Patents by Inventor Laurian Claire Vega

Laurian Claire Vega 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING HUMAN-SPECIFIED ACTIVITIES
    Publication number: 20130006678
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for identifying user activities. The system collects activity descriptions from a plurality of users, wherein a respective user is allowed to add, remove, or vote for at least one feature associated with the activity from a predetermined viewpoint. The system then identifies a user activity as a typed, stateful, and instantiated entity by detecting one or more features associated with at least one of: a type, state, and instance, of the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Victoria M. Bellotti, Oliver Brdiczka, Laurian Claire Vega