Patents by Inventor Leigh Anne Ward

Leigh Anne Ward 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: 10482376
    Abstract: The computing device generates a classification model providing prediction data indicating predicted users in a target population who will respond to a target stimulus according to a predefined user response category. The computing device displays in GUI a graphical representation of a generated classification model and a plurality of options each specifying one of different objectives for determining a proportion of users in the target population to expose to the target stimulus. The computing device predicts proportion data indicating the proportion of users in the target population to expose to the target stimulus based on the determined location of the cut-off. The computing device issues one or more indications as to whether to use the classification model as a basis for exposing the proportion of users in the target population to the target stimulus according to the proportion data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Amrut Shantaram Vaze, Michael Ryan Chipley, Leigh Anne Ward, Ashish Mishra, Steven Todd Barlow, Suchitra Balaso Chikhalkar, Sameer Waman Tatke
  • Patent number: 10303516
    Abstract: One exemplary system can determine datasets to be transmitted to client devices for eliciting performance of a computing-task. The datasets include a first dataset and a second dataset. The system can then generate sets of data-curves for each of the datasets based on test data. The system can also generate a new client-device (NCD) projection based on the test data. The system can generate a new client-device task-completion (NCDTC) projection using (i) the NCD projection, and (ii) a particular set of data-curves for the first dataset. The system can determine a first value based at least in part on the NCDTC projection. The system can also determine a second value via series of steps. The system can determine an impact value by subtracting the second value from the first value. The system may allocate computing resources based on the first value, the second value, or the impact value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SAS INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Leigh Anne Ward, Caroline Ana Collins, Sherman Bruce Gibbons, Steven Todd Barlow