Patents by Inventor Lee Becker

Lee Becker 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).

  • Publication number: 20260093986
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments may include a method to predict annotation spans without requiring any labeled annotation data. The approach may consider AES as a Multiple Instance Learning (MIL) task. The disclosed embodiments may show that such models can both predict content scores and localize content by leveraging their sentence-level score predictions. This capability may arise despite never having access to annotation training data. Implications may be discussed for improving formative feedback and explainable AES models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2025
    Publication date: April 2, 2026
    Inventors: Scott HELLMAN, Peter W. FOLTZ, Lee BECKER, William R. MURRAY
  • Publication number: 20240221725
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamic open activity response assessment provide for: receiving an open activity response from a client device of a user; in response to the open activity response, providing the open activity response to multiple machine learning models to process multiple open response assessments in real time; receiving multiple assessment scores from the multiple machine learning models; and providing multiple assessment results to the client device of the user based on the multiple assessment scores corresponding to the multiple open response assessments associated with the open activity response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Mateusz POLTORAK, Julia MAY, Izabela KRYSINSKA, Rafal STACHOWIAK, III, Agata HANAS-SZADKOWSKA, Michal OKULSKI, Marek RYDLEWSKI, Jakub ZDANOWSKI, Veronica BENIGNO, Kacper LODZIKOWSKI, Krzysztof JEDRZEJEWSKI, Lee BECKER, Mateusz JEKIEL, Emilia MACIEJEWSKA, Agnieszka PLUDRA
  • Patent number: 11875706
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated custom training of a scoring model are disclosed herein. The method include: receiving a plurality of responses received from a plurality of students in response to providing of a prompt; identifying an evaluation model relevant to the provided prompt, which evaluation model can be a machine learning model trained to output a score relevant to at least portions of a response; generating a training indicator that provides a graphical depiction of the degree to which the identified evaluation model is trained; determining a training status of the model; receiving at least one evaluation input when the model is identified as insufficiently trained; updating training of the evaluation model based on the at least one received evaluation input; and controlling the training indicator to reflect the degree to which the evaluation model is trained subsequent to the updating of the training of the evaluation model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.
    Inventors: Alok Baikadi, Scott Hellman, Jill Budden, Stephen Hopkins, Kyle Habermehl, Peter Foltz, Lee Becker, Mark Rosenstein
  • Patent number: 11817014
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated custom training of a scoring model are disclosed herein. The method include: receiving a plurality of responses received from a plurality of students in response to providing of a prompt; identifying an evaluation model relevant to the provided prompt, which evaluation model can be a machine learning model trained to output a score relevant to at least portions of a response; generating a training indicator that provides a graphical depiction of the degree to which the identified evaluation model is trained; determining a training status of the model; receiving at least one evaluation input when the model is identified as insufficiently trained; updating training of the evaluation model based on the at least one received evaluation input; and controlling the training indicator to reflect the degree to which the evaluation model is trained subsequent to the updating of the training of the evaluation model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.
    Inventors: Lee Becker, William Murray, Peter Foltz, Mark Rosenstein, Alok Baikadi, Scott Hellman, Kyle Habermehl, Jill Budden, Stephen Hopkins, Andrew Gorman
  • Patent number: 11741849
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated custom training of a scoring model are disclosed herein. The method include: receiving a plurality of responses received from a plurality of students in response to providing of a prompt; identifying an evaluation model relevant to the provided prompt, which evaluation model can be a machine learning model trained to output a score relevant to at least portions of a response; generating a training indicator that provides a graphical depiction of the degree to which the identified evaluation model is trained; determining a training status of the model; receiving at least one evaluation input when the model is identified as insufficiently trained; updating training of the evaluation model based on the at least one received evaluation input; and controlling the training indicator to reflect the degree to which the evaluation model is trained subsequent to the updating of the training of the evaluation model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Hellman, William Murray, Kyle Habermehl, Alok Baikadi, Jill Budden, Andrew Gorman, Mark Rosenstein, Lee Becker, Stephen Hopkins, Peter Foltz
  • Patent number: 11475245
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated custom training of a scoring model are disclosed herein. The method include: receiving a plurality of responses received from a plurality of students in response to providing of a prompt; identifying an evaluation model relevant to the provided prompt, which evaluation model can be a machine learning model trained to output a score relevant to at least portions of a response; generating a training indicator that provides a graphical depiction of the degree to which the identified evaluation model is trained; determining a training status of the model; receiving at least one evaluation input when the model is identified as insufficiently trained; updating training of the evaluation model based on the at least one received evaluation input; and controlling the training indicator to reflect the degree to which the evaluation model is trained subsequent to the updating of the training of the evaluation model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Foltz, Mark Rosenstein, Alok Baikadi, Lee Becker, Stephen Hopkins, Jill Budden, Luis M. Oros, Kyle Habermehl, Scott Hellman, William Murray, Andrew Gorman
  • Patent number: 11449762
