Patents by Inventor Meera Sampath

Meera Sampath 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: 10135999
    Abstract: A method and a system for digitization of a document are disclosed. The document is scanned to generate an electronic document. One or more characters in a first set of portions of the electronic document are identified, based on a character recognition technique. Each portion in the first set of portions is classified in one or more groups based on at least a status of identification of the corresponding one or more characters. Further, one or more tasks are created for each of the one or more groups. The one or more tasks are transmitted to one or more crowdworkers, based at least on the respective type of the one or more tasks. Further, a response for each of the one or more tasks is received. Based on the received response, a digitized document is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: CONDUENT BUSINESS SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Chithralekha Balamurugan, Meera Sampath, Rebecca Taylor, Leslie Stone
  • Publication number: 20180109685
    Abstract: A method and a system for digitization of a document are disclosed. The document is scanned to generate an electronic document. One or more characters in a first set of portions of the electronic document are identified, based on a character recognition technique. Each portion in the first set of portions is classified in one or more groups based on at least a status of identification of the corresponding one or more characters. Further, one or more tasks are created for each of the one or more groups. The one or more tasks are transmitted to one or more crowdworkers, based at least on the respective type of the one or more tasks. Further, a response for each of the one or more tasks is received. Based on the received response, a digitized document is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Chithralekha Balamurugan, Meera Sampath, Rebecca Taylor, Leslie Stone
  • Publication number: 20160117625
    Abstract: Methods and systems for assessing an organization. Values of each of one or more first parameters associated with a first dimension, and values of each of one or more second parameters associated with a second dimension, are received. The first dimension corresponds to an existing innovation strength of the organization. The second dimension corresponds to future innovation strength of said organization. A first rating and a second rating is assigned to each of first parameters and second parameters, respectively, associated with a first dimension and a second dimension, respectively. Based on the first rating and the second rating, a first score and a second score, respectively, is determined. The organization is categorized in one or more categories based on the first score and the second score. Further, the categorization of the organization is displayed through a user-interface on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Meera Sampath, Markus Fromherz, Roy G Conlee
  • Publication number: 20160078392
    Abstract: A method and system for recommending suitability of crowdsourcing a business process is provided. The method includes generating a plurality of business requirements pertaining to the business processes, and receiving one or more attributes pertaining to one or more sets of crowdsourced workforce. The method further includes generating at least one of a comparison matrix or an optimization function based on the plurality of business requirements and the one or more attributes pertaining to one or more sets of crowdsourced workforce. Lastly, the method provides a recommendation on the suitability of crowdsourcing the business process based on at least one of the comparison matrix or the optimization function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Sujit GUJAR, Shourya ROY, Chithralekha BALAMURUGAN, Jacki ONEILL, Meera SAMPATH
  • Patent number: 8806656
    Abstract: Partial access to electronic documents and aggregation for secure document distribution is disclosed. The embodiments herein relate to providing access to electronic documents and, more particularly, to providing access to portions of electronic documents and aggregating such portions in secure document distribution environment. Existing document distribution mechanisms do not provide means to access partial documents based on the attributes such as roles of the agents within an organization, location of access, time of access, device ID and so on. The disclosed method allows agents to access partial contents of documents based on the attributes. Meta data tags are attached to the documents in order to control the access of the documents by the defined attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignees: Xerox Corporation, Rural Technology & Business Incubator
    Inventors: Shourya Roy, Meera Sampath, Keerthi Laal Kala, Lakshmi Vaidyanathan, Timothy Gonsalves, Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Pratyush Prasanna, Jacki O'Neill, James Michael Allen Begole
  • Patent number: 8712126
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a web-based system which comprises, in part, video analysis modules for performing different types of analysis services on a video, and a server in network communication with a user's computing device. A user selects one or more menu options displayed on a webpage. Each of the menu options is associated with a respective video analysis available to the user. The user makes their election and, within the same session, uploads to the server a video desired to be analyzed with respect to each of the video analysis services selected by the user. Once the server has obtained the user's selection(s) and has received the uploaded video, the server communicates the video to each video analysis module associated with each of the respective analysis services. Upon each completion of the video analysis, the results are communicated back to the user. Various embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Nischal M. Piratla, Lalit Keshav Mestha, Meera Sampath
  • Patent number: 8693021
