Patents by Inventor Lien Tran
Lien Tran 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).
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Patent number: 11436610Abstract: The system obtains a set of tickets representing customer requests for a customer-support ticketing system. Next, the system produces a set of request vectors by feeding words from each ticket through a model to generate a request vector for the ticket, wherein the set of request vectors is represented as a set of points in a vector space. The system then performs a clustering operation on the set of points to form clusters representing support topics, wherein the clustering operation creates a new point for a new ticket in the vector space when the new ticket is received, and incrementally updates existing clusters to accommodate the new point. Finally, the system presents a user interface to a customer-support agent, wherein the user interface uses the support topics to organize the customer requests, and enables the customer-support agent to perform a customer-support operation in response to a customer request.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Zendesk, Inc.Inventors: Soon-ee Cheah, Ai-Lien Tran-Cong
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Publication number: 20220277351Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining classes from a corpus based on topic modeling, data clustering and unsupervised learning. Labels are determined for each of the classes and trained models are generated for each of the classes by assignment of a plurality of textual documents to labels based on a highest number of matches. A raw textual document can be tokenized and stop words removed. A corresponding one of the trained models can be selected according to a class that is applicable to subject matter of the raw textual document. The processed document can be assigned to a target label based on a highest number of matches of words. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Sanjeev Misra, Appavu Siva Prakasam, Ann Eileen Skudlark, Siva Kolachina, Nisha Shahul Hameed, Prashanth Boddhireddy, Lien Tran, Jenq-Chyuan Wang
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Publication number: 20220224768Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes obtaining metadata from media content and consumed by network subscribers; determining for each network subscriber a consumer context associated with the media content; and determining a media consumption pattern for each network subscriber based on the metadata and the consumer context, thereby generating a plurality of media consumption patterns. The method further includes aggregating the media consumption patterns; determining, based on the aggregated media consumption patterns, a media consumption trend for the network subscribers; and correlating the media consumption trend with a profile including a current activity for a network subscriber of the plurality of network subscribers, thereby generating a recommendation for the network subscriber regarding new media content not previously consumed by the network subscriber. The method also includes communicating the recommendation to the network subscriber.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Ann E. Skudlark, Eric Zavesky, Lien Tran, David Crawford Gibbon, Zhu Liu
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Patent number: 11386463Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining classes from a corpus based on topic modeling, data clustering and unsupervised learning. Labels are determined for each of the classes and trained models are generated for each of the classes by assignment of a plurality of textual documents to labels based on a highest number of matches. A raw textual document can be tokenized and stop words removed. A corresponding one of the trained models can be selected according to a class that is applicable to subject matter of the raw textual document. The processed document can be assigned to a target label based on a highest number of matches of words. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Sanjeev Misra, Appavu Siva Prakasam, Ann Eileen Skudlark, Siva Kolachina, Nisha Shahul Hameed, Prashanth Boddhireddy, Lien Tran, Jenq-Chyuan Wang
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Patent number: 11336743Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes obtaining metadata from media content and consumed by network subscribers; determining for each network subscriber a consumer context associated with the media content; and determining a media consumption pattern for each network subscriber based on the metadata and the consumer context, thereby generating a plurality of media consumption patterns. The method further includes aggregating the media consumption patterns; determining, based on the aggregated media consumption patterns, a media consumption trend for the network subscribers; and correlating the media consumption trend with a profile including a current activity for a network subscriber of the plurality of network subscribers, thereby generating a recommendation for the network subscriber regarding new media content not previously consumed by the network subscriber. The method also includes communicating the recommendation to the network subscriber.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Ann E. Skudlark, Eric Zavesky, Lien Tran, David Crawford Gibbon, Zhu Liu
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Publication number: 20210326896Abstract: We have developed a system that automatically suggests macros to help customer-support agents process customer-support tickets in an online customer-support system. During operation, the system receives a customer-support ticket, which is associated with a request from a customer in the customer-support system, wherein the request relates to a product or a service used by the customer. Next, the system converts text from the customer-support ticket into a ticket embedding in a vector space. The system then feeds the ticket embedding into a macro-suggestion model, which correlates ticket embeddings with macros, wherein each of the macros comprises a sequence of commands that performs an operation to facilitate processing of the customer-support ticket. If the macro-suggestion model produces suggested macros, the system presents the suggested macros to a customer-support agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2020Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicant: Zendesk, Inc.Inventors: Ai-Lien Tran-Cong, Anh Thien Dinh, Stephanie C. Olding, Christopher J. Hausler, Eleanor B. Stribling, Hing Yip Pak, Pasindu V. Dissanayake, Akhil Naru