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated custom training of a scoring model are disclosed herein. The method include: receiving a plurality of responses received from a plurality of students in response to providing of a prompt; identifying an evaluation model relevant to the provided prompt, which evaluation model can be a machine learning model trained to output a score relevant to at least portions of a response; generating a training indicator that provides a graphical depiction of the degree to which the identified evaluation model is trained; determining a training status of the model; receiving at least one evaluation input when the model is identified as insufficiently trained; updating training of the evaluation model based on the at least one received evaluation input; and controlling the training indicator to reflect the degree to which the evaluation model is trained subsequent to the updating of the training of the evaluation model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Rosenstein, Kyle Habermehl, Scott Hellman, Alok Baikadi, Peter Foltz, Lee Becker, Luis M. Oros, Jill Budden, Marcia Derr
  • Patent number: 11443140
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated custom training of a scoring model are disclosed herein. The method include: receiving a plurality of responses received from a plurality of students in response to providing of a prompt; identifying an evaluation model relevant to the provided prompt, which evaluation model can be a machine learning model trained to output a score relevant to at least portions of a response; generating a training indicator that provides a graphical depiction of the degree to which the identified evaluation model is trained; determining a training status of the model; receiving at least one evaluation input when the model is identified as insufficiently trained; updating training of the evaluation model based on the at least one received evaluation input; and controlling the training indicator to reflect the degree to which the evaluation model is trained subsequent to the updating of the training of the evaluation model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Hellman, Lee Becker, Samuel Downs, Alok Baikadi, William Murray, Kyle Habermehl, Peter Foltz, Mark Rosenstein
  • Publication number: 20220013023
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method to predict annotation spans without requiring any labeled annotation data. The approach is to consider AES as a Multiple Instance Learning (MIL) task. The disclosed embodiments show that such models can both predict content scores and localize content by leveraging their sentence-level score predictions. This capability arises despite never having access to annotation training data. Implications are discussed for improving formative feedback and explainable AES models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Scott HELLMAN, Peter W. FOLTZ, Lee BECKER, William R. MURRAY
  • Patent number: 10599765
    Abstract: A semantic translation model system is described along with various methods and mechanisms for administering the same. The semantic translation model system proposed herein creates an intermediate representation and a knowledge base in multiple languages, reducing the amount of time and expensive resources typically required for translation and automatic response to written communications. The system also removes the problem of a translation being influenced by a person's writing style and human misinterpretation and provides ongoing translation to keep the system current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: David Skiba, George Erhart, Lee Becker, Valentine C. Matula
  • Publication number: 20200005157
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated custom training of a scoring model are disclosed herein. The method include: receiving a plurality of responses received from a plurality of students in response to providing of a prompt; identifying an evaluation model relevant to the provided prompt, which evaluation model can be a machine learning model trained to output a score relevant to at least portions of a response; generating a training indicator that provides a graphical depiction of the degree to which the identified evaluation model is trained; determining a training status of the model; receiving at least one evaluation input when the model is identified as insufficiently trained; updating training of the evaluation model based on the at least one received evaluation input; and controlling the training indicator to reflect the degree to which the evaluation model is trained subsequent to the updating of the training of the evaluation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Rosenstein, Kyle Habermehl, Scott Hellman, Alok Baikadi, Peter Foltz, Lee Becker, Luis M. Oros, Jill Budden, Marcia Derr
  • Publication number: 20190258715
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated custom training of a scoring model are disclosed herein. The method include: receiving a plurality of responses received from a plurality of students in response to providing of a prompt; identifying an evaluation model relevant to the provided prompt, which evaluation model can be a machine learning model trained to output a score relevant to at least portions of a response; generating a training indicator that provides a graphical depiction of the degree to which the identified evaluation model is trained; determining a training status of the model; receiving at least one evaluation input when the model is identified as insufficiently trained; updating training of the evaluation model based on the at least one received evaluation input; and controlling the training indicator to reflect the degree to which the evaluation model is trained subsequent to the updating of the training of the evaluation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Scott Hellman, Lee Becker, Samuel Downs, Alok Baikadi, William Murray, Kyle Habermehl, Peter Foltz, Mark Rosenstein
  • Publication number: 20190259293
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated custom training of a scoring model are disclosed herein. The method include: receiving a plurality of responses received from a plurality of students in response to providing of a prompt; identifying an evaluation model relevant to the provided prompt, which evaluation model can be a machine learning model trained to output a score relevant to at least portions of a response; generating a training indicator that provides a graphical depiction of the degree to which the identified evaluation model is trained; determining a training status of the model; receiving at least one evaluation input when the model is identified as insufficiently trained; updating training of the evaluation model based on the at least one received evaluation input; and controlling the training indicator to reflect the degree to which the evaluation model is trained subsequent to the updating of the training of the evaluation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Scott Hellman, William Murray, Kyle Habermehl, Alok Baikadi, Jill Budden, Andrew Gorman, Mark Rosenstein, Lee Becker, Stephen Hopkins, Peter Foltz
