Patents by Inventor Michael Britt

Michael Britt 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: 20240144088
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an interaction summarization system for automatically generating summary output. The interaction summarization system generates a transcript from an interaction including content, the content including at least one of written text, audio speech, non-word symbols, metadata, silences, language characteristics, or acoustic characteristics, wherein the content is attributed to a participant in the interaction, and generates an interaction summary of the transcript using at least one of an extractive machine learning summarization model or an abstractive machine learning summarization model that summarizes the content of the interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Richard A. Britt, Michael C. Dwyer, Bruce K. McMahon, Roderick A. MacQueen, Douglas J. Sudd, Jeffrey A. Gallino
  • Publication number: 20240144089
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an interaction summarization system for automatically generating summary output. The interaction summarization system generates a transcript from an interaction including content, the content including at least one of written text, audio speech, non-word symbols, metadata, silences, language characteristics, or acoustic characteristics, wherein the content is attributed to a participant in the interaction, and generates an interaction summary of the transcript using at least one of an extractive machine learning summarization model or an abstractive machine learning summarization model that summarizes the content of the interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Richard A. Britt, Michael C. Dwyer, Bruce K. McMahon, Roderick A. MacQueen, Douglas J. Sudd, Jeffrey A. Gallino
  • Publication number: 20240144916
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for generating insights from words and phrases mapped in high-dimensional space. The method includes obtaining a plurality of communications. The plurality of communications comprise a plurality of words and phrases. Further, the method includes obtaining a model configured through training to cluster word representations of the plurality of communications. The method also includes applying a constraint to at least a group of the plurality of communications to obtain at least one modified group. The constraint is at least one of a keyword, a phrase, or groupings of words in phrases. Once the modified group is determined, the method proceeds to representing the at least one modified group into word representations then determining a category for the at least one modified group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Richard A. Britt, Michael C. Dwyer, Bruce K. McMahon, Roderick A. MacQueen, Douglas J. Sudd, Jeffrey A. Gallino
  • Patent number: 11177028
    Abstract: Techniques for cognitively interpreting comparative statements are provided. A corpus of documents associated with treatment of a first medical disorder is received. Relative efficacies for a plurality of therapies are determined by, for at least a first respective document in the corpus of documents, identifying and extracting, using one or more natural language processing techniques, a conclusion specified within natural language text of the respective document, where the conclusion includes a comparison between two or more therapies of the plurality of therapies, determining a sentiment of the extracted conclusion, with respect to at least one therapy of the plurality of therapies, and identifying one or more cohorts of patients that are associated with the conclusion. A knowledge graph is generated based on the relative efficacies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Fernando Jose Suarez Saiz, Richard J Stevens, Corey Sanders, Michael Britt
  • Patent number: 11152120
    Abstract: A method of searching a database of medical research for documentation in support of a specific treatment for a patient, the method including: identifying a medical condition; identifying attributes of the patient; searching the database for treatment regimens for the medical condition; scoring identified treatment regimens based on similarity of the attributes of the patient to cohorts treated with the treatment regimens and outcomes; and providing a recommendation for a treatment regimen for the patient based on the attributes of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Britt, Adam C. Lange-Pearson, Fernando Jose Suarez Saiz
  • Patent number: 10957452
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system device for receiving, at a computing device, a plurality of candidate therapy options, a corpus of therapy data, and a set of therapy recipient cohorts. At least a portion of therapy data may be filtered from the corpus of therapy data based upon, at least in part, the plurality of candidate therapy options and the set of therapy recipient cohorts. A graph may be generated to include a plurality of nodes representative of the plurality of candidate therapy options and a plurality of connections between the plurality of nodes indicating a sentiment factor with respect to the plurality of candidate therapy options based upon, at least in part, the at least a portion of therapy data filtered from the corpus of therapy data. Using the graph, a ranked list of the plurality of candidate therapy options may be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard J. Stevens, Corey Sanders, Fernando Jose Suarez Saiz, Michael Britt
  • Publication number: 20200352210