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Publication number: 20210203749Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes obtaining metadata from media content and consumed by network subscribers; determining for each network subscriber a consumer context associated with the media content; and determining a media consumption pattern for each network subscriber based on the metadata and the consumer context, thereby generating a plurality of media consumption patterns. The method further includes aggregating the media consumption patterns; determining, based on the aggregated media consumption patterns, a media consumption trend for the network subscribers; and correlating the media consumption trend with a profile including a current activity for a network subscriber of the plurality of network subscribers, thereby generating a recommendation for the network subscriber regarding new media content not previously consumed by the network subscriber. The method also includes communicating the recommendation to the network subscriber.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Ann E. Skudlark, Eric Zavesky, Lien Tran, David Crawford Gibbon, Zhu Liu
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Publication number: 20210182912Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining classes from a corpus based on topic modeling, data clustering and unsupervised learning. Labels are determined for each of the classes and trained models are generated for each of the classes by assignment of a plurality of textual documents to labels based on a highest number of matches. A raw textual document can be tokenized and stop words removed. A corresponding one of the trained models can be selected according to a class that is applicable to subject matter of the raw textual document. The processed document can be assigned to a target label based on a highest number of matches of words. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2020Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Xandr Inc.Inventors: Sanjeev Misra, Appavu Siva Prakasam, Ann Eileen Skudlark, Siva Kolachina, Nisha Shahul Hameed, Prashanth Boddhireddy, Lien Tran, Jenq-Chyuan Wang
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Patent number: 11026236Abstract: A more efficient over-the-air software push can be facilitated by leveraging a smart scheduling system for vehicles. The smart scheduling system can use location and network capacity data to prioritize over-the-air software pushes for vehicles. For instance, a vehicle, which is only operational during off-peak wireless network hours can receive a software push during the off-peak times because wireless network capacity is not an issue. However, vehicles, which are used primarily during heavy peak wireless network times can receive software in a prioritized manner based on location data, frequency of use, network capacity, etc.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Lien Tran, Simon D. Byers, Carlos Eduardo De Andrade, Emir Halepovic, David John Poole, Christopher T. Volinsky
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Patent number: 10979528Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes obtaining metadata from media content and consumed by network subscribers; determining for each network subscriber a consumer context associated with the media content; and determining a media consumption pattern for each network subscriber based on the metadata and the consumer context, thereby generating a plurality of media consumption patterns. The method further includes aggregating the media consumption patterns; determining, based on the aggregated media consumption patterns, a media consumption trend for the network subscribers; and correlating the media consumption trend with a profile including a current activity for a network subscriber of the plurality of network subscribers, thereby generating a recommendation for the network subscriber regarding new media content not previously consumed by the network subscriber. The method also includes communicating the recommendation to the network subscriber.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Ann E. Skudlark, Eric Zavesky, Lien Tran, David Crawford Gibbon, Zhu Liu
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Patent number: 10958782Abstract: Software downloads to Internet of things (IoT) devices are facilitated over a constrained network. In one embodiment a method comprises monitoring, by a network device comprising a processor, data determined to have been sent to a device for transmission to the device via a radio access network device of a wireless communication network, and determining, by the network device, a type of traffic associated with the data. The method further includes based on a determination that the data comprises firmware and that the type of traffic is of a traffic priority that is lower than a defined traffic priority, applying, by the network device, a low priority transport protocol to the data, wherein the applying comprises associating protocol information with the data representative of the low priority transport protocol.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Lien Tran, Simon Byers, Carlos Eduardo De Andrade, David Poole, Emir Halepovic, Vijay Gopalakrishnan, Christopher Volinsky
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Patent number: 10699183Abstract: The system obtains a set of tickets representing customer requests generated by a customer-support ticketing system. Next, the system feeds words from each ticket through a model to generate a request vector for the ticket, wherein the request vector comprises numerical values representing words in the ticket. The system then embeds the request vectors in a vector space. If help center articles already exist, the system embeds article vectors for the existing help center articles in the vector space. Next, the system identifies clusters of request vectors, which are within a pre-specified distance of each other in the vector space. If an identified cluster is more than a pre-specified distance away from a closest article vector in the vector space, the system notifies a content creator that a new article needs to be written, or an existing article needs to be updated, to cover the identified cluster.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Zendesk, Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Hausler, Michael G. Mortimer, Soon-Ee Cheah, Shi Yu Zhu, Ai-Lien Tran-Cong, Wai Chee Yau, Hing Yip Pak, Anh Thien Dinh
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Publication number: 20200195748Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes obtaining metadata from media content and consumed by network subscribers; determining for each network subscriber a consumer context associated with the media content; and determining a media consumption pattern for each network subscriber based on the metadata and the consumer context, thereby generating a plurality of media consumption patterns. The method further includes aggregating the media consumption patterns; determining, based on the aggregated media consumption patterns, a media consumption trend for the network subscribers; and correlating the media consumption trend with a profile including a current activity for a network subscriber of the plurality of network subscribers, thereby generating a recommendation for the network subscriber regarding new media content not previously consumed by the network subscriber. The method also includes communicating the recommendation to the network subscriber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Ann E. Skudlark, Eric Zavesky, Lien Tran, David Crawford Gibbon, Zhu Liu
