Patents by Inventor Michael Drzewucki
Michael Drzewucki 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).
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Publication number: 20240104093Abstract: A method for automatically annotating unstructured computer content associated with computer resources with additional contextual information from structured computer data sources is provided. The method may include, automatically identifying data elements within the unstructured computer content and matching extraction templates to the data elements. The method may further include automatically extracting an entity from the data elements using the extraction templates. The method may further include querying the structured computer data sources using the extracted entity to identify a data record in the structured computer data sources matching the entity. The method may further include extracting data from the data record and generating natural language text using the extracted data. The method may further include automatically annotating the unstructured computer content with the additional contextual information by inserting the generated natural language text into the unstructured computer content.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Michael Drzewucki, Elinna Shek, Keith Gregory Frost, Christopher F. Ackermann, Charles E. Beller
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Patent number: 11755633Abstract: A computer device receives a request to search a corpus of documents for an entity, wherein the request includes a non-name identifier of the entity. The computing device identifies entries of text within the corpus of documents that reference the non-name identifier. The computing device applies natural language processing (NLP) to content associated with the identified entries within the corpus of documents, wherein the NLP identifies candidate entities associated with the non-name identifier. The computing device selects an entity from the candidate entities based, at least in part, on distances between the candidate entities and references to the non-name identifier in the identified entries. The computing device returns the selected entity to a submitter of the request.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Christopher F. Ackermann, Charles E. Beller, Michael Drzewucki, Kristen Maria Summers
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Patent number: 11682387Abstract: In an approach to generating a digital sentiment signature to characterize an end to a communication, one or more computer processors detect a start of a communication between at least two participants. A computer starts a digital timer of the communication. A computer identifies one or more digital marks of the communication, where the one or more digital marks are a reflection of a sentiment of at least one of the at least two participants in the communication. A computer generates a digital sentiment signature based on the digital timer and on the one or more digital marks, where the digital sentiment signature is a digital signal that can be communicated across a plurality of types of communication channels. A computer detects an end of the communication. A computer determines a reason for the end of the communication. A computer stores the reason.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Renee F. Decker, Michael Drzewucki, David Kenneth Sagal, II, James M Dixius
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Publication number: 20230177058Abstract: The method provides for receiving a plurality of documents including mentions of a target entity from a search query about the entity. The mentions of the target entity are identified in respective documents of the plurality of documents. Content surrounding the one or more mentions of the target entity are extracted with the mentions within the respective documents and form section. A respective document includes a plurality of sections. Metrics of relevance and irrelevance to the target entity are determined within the plurality of sections of the respective documents. A density score is generated for the plurality of sections of the respective documents. A relevancy score is assigned to respective documents of the plurality of documents, based on the density scores of the sections of the respective documents. The documents are ranked based on the relevancy score and presented in an order based on the ranking.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Christopher F. Ackermann, Charles E. Beller, Michael Drzewucki
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Patent number: 11556718Abstract: Altering messaging according to sentiment analysis by providing a baseline messaging tree including topics arranged according to a sentiment score, providing speaker prompts according to the baseline messaging tree, receiving real-time audience sentiment feedback during a messaging presentation, and adjusting the speaker prompts according to the baseline messaging tree and the real-time audience sentiment feedback.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Elinna Shek, David Kenneth Sagal, II, Michael Drzewucki, James M Dixius
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Patent number: 11514095Abstract: Approaches presented herein enable presenting, as an initial response to a search query from a user, a set of analytic summaries prior to initiating a document security protocol in a secured document environment. Each analytic summary represents a set or cluster of documents. A summary relevance value is calculated for each analytic summary and a document relevance value is calculated for each individual document. Analytic summaries are presented to the user while each document within each analytic summary are prioritized for a security review based on its related summary relevance value and document relevance value. Based on the priorities, a security review is initiated for the documents so that a highly relevant document within an analytic summary undergoes the security review before a less relevant document. Access to a particular document is granted to the user according to the security review of the document.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Christopher F. Ackermann, Michael Drzewucki, Charles E. Beller