    Abstract: Described herein is a printing system including a plurality of print processing modules which can selectively transfer print media there between during printing. The system further including a controller that can predict the impending unhealthy state of at least one module and redirect one of an unprocessed job and a partially processed job preemptively from an impending unhealthy module to selectively one of a healthy module and another unhealthy module, with suitable characteristics, to process unprocessed portions of the job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Meera Sampath, Stan Alan Spencer, Rajinderjeet Singh Minhas
  • Publication number: 20140058784
    Abstract: A method and system for recommending suitability of crowdsourcing a business process is provided. The method includes generating a plurality of business requirements pertaining to the business processes, and receiving one or more attributes pertaining to one or more sets of crowdsourced workforce. The method further includes generating at least one of a comparison matrix or an optimization function based on the plurality of business requirements and the one or more attributes pertaining to one or more sets of crowdsourced workforce. Lastly, the method provides a recommendation on the suitability of crowdsourcing the business process based on at least one of the comparison matrix or the optimization function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sujit Gujar, Shourya Roy, Chithralekha Balamurugan, Jacki O'Neill, Meera Sampath
  • Patent number: 8643874
    Abstract: A method and system generate a workflow for the production of a three-dimensional document. A knowledge base contains production rules for several dimensional documents. The production rules relate to a plurality of jobs, i.e., units of work involved in the production of a dimensional document. The rules also identify human and/or mechanical resources required to complete each job. The system receives, from multiple service providers, capability information corresponding to each service provider's available resources. The capability information is associated with the production rules and stored in the knowledge base. When a user selects a dimensional document to be produced, the system selects appropriate production rules for the document, accesses the associated capability information, and automatically generates a workflow for the document. The system distributes various jobs in the workflow among at least two different service providers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Michael Goetz, Lee Coy Moore, Meera Sampath, Naveen Sharma
  • Patent number: 8607102
    Abstract: A printing system includes a plurality of print media processing modules which transfer print media therebetween during printing and a fault management agent associated with each of the modules for acquiring fault-related data from the respective processing module. A fault management system is in communication with the fault management agents and receives fault-related data from the fault management agents. The fault management system processes the fault related data to identify faults in the system, such as when a first of the processing modules is a cause of fault-related data acquired in a second of the processing modules. When a fault is identified, a reconfiguration agent may reconfigure the printing system to mitigate an impact of at least one of the identified faults.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventors: Meera Sampath, Markus P. J. Fromherz, Dusan G. Lysy, Rajinderjeet Singh Minhas, Naveen Sharma, William Joseph Hannaway, Wheeler Ruml
  • Publication number: 20130236073
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a web-based system which comprises, in part, video analysis modules for performing different types of analysis services on a video, and a server in network communication with a user's computing device. A user selects one or more menu options displayed on a webpage. Each of the menu options is associated with a respective video analysis available to the user. The user makes their election and, within the same session, uploads to the server a video desired to be analyzed with respect to each of the video analysis services selected by the user. Once the server has obtained the user's selection(s) and has received the uploaded video, the server communicates the video to each video analysis module associated with each of the respective analysis services. Upon each completion of the video analysis, the results are communicated back to the user. Various embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nischal M. PIRATLA, Lalit Keshav MESTHA, Meera SAMPATH
  • Publication number: 20130198072
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a portable business operations system having a multi-function device, a network interface and a user interface. Broadly, the multi-function device parses the content of one or more filled in application forms and verifies the completeness or accuracy of the forms. The network interface provides connectivity and communication between the portable system and one or more remotely located systems. Moreover, the user interface sends or receives electronic documents to and from one or more remotely located systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Nischal M. Piratla, Mark Pettit, Kovendhan Ponnavaikko, Meera Sampath, Herald Saldanha, Tarun Goswami
  • Publication number: 20120216290
    Abstract: Partial access to electronic documents and aggregation for secure document distribution is disclosed. The embodiments herein relate to providing access to electronic documents and, more particularly, to providing access to portions of electronic documents and aggregating such portions in secure document distribution environment. Existing document distribution mechanisms do not provide means to access partial documents based on the attributes such as roles of the agents within an organization, location of access, time of access, device ID and so on. The disclosed method allows agents to access partial contents of documents based on the attributes. Meta data tags are attached to the documents in order to control the access of the documents by the defined attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicants: RURAL TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS INCUBATOR, XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shourya Roy, Meera Sampath, Keerthi Laal Kala, Lakshmi Vaidyanathan, Timothy Gonsalves, Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Pratyush Prasanna, Jacki O'Neill, James Michael Allen Begole