  • Publication number: 20190258900
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated custom training of a scoring model are disclosed herein. The method include: receiving a plurality of responses received from a plurality of students in response to providing of a prompt; identifying an evaluation model relevant to the provided prompt, which evaluation model can be a machine learning model trained to output a score relevant to at least portions of a response; generating a training indicator that provides a graphical depiction of the degree to which the identified evaluation model is trained; determining a training status of the model; receiving at least one evaluation input when the model is identified as insufficiently trained; updating training of the evaluation model based on the at least one received evaluation input; and controlling the training indicator to reflect the degree to which the evaluation model is trained subsequent to the updating of the training of the evaluation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Alok Baikadi, Scott Hellman, Jill Budden, Stephen Hopkins, Kyle Habermehl, Peter Foltz, Lee Becker, Mark Rosenstein
  • Publication number: 20190258903
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated custom training of a scoring model are disclosed herein. The method include: receiving a plurality of responses received from a plurality of students in response to providing of a prompt; identifying an evaluation model relevant to the provided prompt, which evaluation model can be a machine learning model trained to output a score relevant to at least portions of a response; generating a training indicator that provides a graphical depiction of the degree to which the identified evaluation model is trained; determining a training status of the model; receiving at least one evaluation input when the model is identified as insufficiently trained; updating training of the evaluation model based on the at least one received evaluation input; and controlling the training indicator to reflect the degree to which the evaluation model is trained subsequent to the updating of the training of the evaluation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Peter Foltz, Mark Rosenstein, Alok Baikadi, Lee Becker, Stephen Hopkins, Jill Budden, Luis M. Oros, Kyle Habermehl, Scott Hellman, William Murray, Andrew Gorman
  • Publication number: 20190258716
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated custom training of a scoring model are disclosed herein. The method include: receiving a plurality of responses received from a plurality of students in response to providing of a prompt; identifying an evaluation model relevant to the provided prompt, which evaluation model can be a machine learning model trained to output a score relevant to at least portions of a response; generating a training indicator that provides a graphical depiction of the degree to which the identified evaluation model is trained; determining a training status of the model; receiving at least one evaluation input when the model is identified as insufficiently trained; updating training of the evaluation model based on the at least one received evaluation input; and controlling the training indicator to reflect the degree to which the evaluation model is trained subsequent to the updating of the training of the evaluation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Lee Becker, William Murray, Peter Foltz, Mark Rosenstein, Alok Baikadi, Scott Hellman, Kyle Habermehl, Jill Budden, Stephen Hopkins, Andrew Gorman
  • Patent number: 9715492
    Abstract: The sentiment of a message may not be obtainable from the message itself. However, many messages have an associated context that provides information useful in determining the sentiment of a message. Messages may include links to other resources, such as graphics or videos, which in turn include titles, comments, viewer ratings or other attributes that may provide a sentiment of the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: David Skiba, George Erhart, Lee Becker, Valentine C Matula
  • Patent number: 9635175
    Abstract: A dialog aggregator provided by a contact center communication system for text-based interaction chains is described along with various methods and mechanisms for administering the same. The dialog aggregator produces a summary, in real-time, of questions posed and existing answers in the interaction chain while identifying outstanding questions that have not been answered for display to an agent. The display includes any current answer the agent is working on as well as completed items and additionally executes rules based on the status of the remaining questions. The display in canonical form of the summary and outstanding question set enables a contact center agent or other observer of the interaction to quickly and efficiently assess the interaction history.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: David Skiba, George Erhart, Lee Becker, Valentine C. Matula
  • Patent number: 9542455
    Abstract: An automated system for message analysis whereby messages within a given category may be identified and processed as a category connote. While a domain of messages may be monitored and processed in the due course of business, connote message are different. For example, a number of messages may fall into a domain of “poor airline food.” Such messages may be processed in the due course of business. However, a message with a different aspect, such as, “I found glass in my food,” may be initially identified as begin within the domain of “poor airline food,” and processed further to distinguish the message as being a connote with regard to the “poor airline food” category and warranting special handling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: David Skiba, George Erhart, Lee Becker, Valentine C. Matula
  • Patent number: 9454760
    Abstract: Contact centers may incorporate automated agents to respond to inquiries. The inquiries may solicit a substantive response, for example, by providing a time when the inquiry asks for the departure time for a flight. Such responses omit the normal conversational subject matter used to embellish person-to-person conversations and appear are very machine-like. Herein, a source of user context, such as a social media website, customer database, or other data, is accessed. Certain aspects of the customer may then be identified and used to embellish the reply with additional and/or alternative content. As a result, the reply may be more conversational.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Reinhard Klemm, George Erhart, Lee Becker, David Skiba