Patents by Inventor Leonardo A. Laroco, Jr.

Leonardo A. Laroco, Jr. 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: 9760570
    Abstract: A system and method for disambiguating references to entities in a document. In one embodiment, an iterative process is used to disambiguate references to entities in documents. An initial model is used to identify documents referring to an entity based on features contained in those documents. The occurrence of various features in these documents is measured. From the number occurrences of features in these documents, a second model is constructed. The second model is used to identify documents referring to the entity based on features contained in the documents. The process can be repeated, iteratively identifying documents referring to the entity and improving subsequent models based on those identifications. Additional features of the entity can be extracted from documents identified as referring to the entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Leonardo A. Laroco, Jr., Nikola Jevtic, Nikolai V. Yakovenko, Jeffrey Reynar
  • Patent number: 8924436
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer storage media, for populating a structured presentation with new values. One aspect can be embodied in machine-implemented methods that include the actions of obtaining a plurality of instances and a plurality of attributes; for each instance: identifying one or more documents from an unstructured document collection that are relevant to the instance, where each of the one or more documents include at least a value for an attribute in the plurality of attributes; and establishing a subset of the one or more values as characterizing the instance; and adding each instance, the respective attributes, and the respective subset of values to a structured data collection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Vinicius J. Fortuna, Andriy Bihun, Leonardo A. Laroco, Jr., Daniel Loreto, Elena Erbiceanu, Jeffrey C. Reynar, Andrew William Hogue, Ankur Bhargava
  • Publication number: 20140379743
    Abstract: A system and method for disambiguating references to entities in a document. In one embodiment, an iterative process is used to disambiguate references to entities in documents. An initial model is used to identify documents referring to an entity based on features contained in those documents. The occurrence of various features in these documents is measured. From the number occurrences of features in these documents, a second model is constructed. The second model is used to identify documents referring to the entity based on features contained in the documents. The process can be repeated, iteratively identifying documents referring to the entity and improving subsequent models based on those identifications. Additional features of the entity can be extracted from documents identified as referring to the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Leonardo A. Laroco, Jr., Nikola Jevtic, Nikolai V. Yakovenko, Jeffrey Reynar
  • Publication number: 20140289177
    Abstract: A system and method for disambiguating references to entities in a document. In one embodiment, an iterative process is used to disambiguate references to entities in documents. An initial model is used to identify documents referring to an entity based on features contained in those documents. The occurrence of various features in these documents is measured. From the number occurrences of features in these documents, a second model is constructed. The second model is used to identify documents referring to the entity based on features contained in the documents. The process can be repeated, iteratively identifying documents referring to the entity and improving subsequent models based on those identifications. Additional features of the entity can be extracted from documents identified as referring to the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Leonardo A. Laroco, JR., Nikola Jevtic, Nikolai V. Yakovenko, Jeffrey Reynar
  • Patent number: 8751498
    Abstract: A system and method for disambiguating references to entities in a document. In one embodiment, an iterative process is used to disambiguate references to entities in documents. An initial model is used to identify documents referring to an entity based on features contained in those documents. The occurrence of various features in these documents is measured. From the number occurrences of features in these documents, a second model is constructed. The second model is used to identify documents referring to the entity based on features contained in the documents. The process can be repeated, iteratively identifying documents referring to the entity and improving subsequent models based on those identifications. Additional features of the entity can be extracted from documents identified as referring to the entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Leonardo A. Laroco, Jr., Nikola Jevtic, Nikolai V. Yakovenko, Jeffrey Reynar
  • Patent number: 8412749
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer storage media, for populating a structured presentation with new values. One aspect can be embodied in machine-implemented methods that include the actions of receiving description data describing a preexisting structured presentation, comparing characteristics of the preexisting structured presentation with content of electronic documents in an unstructured collection of electronic documents to locate electronic documents that identify a new value that is relevant to the preexisting structured presentation, adding the new value to the preexisting structured presentation to form a new structured presentation, and outputting instructions for visually presenting the new structured presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Vinicius J. Fortuna, Andriy Bihun, Leonardo A. Laroco, Jr., Daniel Loreto, Elena Erbiceanu, Jeffrey C. Reynar, Andrew William Hogue, Ankur Bhargava
  • Publication number: 20120203777
    Abstract: A system and method for disambiguating references to entities in a document. In one embodiment, an iterative process is used to disambiguate references to entities in documents. An initial model is used to identify documents referring to an entity based on features contained in those documents. The occurrence of various features in these documents is measured. From the number occurrences of features in these documents, a second model is constructed. The second model is used to identify documents referring to the entity based on features contained in the documents. The process can be repeated, iteratively identifying documents referring to the entity and improving subsequent models based on those identifications. Additional features of the entity can be extracted from documents identified as referring to the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Leonardo A. Laroco, JR., Nikola Jevtic, Nikolai V. Yakovenko, Jeffrey Reynar
  • Patent number: 8122026
    Abstract: A system and method for disambiguating references to entities in a document. In one embodiment, an iterative process is used to disambiguate references to entities in documents. An initial model is used to identify documents referring to an entity based on features contained in those documents. The occurrence of various features in these documents is measured. From the number occurrences of features in these documents, a second model is constructed. The second model is used to identify documents referring to the entity based on features contained in the documents. The process can be repeated, iteratively identifying documents referring to the entity and improving subsequent models based on those identifications. Additional features of the entity can be extracted from documents identified as referring to the entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Leonardo A. Laroco, Jr., Nikola Jevtic, Nikolai V. Yakovenko, Jeffrey Reynar
  • Publication number: 20100185653
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer storage media, for populating a structured presentation with new values. One aspect can be embodied in machine-implemented methods that include the actions of receiving description data describing a preexisting structured presentation, comparing characteristics of the preexisting structured presentation with content of electronic documents in an unstructured collection of electronic documents to locate electronic documents that identify a new value that is relevant to the preexisting structured presentation, adding the new value to the preexisting structured presentation to form a new structured presentation, and outputting instructions for visually presenting the new structured presentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Vincius J. Fortuna, Andriy Bihun, Leonardo A. Laroco, JR., Daniel Loreto, Elena Erbiceanu, Jeffrey C. Reynar, Andrew William Hogue, Ankur Bhargava