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Publication number: 20220350971Abstract: Altering messaging according to sentiment analysis by providing a baseline messaging tree including topics arranged according to a sentiment score, providing speaker prompts according to the baseline messaging tree, receiving real-time audience sentiment feedback during a messaging presentation, and adjusting the speaker prompts according to the baseline messaging tree and the real-time audience sentiment feedback.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2021Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Elinna Shek, David Kenneth Sagal, II, Michael Drzewucki, James M. Dixius
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Patent number: 11443101Abstract: An embodiment for extracting information from semi-structured text is provided. The embodiment may include identifying one or more high confidence alignments of one or more entities and identifiers in a set of documents. The embodiment may also include analyzing one or more blocks of semi-structured text containing the one or more entities and identifiers. The embodiment may further include identifying one or more known alignments in each of the one or more blocks of semi-structured text. The embodiment may also include generating a structure template. The embodiment may further include applying the structure template to each of the one or more blocks of semi-structured text. The embodiment may also include annotating the set of documents with metadata reflecting the structure template and a location of each of the one or more blocks of semi-structured text.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: International Business Machine CorporationInventors: Christopher F. Ackermann, Charles E. Beller, Michael Drzewucki
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Patent number: 11397857Abstract: Embodiments for managing chatbots are provided. A set of documents is received. A plurality of entities are identified within the set of documents. At least one of the plurality of entities is selected based on a rareness criteria. Contextual data associated with each of the selected at least one of the plurality of entities is identified within the set of documents. At least one question-answer (QA) pair associated with each of the selected at least one of the plurality of entities is generated based on the identified contextual data.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Drzewucki, Renee F. Decker, James M. Dixius, David Kenneth Sagal, II
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Patent number: 11361229Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for converting a plurality of factoid answers into a plurality of structured relations for storage in a structured knowledge base is provided. The present invention may include receiving a query from a user. The present invention may also include generating a plurality of possible factoid answers. The present invention may then include determining a plurality of confidence scores for the plurality of possible factoid answers. The present invention may then include generating a plurality of certain factoid answers from the plurality of possible factoid answers. The present invention may then include identifying a plurality of special target items. The present invention may further include generating a plurality of structured relations for each certain factoid answer and the identified plurality of special target items. The present include may also include storing the generated plurality of structured relations into the structured knowledge base.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2017Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Charles E. Beller, Paul J. Chase, Jr., Richard L. Darden, Michael Drzewucki, Edward G. Katz, Christopher Phipps
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Publication number: 20220165254Abstract: In an approach to generating a digital sentiment signature to characterize an end to a communication, one or more computer processors detect a start of a communication between at least two participants. A computer starts a digital timer of the communication. A computer identifies one or more digital marks of the communication, where the one or more digital marks are a reflection of a sentiment of at least one of the at least two participants in the communication. A computer generates a digital sentiment signature based on the digital timer and on the one or more digital marks, where the digital sentiment signature is a digital signal that can be communicated across a plurality of types of communication channels. A computer detects an end of the communication. A computer determines a reason for the end of the communication. A computer stores the reason.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Renee F. Decker, Michael Drzewucki, David Kenneth Sagal, II, James M Dixius
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Publication number: 20220138233Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed to identify a set of entity names based on a partial name of the entity utilizing discovered relationships. A partial name from a user is received as to the entity in order to retrieve a plurality of names of the entity in a corpus which can be a body or works, document, etc. References to the entries containing the partial name are retrieved from the corpus. A natural language processing is applied to content associated with references to identify candidate entities. A similarity is performed as to the identified candidate entities to form a similarity assessment, and from the candidate entities a selection is made based on a merging criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Christopher F. Ackermann, Charles E. Beller, Michael Drzewucki
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Publication number: 20220138408Abstract: An embodiment for extracting information from semi-structured text is provided. The embodiment may include identifying one or more high confidence alignments of one or more entities and identifiers in a set of documents. The embodiment may also include analyzing one or more blocks of semi-structured text containing the one or more entities and identifiers. The embodiment may further include identifying one or more known alignments in each of the one or more blocks of semi-structured text. The embodiment may also include generating a structure template. The embodiment may further include applying the structure template to each of the one or more blocks of semi-structured text. The embodiment may also include annotating the set of documents with metadata reflecting the structure template and a location of each of the one or more blocks of semi-structured text.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Christopher F. Ackermann, Charles E. Beller, Michael Drzewucki