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Publication number: 20200022147Abstract: A more efficient over-the-air software push can be facilitated by leveraging a smart scheduling system for vehicles. The smart scheduling system can use location and network capacity data to prioritize over-the-air software pushes for vehicles. For instance, a vehicle, which is only operational during off-peak wireless network hours can receive a software push during the off-peak times because wireless network capacity is not an issue. However, vehicles, which are used primarily during heavy peak wireless network times can receive software in a prioritized manner based on location data, frequency of use, network capacity, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Lien Tran, Simon D. Byers, Carlos Eduardo De Andrade, Emir Halepovic, David John Poole, Christopher T. Volinsky
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Publication number: 20190312970Abstract: Software downloads to Internet of things (IoT) devices are facilitated over a constrained network. In one embodiment a method comprises monitoring, by a network device comprising a processor, data determined to have been sent to a device for transmission to the device via a radio access network device of a wireless communication network, and determining, by the network device, a type of traffic associated with the data. The method further includes based on a determination that the data comprises firmware and that the type of traffic is of a traffic priority that is lower than a defined traffic priority, applying, by the network device, a low priority transport protocol to the data, wherein the applying comprises associating protocol information with the data representative of the low priority transport protocol.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: Lien Tran, Simon Byers, Carlos Eduardo De Andrade, David Poole, Emir Halepovic, Vijay Gopalakrishnan, Christopher Volinsky
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Patent number: 10362166Abstract: Software downloads to Internet of things (IoT) devices are facilitated over a constrained network. In one embodiment a method comprises monitoring, by a network device comprising a processor, data determined to have been sent to a device for transmission to the device via a radio access network device of a wireless communication network, and determining, by the network device, a type of traffic associated with the data. The method further includes based on a determination that the data comprises firmware and that the type of traffic is of a traffic priority that is lower than a defined traffic priority, applying, by the network device, a low priority transport protocol to the data, wherein the applying comprises associating protocol information with the data representative of the low priority transport protocol.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Lien Tran, Simon Byers, Carlos Eduardo De Andrade, David Poole, Emir Halepovic, Vijay Gopalakrishnan, Christopher Volinsky
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Publication number: 20190130415Abstract: The system obtains a set of tickets representing customer requests for a customer-support ticketing system. Next, the system produces a set of request vectors by feeding words from each ticket through a model to generate a request vector for the ticket, wherein the set of request vectors is represented as a set of points in a vector space. The system then performs a clustering operation on the set of points to form clusters representing support topics, wherein the clustering operation creates a new point for a new ticket in the vector space when the new ticket is received, and incrementally updates existing clusters to accommodate the new point. Finally, the system presents a user interface to a customer-support agent, wherein the user interface uses the support topics to organize the customer requests, and enables the customer-support agent to perform a customer-support operation in response to a customer request.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: Zendesk, Inc.Inventors: Soon-Ee Cheah, Ai-Lien Tran-Cong
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Publication number: 20180255175Abstract: Software downloads to Internet of things (IoT) devices are facilitated over a constrained network. In one embodiment a method comprises monitoring, by a network device comprising a processor, data determined to have been sent to a device for transmission to the device via a radio access network device of a wireless communication network, and determining, by the network device, a type of traffic associated with the data. The method further includes based on a determination that the data comprises firmware and that the type of traffic is of a traffic priority that is lower than a defined traffic priority, applying, by the network device, a low priority transport protocol to the data, wherein the applying comprises associating protocol information with the data representative of the low priority transport protocol.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2017Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Lien Tran, Simon Byers, Carlos Eduardo De Andrade, David Poole, Emir Halepovic, Vijay Gopalakrishnan, Christopher Volinsky
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Publication number: 20180197072Abstract: The system obtains a set of tickets representing customer requests generated by a customer-support ticketing system. Next, the system feeds words from each ticket through a model to generate a request vector for the ticket, wherein the request vector comprises numerical values representing words in the ticket. The system then embeds the request vectors in a vector space. If help center articles already exist, the system embeds article vectors for the existing help center articles in the vector space. Next, the system identifies clusters of request vectors, which are within a pre-specified distance of each other in the vector space. If an identified cluster is more than a pre-specified distance away from a closest article vector in the vector space, the system notifies a content creator that a new article needs to be written, or an existing article needs to be updated, to cover the identified cluster.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: Zendesk, Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Hausler, Michael G. Mortimer, Soon-Ee Cheah, Shi Yu Zhu, Ai-Lien Tran-Cong, Wai Chee Yau, Hing Yip Pak, Anh Thien Dinh