Patents by Inventor Michael D. Woods

Michael D. Woods 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: 11016730
    Abstract: A method, system, and/or computer program product analyses event transactional related data to generate insights and predictions, which are pre-created to efficiently respond to requests for prediction/forecasting information, in order to improve the operation of the prediction-generating computer. One or more processors receive a series of structured data, where each entry (Ei) from the series of structured data has one or more time fields Tk and one or more attributes Aj. In response to determining that the series of structured data is transactional, one or more processors select a time field Tkr that meets an aggregation criterion, and then aggregate the transactional data from the time field Tkr into a time series data format. One or more processors consolidate results from a time series analysis and a regression analysis of the transformed transactional data to create a consolidated result, which is used to respond to a request for prediction/forecasting information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Marc S. Altshuller, Yea Jane Chu, Jing-Yun Shyr, Michael D. Woods
  • Publication number: 20200027046
    Abstract: Approaches presented herein enable change detection in a data set underlying a time-dependent visualization by comparing annotation snapshots across time. More specifically, a plurality of annotation snapshots of an annotation generated based on an underlying data set of a time-dependent visualization are obtained at a plurality of points in time. These annotation snapshots are monitored for indicia of a pattern change over time against a predetermined reference point. Whether there has been a pattern change is determined based on the monitoring and, in response to detection of a pattern change, an alert is generated. If there has not been a pattern change, the annotation snapshots are monitored for indicia of an anomaly change over time against the predetermined reference point. Whether there has been an anomaly change is determined based on this monitoring and, in response to detection of an anomaly change, an alert is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Michael D. Woods, Yea Jane Chu, Jing-Yun Shyr
  • Patent number: 10395215
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for summarizing statistical results. Multiple sets of statistical results are received, wherein each of the sets of statistical results are ordered according to interestingness. Insights are generated based on the multiple sets of statistical results. Relationships between the generated insights are identified. An executive summary is generated with a set of findings based on the identified relationships. An interactive visualization is provided with the generated insights based on the executive summary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel J. Rope, Jing-Yun Shyr, Margaret J. Vais, Michael D. Woods
  • Publication number: 20180032876
    Abstract: A method, system, and/or computer program product analyses event transactional related data to generate insights and predictions, which are pre-created to efficiently respond to requests for prediction/forecasting information, in order to improve the operation of the prediction-generating computer. One or more processors receive a series of structured data, where each entry (Ei) from the series of structured data has one or more time fields Tk and one or more attributes Aj. In response to determining that the series of structured data is transactional, one or more processors select a time field Tkr that meets an aggregation criterion, and then aggregate the transactional data from the time field Tkr into a time series data format. One or more processors consolidate results from a time series analysis and a regression analysis of the transformed transactional data to create a consolidated result, which is used to respond to a request for prediction/forecasting information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: MARC S. ALTSHULLER, YEA JANE CHU, JING-YUN SHYR, MICHAEL D. WOODS
  • Publication number: 20140114707
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for summarizing statistical results. Multiple sets of statistical results are received, wherein each of the sets of statistical results are ordered according to interestingness. Insights are generated based on the multiple sets of statistical results. Relationships between the generated insights are identified. An executive summary is generated with a set of findings based on the identified relationships. An interactive visualization is provided with the generated insights based on the executive summary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel J. Rope, Jing-Yun Shyr, Margaret J. Vais, Michael D. Woods