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for harvesting one or more crops, such as fruits or nuts are disclosed. A two-piece harvester is disclosed that separates a crop from sticks, leaves, or other foreign debris. A receiver of the two-piece harvester may include a desticker that is configured to separate selected objects (such as fruits and nuts) that have fallen from a tree or otherwise been introduced from other objects (such as sticks, leaves, or other debris) that have fallen from the tree. The desticker may include a conveyor belt with openings sized to allow the selected objects to pass through and to prevent the other objects from passing through. The desticker may also include one or more impeders or agitators to move, shift, tumble, or jostle the objects being conveyed by the conveyor belt and thereby cause some objects to pass through the conveyor belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Britt Gohl
  • Publication number: 20200185072
    Abstract: Techniques for cognitively interpreting comparative statements are provided. A corpus of documents associated with treatment of a first medical disorder is received. Relative efficacies for a plurality of therapies are determined by, for at least a first respective document in the corpus of documents, identifying and extracting, using one or more natural language processing techniques, a conclusion specified within natural language text of the respective document, where the conclusion includes a comparison between two or more therapies of the plurality of therapies, determining a sentiment of the extracted conclusion, with respect to at least one therapy of the plurality of therapies, and identifying one or more cohorts of patients that are associated with the conclusion. A knowledge graph is generated based on the relative efficacies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Fernando Jose Suarez Saiz, Richard J. Stevens, Corey Sanders, Michael Britt
  • Publication number: 20200185099
    Abstract: A method of searching a database of medical research for documentation in support of a specific treatment for a patient, the method including: identifying a medical condition: identifying attributes of the patient; searching the database for treatment regimens for the medical condition; scoring identified treatment regimens based on similarity of the attributes of the patient to cohorts treated with the treatment regimens and outcomes; and providing a recommendation for a treatment regimen for the patient based on the attributes of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Britt, Adam C. Lange-Pearson, Fernando Jose Suarez Saiz
  • Publication number: 20200005939
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system device for receiving, at a computing device, a plurality of candidate therapy options, a corpus of therapy data, and a set of therapy recipient cohorts. At least a portion of therapy data may be filtered from the corpus of therapy data based upon, at least in part, the plurality of candidate therapy options and the set of therapy recipient cohorts. A graph may be generated to include a plurality of nodes representative of the plurality of candidate therapy options and a plurality of connections between the plurality of nodes indicating a sentiment factor with respect to the plurality of candidate therapy options based upon, at least in part, the at least a portion of therapy data filtered from the corpus of therapy data. Using the graph, a ranked list of the plurality of candidate therapy options may be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Richard J. Stevens, Corey Sanders, Fernando Jose Suarez Saiz, Michael Britt
  • Patent number: 8607304
    Abstract: A policy-enabled service gateway contains a gateway function and a local policy engine containing policies related to the functionality of the associated gateway function. New or updated policies may be provided to the local policy engine from a centralized policy server. The policies within the local policy engine are functionally related to the gateway function and provide for policy and/or charging enforcement associated with the gateway function. If the local policy engine does not contain a particular policy, it may request the policy from the centralized policy server. The local policy engine may choose to store the requested policy for future use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Q James Hu, Douglas Eng, Terry Figurelle, Michael Britt
  • Patent number: 8543698
    Abstract: A system and method for a mobile data access network to make policy control and charging decisions based on domain name queries. A mobile device sends a query about a domain name associated with a service a user of the mobile device wishes to engage. The access network carries the domain name query from a mobile device to a domain name server. The access network detects the domain name query and copies the queried domain name. The access network uses the queried domain name to make an incomplete policy decision. The policy decision is incomplete because one or more service data flow filters in the decision lack addresses for providers of the service. The access network detects a response to the domain name query and copies a service provider address from the response. The access network uses the service provider address to complete the policy decision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Q. James Hu, Douglas Eng, Terry Figurelle, Michael Britt, Jie McKnight
  • Publication number: 20120297044
    Abstract: A system and method for a mobile data access network to make policy control and charging decisions based on domain name queries. A mobile device sends a query about a domain name associated with a service a user of the mobile device wishes to engage. The access network carries the domain name query from a mobile device to a domain name server. The access network detects the domain name query and copies the queried domain name. The access network uses the queried domain name to make an incomplete policy decision. The policy decision is incomplete because one or more service data flow filters in the decision lack addresses for providers of the service. The access network detects a response to the domain name query and copies a service provider address from the response. The access network uses the service provider address to complete the policy decision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Q. James Hu, Douglas Eng, Terry Figurelle, Michael Britt, Jie McKnight
