Patents by Inventor Keh-Shin F. Cheng

Keh-Shin F. Cheng 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: 7937338
    Abstract: A system and method for processing documents by utilizing the textual content and layout of the documents, including visual indicators, to more efficiently and reliably process the documents across various document types. The system and method identifies visually distinguishable elements within the document, such as section and sub-section boundary indicators, to mark, divide and label the boundaries and content type such that the sections are more clearly identifiable and easily processed. The system and method uses known elements, including section heading types, keywords, section type classifiers, sub-section heading constructs, stop words, and the like to adaptively identify and process a broad range of document types. The system and method continually refines and updates these known elements and allows users to discover and define new elements for further refinement and updating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Branimir K. Boguraev, Roy J. Byrd, Keh-Shin F. Cheng, Anni R. Coden, Michael A. Tanenblatt, Wilfried Teiken
  • Publication number: 20100274618
    Abstract: A real-time method and system are described for automatically extracting text from the customer-agent interaction at a contact center, analyzing the extracted text to automatically identify one or more customer issues, and performing processing by contact-center agent buddies (CABs) to generate at least one response to the customer issues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Roy J. Byrd, Keh-Shin F. Cheng, Stephen Carl Gates, Mary S. Neff, Youngja Park, Wilfried Teiken
  • Publication number: 20090276378
    Abstract: A system and method for processing documents by utilizing the textual content and layout of the documents, including visual indicators, to more efficiently and reliably process the documents across various document types. The system and method identifies visually distinguishable elements within the document, such as section and sub-section boundary indicators, to mark, divide and label the boundaries and content type such that the sections are more clearly identifiable and easily processed. The system and method uses known elements, including section heading types, keywords, section type classifiers, sub-section heading constructs, stop words, and the like to adaptively identify and process a broad range of document types. The system and method continually refines and updates these known elements and allows users to discover and define new elements for further refinement and updating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Branimir K. Boguraev, Roy J. Byrd, Keh-Shin F. Cheng, Anni R. Coden, Michael A. Tanenblatt, Wilfried Teiken
  • Patent number: 7380209
    Abstract: A method for storing electronic documents can include associating a digital seal with at least one electronic document. An image within a user interface can be displayed, wherein the image is a user selectable representation for the digital seal. At least one metadata attribute can be stored as a characteristic related to the digital seal. A storage characteristic of at least one electronic document can be modified based on one or more of the metadata attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Keh-Shin F. Cheng, Ting D. Cheng, John O. Long, Emily C. Plachy