Patents by Inventor Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston 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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Patent number: 12468977Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods and/or computer program products that can facilitate providing a defined parameter, determining whether to employ the defined parameter for a variational quantum algorithm, and running the variational quantum algorithm on a quantum system, are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a decision component that determines, based upon an uncertainty prediction regarding the usability of the defined parameter that has been output from a machine learning model, whether to employ the defined parameter in a variational quantum algorithm, such as run on a quantum system.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2021Date of Patent: November 11, 2025Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Edward Oliver Pyzer-Knapp, Mario Motta, Michael Johnston
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Patent number: 12461943Abstract: An embodiment includes detecting a search request of a multi-dimensional search space by a system; responsive to detecting the search request, sampling representative parameters in the multi-dimensional search space based on a sampling threshold. The embodiment includes determining a parameter range of the representative parameters in the multi-dimensional search space. The embodiment also includes transforming a part of the multi-dimensional search space based on a statistical guarantee and the parameter range, where the part of the multi-dimensional search space is a refined space for a solution of the search request.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2024Date of Patent: November 4, 2025Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Burkhard Ringlein, Srikumar Venugopal, Michael Johnston, Christoph Hagleitner
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Patent number: 12450269Abstract: The present application includes a method and system for developing a common inquiry response. The system receives at least one customer contact formed by an inquiry and its response, analyzes the customer contact to determine the content of the inquiry and the response, and stores the inquiry and the response in a corresponding inquiry-response sub-database in an inquiry-response database. After analyzing at least one of the sub-databases, the system assigns a common inquiry-response (CIR) knowledge document to that inquiry-response sub-database for future use involving similar inquiries and responses. This allows a user to respond more quickly to inquiries with a reduced risk of incorrect or inconsistent information in the response.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: October 21, 2025Assignee: Verint Americas Inc.Inventor: Michael Johnston
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Patent number: 12443900Abstract: A computer implemented method for automatically creating and executing a test harness for a workflow includes creating a workflow package including a version identification and a workflow graph definition and creating a workflow instance as a copy of the workflow package. The workflow instance is executed to generate output data and the output data is saved into the workflow instance. The workflow instance is saved, with the output data, as a test archive. One or more components of an updated workflow package are tested with the test archive; and an indication of pass or fail of the testing of the updated workflow package is outputted.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 14, 2025Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael Johnston, Vasileios Vasileiadis
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Patent number: 12406288Abstract: In an approach for storage, search, acquisition, and composition of a digital artifact, a processor obtains the digital artifact in a digital marketplace platform. The digital artifact is a collection of digital data with automatically generated and verifiable provenance and usage data. A processor transforms the digital artifact to define an access privilege. A processor shares the digital artifact in the digital marketplace platform by providing a view of a catalogue including the digital artifact. A processor authorizes a usage request based on the access privilege. A processor rewards a source of the digital artifact based on the usage of the digital artifact.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: September 2, 2025Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Vasileios Vasileiadis, Srikumar Venugopal, Stefano Braghin, Christian Pinto, Michael Johnston, Yiannis Gkoufas
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Publication number: 20250245586Abstract: Methods and devices for providing users with an integrated calendar tool that is capable of centrally managing personal calendars, work calendar(s), and tasks for team projects at the same time. In one example aspect, a computer-implemented method for integrating project information in a calendar view of a workspace method includes determining information associated with a project that is represented as a plurality of blocks (or content containers) in the workspace. Each of the plurality of blocks is embedded as an in-page object on a page of the workspace. At least part of the plurality of blocks includes one or more time properties. The method includes displaying, in a calendar page of a user who participates in the project, the at least part of the plurality of blocks according to the one or more time properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2024Publication date: July 31, 2025Inventors: Raphael Schaad, Michael Johnston, Joseph Antonakakis, James Zhang
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Publication number: 20250210171Abstract: Systems and methods of predicting regimen compliance and selecting electronic intervention plans are disclosed. A compliance event notification related to a regimen data structure is received and a next regimen compliance state for the regimen data structure is iteratively predicted for a prediction time period. The next regimen compliance state is predicted by a randomized prediction model including an integrated machine learning framework and the prediction time period is incremented by a predetermined increment during each iteration. When the next regimen compliance state comprises a compliant state, predicting at least one parameter of the next regimen compliance state by implementing a trained parameter prediction model comprising a tree-based machine learning framework. An intervention communication data structure is selected based on the next regimen compliance state and the regimen data structure is modified to reference the intervention communication data structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2024Publication date: June 26, 2025Inventors: Michael Johnston, Mohit Singhal, Hardik Patel
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Patent number: 12299497Abstract: Various embodiments are provided for dynamically factoring and composing workflows in a computing environment by one or more processors in a computing system. Subgraphs (e.g., blocks) of workflows stored in a workflow library may be identified. The subgraphs may be functional blocks such as, for example, the functional blocks may perform a logical task. Similarities and relationships may be identified between one or more of the blocks of one or more workflows. One or more blocks may be suggested for use in workflow opportunities of target workflows based on the identified associated similarities and relationships.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2022Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael Johnston, Vasileios Vasileiadis