  • Patent number: 8150106
    Abstract: A method for automated image quality based diagnosis of a document printing system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving image data to be printed on a document; printing an image on the document based on the image data; scanning the printed image on the document with a sensor; analyzing the scanned printed image with an image quality analysis module to identify one or more defects in the printed image; automatically generating test pattern image data based on the one or more identified defects; and printing and analyzing a test pattern image based on the test pattern image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Wencheng Wu, Rajinderjeet Minhas, Meera Sampath
  • Patent number: 8120816
    Abstract: A system for activating automated image quality diagnostic systems via a direct communication from the image-based control system is disclosed. The system includes a printing engine configured to intake electronic image input and to output tangible image output based on the electronic image input, an image-based measurement system configured to make measurements of image parameters associated with the tangible image output, and an automated compensation system configured to store nominal value parametric measurements for one or more image parameters measured by the image-based measurement system and to compare the nominal value measurements to related one or more parameters measured to determine anomalies in the output tangible image system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Wencheng Wu, Meera Sampath
  • Publication number: 20110149337
    Abstract: A method and system generate a workflow for the production of a three-dimensional document. A knowledge base contains production rules for several dimensional documents. The production rules relate to a plurality of jobs, i.e., units of work involved in the production of a dimensional document. The rules also identify human and/or mechanical resources required to complete each job. The system receives, from multiple service providers, capability information corresponding to each service provider's available resources. The capability information is associated with the production rules and stored in the knowledge base. When a user selects a dimensional document to be produced, the system selects appropriate production rules for the document, accesses the associated capability information, and automatically generates a workflow for the document. The system distributes various jobs in the workflow among at least two different service providers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Frank Michael Goetz, Lee Coy Moore, Meera Sampath, Naveen Sharma
  • Patent number: 7773774
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for test target selection in conjunction with dynamic test pattern generation. In the invention, a test pattern page(s) is composed using an optimal set of test targets, which can be accommodated or adjusted to fit within size constraints of the test pattern. The method of the present invention makes use of layout optimization to ensure that related and optimized test targets are accommodated on a single test pattern. For example, it may be preferable to “squeeze in” a smaller-than-normal uniform area target, rather than not to print it at all during a test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: D. Rene Rasmussen, Meera Sampath, Edul N. Dalal
  • Publication number: 20090274342
    Abstract: A method for automated image quality based diagnosis of a document printing system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving image data to be printed on a document; printing an image on the document based on the image data; scanning the printed image on the document with a sensor; analyzing the scanned printed image with an image quality analysis module to identify one or more defects in the printed image; automatically generating test pattern image data based on the one or more identified defects; and printing and analyzing a test pattern image based on the test pattern image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wencheng WU, Rajinderjeet MINHAS, Meera SAMPATH
  • Publication number: 20080174802
    Abstract: Described herein is a printing system including a plurality of print processing modules which can selectively transfer print media there between during printing. The system further including a controller that can predict the impending unhealthy state of at least one module and redirect one of an unprocessed job and a partially processed job preemptively from an impending unhealthy module to selectively one of a healthy module and another unhealthy module, with suitable characteristics, to process unprocessed portions of the job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Meera Sampath, Stan Alan Spencer, Rajinderjeet Singh Minhas
  • Patent number: 7400339
    Abstract: A system that extends the operational effectiveness of an image reproduction machine without requiring downtime for service by personnel includes a detection subsystem that monitors components of an image reproduction system for detecting a banding defect in the image reproduction system and an automated compensation subsystem for modifying operation of the image reproduction system to compensate for the detected banding defect so that the image reproduction system continues to generate images at an acceptable quality level. The automated compensation subsystem adjusts components and/or data used by image reproduction system to compensate for the identified banding defect without requiring immediate operator or service personnel intervention. This compensation may successfully attenuate the banding defect so that the image reproduction system continues to produce acceptable images without downtime while awaiting service by personnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Meera Sampath, Howard A. Mizes, Susan Zoltner