
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Publication number: 20140089324Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards providing a device and method of identifying media items from a media library maintained by a media server that are similar to a designated media item. The media server stores an ontology, which is represented as a hierarchically linked set of nodes wherein a node is either a concept or a placeholder, and a library of media items. Each media item corresponds to a record in the media library and the record includes at least one metadata field with assigned keywords. The media server receives a designation of a media item from a user computer, retrieves the corresponding keywords, obtains all related concepts from the ontology, computes node weights for the related concepts, queries the media library using the node weights, to identify similar media items and provides the results to the user computer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: CORBIS CORPORATIONInventors: Joseph Ellsworth, Michael Ree, James Helms, Jarett Funnell