Patents by Inventor Mark A. Hardy

Mark A. Hardy 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: 20250078117
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide systems to determine contextual information comprising: an intent mining system that receive inquiry content that does not include personal identification information (PII) and is configured to determine an estimated intent information being sought by an intended recipient, identify a mapping to a sub-set of supplemental keywords corresponding to the intent information; and identify historic inquiries associated with actual historic product purchases relevant to the inquiry content and supplemental keywords, and obtain a listing of products associated with the inquiry content; a product association system that identifies a set of multiple products that each have a purchase threshold relationship with one or more products from the determined listing of products, and generate an enhanced listing of products; a topic extraction system that evaluates associations between product parameters of the enhanced listing of products to identify multiple associated topics and corresponding topic c
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Srujana Kaddevarmuth, Denila B. Philip, Amlan J. Das, Debanjana Banerjee, Apurva Sinha, Abin Abraham, Mark A. Hardy
  • Patent number: 12148003
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide systems to determine contextual information comprising: an intent mining system that receive inquiry content that does not include personal identification information (PII) and is configured to determine an estimated intent information being sought by an intended recipient, identify a mapping to a sub-set of supplemental keywords corresponding to the intent information; and identify historic inquiries associated with actual historic product purchases relevant to the inquiry content and supplemental keywords, and obtain a listing of products associated with the inquiry content; a product association system that identifies a set of multiple products that each have a purchase threshold relationship with one or more products from the determined listing of products, and generate an enhanced listing of products; a topic extraction system that evaluates associations between product parameters of the enhanced listing of products to identify multiple associated topics and corresponding topic c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Srujana Kaddevarmuth, Denila B. Philip, Amlan J. Das, Debanjana Banerjee, Apurva Sinha, Abin Abraham, Mark A. Hardy
  • Publication number: 20230169540
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide systems to determine contextual information comprising: an intent mining system that receive inquiry content that does not include personal identification information (PII) and is configured to determine an estimated intent information being sought by an intended recipient, identify a mapping to a sub-set of supplemental keywords corresponding to the intent information; and identify historic inquiries associated with actual historic product purchases relevant to the inquiry content and supplemental keywords, and obtain a listing of products associated with the inquiry content; a product association system that identifies a set of multiple products that each have a purchase threshold relationship with one or more products from the determined listing of products, and generate an enhanced listing of products; a topic extraction system that evaluates associations between product parameters of the enhanced listing of products to identify multiple associated topics and corresponding topic c
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Srujana Kaddevarmuth, Denila B. Philip, Amlan J. Das, Debanjana Banerjee, Apurva Sinha, Abin Abraham, Mark A. Hardy
  • Patent number: 4946438
    Abstract: A patient's acceptance of transplanted organs and tissues may be enhanced by treating donor specific blood with a suitable dose of ultraviolet radiation for an appropriate period of time, transfusing the irradiated blood into the patient during a suitable pretransplantation time period and then transplanting the organ or tissue into the subject. Acceptance of transplanted organs and tissues can also be enhanced by treating the organs or tissues to be transplanted with a suitable dose of ultraviolet radiation for an appropriate period of time and then transplanting the organ or tissue. Suitably irradiated donor specific blood, organs and tissues are preferred for use in transplantation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Keith Reemtsma, Mark A. Hardy, Henry T. Lau
  • Patent number: 4861704
    Abstract: A patient's acceptance of a transplanted organ or tissue from a donor may be enhanced by irradiating donor-specific blood with ultraviolet-B radiation at a dosage of less than 1000 J/M.sup.2 so as to render the blood capable of inducing donor-specific immunological unresponsiveness in the patient, transfusing the irradiated, donor-specific blood into the patient prior to transplanting the organ or tissue into the patient to enhance subsequent acceptance of the organ or tissue by the patient, and thereafter transplanting the organ or tissue into the subject.A patient's acceptance of transplanted organs and tissues can also be enhanced by removing the organ or tissue from the donor and irradiating the organ or tissue to be transplanted with ultraviolet-B radiation at a dosage of less than 1000 J/m.sup.2 so as to enhance acceptance of the transplanted organ or tissue and then transplanting the irradiated organ or tissue into patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Keith Reemtsma, Mark A. Hardy, Henry T. Lau