Patents by Inventor Michael C. Merrill

Michael C. Merrill 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: 11960981
    Abstract: Systems and methods for model evaluation. A model is evaluated by performing a decomposition process for a model output, relative to a baseline input data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ZESTFINANCE, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas C. Merrill, Michael Edward Ruberry, Ozan Sayin, Bojan Tunguz, Lin Song, Esfandiar Alizadeh, Melanie Eunique DeBruin, Yachen Yan, Derek Wilcox, John Candido, Benjamin Anthony Solecki, Jiahuan He, Jerome Louis Budzik, Armen Avedis Donigian, Eran Dvir, Sean Javad Kamkar, Vishwaesh Rajiv, Evan George Kriminger
  • Publication number: 20240112209
    Abstract: Systems and methods for model evaluation. A protected class model that satisfies an accuracy threshold is built by using: data sets for use by a modeling system being evaluated, and protected class membership information for each data set. A target for the protected class model is a protected class membership variable indicating membership in a protected class. Each predictor of the protected class model is a predictor of an evaluated model used by the modeling system. A target of the evaluated model is different from the target of the protected class model. Each predictor is a set of one or more variables of the data sets. For each predictor of the protected class model, a protected class model impact ranking value and a modeling system impact ranking value are determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Douglas C. Merrill, Michael Edward Ruberry, Ozan Sayin, Bojan Tunguz, Lin Song, Esfandiar Alizadeh, Melanie Eunique DeBruin, Yachen Yan, Derek Wilcox, John Candido, Benjamin Anthony Solecki, Jiahuan He, Jerome Louis Budzik, Sean Javad Kamkar
  • Patent number: 11941650
    Abstract: Systems and methods for model evaluation. A protected class model that satisfies an accuracy threshold is built by using: data sets for use by a modeling system being evaluated, and protected class membership information for each data set. A target for the protected class model is a protected class membership variable indicating membership in a protected class. Each predictor of the protected class model is a predictor of an evaluated model used by the modeling system. A target of the evaluated model is different from the target of the protected class model. Each predictor is a set of one or more variables of the data sets. For each predictor of the protected class model, a protected class model impact ranking value and a modeling system impact ranking value are determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ZestFinance, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas C. Merrill, Michael Edward Ruberry, Ozan Sayin, Bojan Tunguz, Lin Song, Esfandiar Alizadeh, Melanie Eunique DeBruin, Yachen Yan, Derek Wilcox, John Candido, Benjamin Anthony Solecki, Jiahuan He, Jerome Louis Budzik, Sean Javad Kamkar
  • Publication number: 20240070487
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating and processing modeling workflows are disclosed. In some examples, a reference distribution of scores generated by a model is determined. The reference distribution of scores is recorded in a structured database. One or more unexpected scores are detected during execution of the model. To detect the one or more unexpected scores, a production distribution of scores is compared with the reference distribution of scores recorded in the structured database. The production distribution of scores is generated by the model for a production input data set. An alert is then provided to an external system, when an alert condition is determined to be satisfied based on the comparison. The alert indicates detection of the one or more unexpected scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Douglas C. Merrill, Armen Donigian, Eran Dvir, Sean Javad Kamkar, Evan George Kriminger, Vishwaesh Rajiv, Michael Edward Ruberry, Ozan Sayin, Yachen Yan, Derek Wilcox, John Candido, Benjamin Anthony Solecki, Jiahuan He, Jerome Louis Budzik, John J. Beahan, JR., John Wickens Lamb Merrill, Esfandiar Alizadeh, Liubo Li, Carlos Alberta Huertas Villegas, Feng Li, Randolph Paul Sinnott, JR.
  • Patent number: 6421673
    Abstract: A disclosed method includes mapping at least one local application module to respective message type data, and storing the message type data in association with the local application module in a local database accessible to a local server. The method includes mapping gateway account data for internetwork access to at least one remote database, to respective message type data. The first method further includes storing the message type data in association with respective gateway account data in the local database, mapping remote attribute data to local attribute data, and storing the remote attribute data in association with the local attribute data in the local database. Similar steps can be used to prepare the remote server and database for operation. Using the local client device a user can generate message type data transmitted from the local client device to the local server that determines whether the received message type data is associated with a local application module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Novient, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Russell Caldwell, Michael C. Merrill, Michael L. Greene, Roy G. Wells
  • Publication number: 20020046286
    Abstract: A disclosed method includes mapping data identifying at least one first application module to respective message type data, and storing the message type data in association with the data identifying the first application module in a first database accessible to a first server. The method includes mapping universal resource locator for internetwork access to at least one second server, to respective message type data. The first method further includes storing the message type data in association with a respective universal resource locator in the first database, mapping second attribute data to first attribute data, and storing the second attribute data in association with the first attribute data in the first database. Similar steps can be used to prepare the second server and database for operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: R. Russell Caldwell, Michael C. Merrill, Michael L. Greene, Roy G. Wells, Arnshea Clayton