Patents by Inventor Mark B. Hughes

Mark B. Hughes 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: 11195119
    Abstract: A capability to identify and visualize relationships and commonalities amongst record entities is provided. A plurality of entities are extracted from one or more records. Each extracted entity is associated with a respective feature vector within a vector space of a feature matrix. The feature vectors are distributed within the feature matrix based on semantic relationships amongst the entities of a corpus. Multidimensional coordinates within a dimensionally-reduced vector space of the feature matrix are generated for each extracted entity. One or more cells of a cellular presentation of the feature matrix are identified such that each identified cell represents one or more respective extracted entities. Each cell represents (i) a respective range of multidimensional coordinates within the dimensionally-reduced vector space of the feature matrix and (ii) one or more feature vectors of the plurality of feature vectors within the feature matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joao H. Bettencourt da Silva, Mark B. Hughes, Spyros Kotoulas, Caroline A. O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20190213167
    Abstract: A capability to identify and visualize relationships and commonalities amongst record entities is provided. A plurality of entities are extracted from one or more records. Each extracted entity is associated with a respective feature vector within a vector space of a feature matrix. The feature vectors are distributed within the feature matrix based on semantic relationships amongst the entities of a corpus. Multidimensional coordinates within a dimensionally-reduced vector space of the feature matrix are generated for each extracted entity. One or more cells of a cellular presentation of the feature matrix are identified such that each identified cell represents one or more respective extracted entities. Each cell represents (i) a respective range of multidimensional coordinates within the dimensionally-reduced vector space of the feature matrix and (ii) one or more feature vectors of the plurality of feature vectors within the feature matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Joao H. Bettencourt da Silva, Mark B. Hughes, Spyros Kotoulas, Caroline A. O'Connor
  • Patent number: 8490578
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a natural product litter composition as well as methods of preparing and using a natural product litter as a sorbent for liquids. The sorbent contains 1 to 10% by weight Aspen particles and 90 to 99% by weight ground grain byproducts including red dog wheat and wheat middlings. The sorbency of a ground grain litter can be improved by pelletization and crumbling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Pet Care Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark B. Hughes
  • Publication number: 20110084027
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a natural product litter composition as well as methods of preparing and using a natural product litter as a sorbent for liquids. The sorbent contains 1 to 10% by weight Aspen particles and 90 to 99% by weight ground grain byproducts including red dog wheat and wheat middlings. The sorbency of a ground grain litter can be improved by pelletization and crumbling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: Pet Care Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark B. Hughes