  • Patent number: 8185628
    Abstract: A system and method for a mobile data access network to make policy control and charging decisions based on domain name queries. A mobile device sends a query about a domain name associated with a service a user of the mobile device wishes to engage. The access network carries the domain name query from a mobile device to a domain name server. The access network detects the domain name query and copies the queried domain name. The access network uses the queried domain name to make an incomplete policy decision. The policy decision is incomplete because one or more service data flow filters in the decision lack addresses for providers of the service. The access network detects a response to the domain name query and copies a service provider address from the response. The access network uses the service provider address to complete the policy decision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Q. James Hu, Douglas Eng, Terry Figurelle, Michael Britt, Jie McKnight
  • Patent number: 8027296
    Abstract: A dynamic mobile service control architecture for policy-based control and charging of a mobile data network is described. Reference point links logically connecting a subscription profile repository and a service gateway allows the service gateway to receive information about a subscription to a service by a subscriber and forward this subscription information to an external application function that is providing the service to the subscriber through the mobile data network. Reference point links logically connecting a policy server with the service gateway allows the service gateway to receive and enforce policy rules on service data flows passing through the service gateway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Q. James Hu, Douglas Eng, Terry Figurelle, Michael Britt
  • Publication number: 20090228954
    Abstract: A policy-enabled service gateway contains a gateway function and a local policy engine containing policies related to the functionality of the associated gateway function. New or updated policies may be provided to the local policy engine from a centralized policy server. The policies within the local policy engine are functionally related to the gateway function and provide for policy and/or charging enforcement associated with the gateway function. If the local policy engine does not contain a particular policy, it may request the policy from the centralized policy server. The local policy engine may choose to store the requested policy for future use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Q. James Hu, Douglas Eng, Terry Figurelle, Michael Britt
  • Publication number: 20090227228
    Abstract: A system and method for a mobile data access network to make policy control and charging decisions based on domain name queries. A mobile device sends a query about a domain name associated with a service a user of the mobile device wishes to engage. The access network carries the domain name query from a mobile device to a domain name server. The access network detects the domain name query and copies the queried domain name. The access network uses the queried domain name to make an incomplete policy decision. The policy decision is incomplete because one or more service data flow filters in the decision lack addresses for providers of the service. The access network detects a response to the domain name query and copies a service provider address from the response. The access network uses the service provider address to complete the policy decision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Q. James Hu, Douglas Eng, Terry Figurelle, Michael Britt, Jie McKnight
  • Publication number: 20090227231
    Abstract: A dynamic mobile service control architecture for policy-based control and charging of a mobile data network is described. Reference point links logically connecting a subscription profile repository and a service gateway allows the service gateway to receive information about a subscription to a service by a subscriber and forward this subscription information to an external application function that is providing the service to the subscriber through the mobile data network. Reference point links logically connecting a policy server with the service gateway allows the service gateway to receive and enforce policy rules on service data flows passing through the service gateway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Q. James Hu, Douglas Eng, Terry Figurelle, Michael Britt
  • Publication number: 20070083419
    Abstract: Techniques for assessing information technology components by comparing a component (including a component still under development) to a set of criteria. Each of the criteria may have one or more attributes, and may be different in priority from one another. In preferred embodiments, a component assessment score is created as a result of the comparison. When necessary, a set of recommendations for component changes may also be created. The criteria/attributes may be prioritized in view of their importance to the target market, and the assessment results are preferably provided to component teams to influence component harvesting, planning, and/or development efforts. Optionally, the assessment process may be used to determine whether the assessed component has achieved at least some predetermined assessment score associated with a special designation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventors: Randy Baxter, Michael Britt, Thomas Christopherson, Heng Chu, Mark Pasch, Thomas Pitzen, Christopher Wicher, Patrick Wildt
  • Patent number: D648940
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Inventors: Michael Britt, Michael Grecco