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Publication number: 20220100785Abstract: A computer device receives a request to search a corpus of documents for an entity, wherein the request includes a non-name identifier of the entity. The computing device identifies entries of text within the corpus of documents that reference the non-name identifier. The computing device applies natural language processing (NLP) to content associated with the identified entries within the corpus of documents, wherein the NLP identifies candidate entities associated with the non-name identifier. The computing device selects an entity from the candidate entities based, at least in part, on distances between the candidate entities and references to the non-name identifier in the identified entries. The computing device returns the selected entity to a submitter of the request.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Christopher F. Ackermann, Charles E. Beller, Michael Drzewucki, Kristen Maria Summers
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Patent number: 11275777Abstract: Embodiments for generating a timeline associated with an entity are provided. A plurality of events referenced in a corpus are identified. Each of the plurality of events is associated with an entity. An event time is determined for each of the plurality of events based on information associated with at least one reference to the respective event within the corpus. A score is calculated for each of the plurality of events based on at least one of a number of references to the respective event within the corpus and information associated with a user. A timeline for at least some of the plurality of events is generated based on the calculated scores of the plurality of events and the determined event time for each of the plurality of events.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Christopher Ackermann, Charles Beller, Michael Drzewucki
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Patent number: 11226972Abstract: Query service receives a query comprising at least a name component. The query service searches a document corpus to identify multiple passages, each comprising a mention of the name component within a selection of one or more documents of the document corpus. The query service collects bins, each bin comprising a distinct selection of the passages from the one or more documents, each of the bins identifying a separate relationship the name component participates in within the distinct selection of passages. The query service assesses a separate score of each respective bin reflecting the relevance of each respective bin to the query. The query service returns a response to the query with the bins each ranked according to each separate score.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kristen M. Summers, Christopher F. Ackermann, Andrew Doyle, Michael Drzewucki, Charles E. Beller
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Patent number: 11170010Abstract: Identifying alternative names of entities includes receiving a query associated with a name of an entity and a corpus. References to the name of the entity within the corpus are identified. The references to the name of the entity within the corpus are analyzed to determine at least one first alternative name of the entity. References to the determined at least one first alternative name of the entity within the corpus are identified. The references to the determined at least one first alternative name of the entity within the corpus are analyzed to determine at least one second alternative name of the entity.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Christopher Ackermann, Charles Beller, Edward Katz, Michael Drzewucki, Kristen Summers
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Patent number: 11144337Abstract: A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing an interface for rapid ground truth binning. A set of documents are received wherein each document has at least one entity in a set of entities. A user interface is provided for each received document allowing a user to view passages and select options related to confirming or denying an equivalence between the entity in the received document and an output document entity bin including the entity. Responsive to the user utilizing the user interface and confirming the equivalence, combining the received document with the output document entity bin with reference to the entity.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Christopher F. Ackermann, Charles E. Beller, Michael Drzewucki
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Patent number: 11132358Abstract: A method includes searching an initial set of documents for an initial set of query names. Each query name of the initial set of query names is associated with at least one document of the initial set of documents. The method also includes prioritizing the initial set of query names based on at least one topic label. The method also includes searching an additional set of documents to generate candidate query names. The method also includes prioritizing the candidate query names based on the at least one topic label. The method further includes applying a temporal search filter to each candidate query name to determine whether the candidate query name was processed within a time frame. The method further includes performing disambiguation processing on each candidate query name not processed within the time frame.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Charles E. Beller, Kristen Maria Summers, Christopher F. Ackermann, Michael Drzewucki, Andrew Doyle
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Publication number: 20210216714Abstract: Embodiments for managing chatbots are provided. A set of documents is received. A plurality of entities are identified within the set of documents. At least one of the plurality of entities is selected based on a rareness criteria. Contextual data associated with each of the selected at least one of the plurality of entities is identified within the set of documents. At least one question-answer (QA) pair associated with each of the selected at least one of the plurality of entities is generated based on the identified contextual data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2020Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Michael DRZEWUCKI, Renee F. DECKER, James M. DIXIUS, David Kenneth SAGAL, II