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Patent number: 12265648Abstract: The present invention allows a CEC system to automatedly track the use, storage, access, and modification of sensitive information/data in the system through desktop monitoring. Further, through desktop, video, and audio monitoring of CSRs the system can automatedly determine the improper use, access, storage, and modification of sensitive information by implementing sensitive data use rules that allow a system to be specialized for the user. Finally, the system can automatedly determine and implement violation actions for the improper use, storage, access, and manipulation of sensitive information. This provides an intelligent system capable of locating all sensitive data in the system and regulating the use, access, and storage of sensitive data in the system.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2024Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Verint Americas, IncInventors: Michael Johnston, Neil Eades, Ashish Sood
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Publication number: 20250060064Abstract: Embodiments of a pipeline pig (10) of this disclosure and method of its use include a pressure-equalizing transmitter cavity system. Excluding sensors(S) and other electronic circuitry, the pipeline pig may be an all polyurethane pig. A plug (15) located at the rearward end (41) of the transmitter cavity (13) includes a passageway (25) that permits pipeline product to flow into the transmitter cavity. The plug is received by a flange (17) which may have a different harness than that of the plug. When in an intended use, the pipeline pig is inserted into the pipeline at one end and retrieved from the pipeline at another end. As the pipeline pig traverses the pipeline under differential pressure, pipeline pressure and temperature data may be collected and the location of the pipeline pig may be tracked. Pressure within the transmitter cavity is equalized with that of the pipeline product flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2022Publication date: February 20, 2025Inventors: Charles G. Boellstorff, William C. Keenan, Michael Johnston, Joshua D. Mitchell
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Publication number: 20250025379Abstract: Individually packaged topical formulations comprising about 0.25 to about 6% w/w of glycopyrrolate for the treatment of hyperhidrosis, wherein said wipe is contained within a pouch resistant to leakage. The formulations may further comprise ethanol, a buffering agent and water. In addition, the formulations may further comprise a polymer system comprising a hydrophobic polymer in combination with a hydrophilic polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2024Publication date: January 23, 2025Inventors: Michael JOHNSTON, Robert James HOULDEN
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Patent number: 12165092Abstract: In an approach for transforming workflows based on goals and constraints, a processor receives a workflow definition and one or more events for a workflow output by a workflow orchestrator, wherein the one or more events are at least one of a parsing event and a scheduling event. A processor determines, using one or more transformers, one or more transformations to the workflow based on a set of goals and constraints, wherein the one or more transformations is at least one of addition of a new node, addition of a new graph, modification of at least one existing node, modification of at least one existing graph, removal of at least one existing node, and removal of at least one existing graph. A processor dynamically applies, using one or more enforcers, the one or more transformations to the workflow based on the set of goals and constraints.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2022Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Vasileios Vasileiadis, Marco Simioni, Stefano Braghin, Michael Johnston, Yiannis Gkoufas
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Patent number: 12087287Abstract: Structure of conversations between users and agents and/or systems is discovered and interactively displayed to analysts, thereby better supporting development of automated conversation handling systems for different domains. A corpus of prior dialogs of users with agents (without preexisting semantic labels indicating purposes for different parts of the dialogs) is taken as input, and embeddings are generated for textual units (e.g., rounds) of the dialogs. The embeddings are used to cluster the textual units, and the clusters and their relationships are visualized within a user interface that analysts may use to explore and fine-tune the structure of the conversations.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Interactions LLCInventors: Michael Johnston, Minhua Chen, Seyed Eman Mahmoodi, Badrinath Jayakumar
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Publication number: 20240277839Abstract: The present disclosure relates to high concentration protein formulations and uses thereof. In particular, it is based on the identification of a pharmaceutical formulation for a protein comprising an antigen binding domain that binds to or specifically binds to Factor XII and/or FXIIa.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2021Publication date: August 22, 2024Inventors: Michael JOHNSTON, Dianna Grace GOODALL, Nathan Aaron EDWARDS
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Publication number: 20240249023Abstract: The present invention allows a CEC system to automatedly track the use, storage, access, and modification of sensitive information/data in the system through desktop monitoring. Further, through desktop, video, and audio monitoring of CSRs the system can automatedly determine the improper use, access, storage, and modification of sensitive information by implementing sensitive data use rules that allow a system to be specialized for the user. Finally, the system can automatedly determine and implement violation actions for the improper use, storage, access, and manipulation of sensitive information. This provides an intelligent system capable of locating all sensitive data in the system and regulating the use, access, and storage of sensitive data in the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: Verint Americas Inc.Inventors: Michael Johnston, Neil Eades, Ashish Sood
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Patent number: 12003668Abstract: A virtual assistant system for communicating with customers uses human intelligence to correct any errors in the system AI, while collecting data for machine learning and future improvements for more automation. The system may use a modular design, with separate components for carrying out different system functions and sub-functions, and with frameworks for selecting the component best able to respond to a given customer conversation.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Interactions LLCInventors: Yoryos Yeracaris, Michael Johnston, Ethan Selfridge, Phillip Gray, Patrick Haffner
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Patent number: 11972017Abstract: The present invention allows a CEC system to automatedly track the use, storage, access, and modification of sensitive information/data in the system through desktop monitoring. Further, through desktop, video, and audio monitoring of CSRs the system can automatedly determine the improper use, access, storage, and modification of sensitive information by implementing sensitive data use rules that allow a system to be specialized for the user. Finally, the system can automatedly determine and implement violation actions for the improper use, storage, access, and manipulation of sensitive information. This provides an intelligent system capable of locating all sensitive data in the system and regulating the use, access, and storage of sensitive data in the system.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: VERINT AMERICAS INC.Inventors: Michael Johnston, Neil Eades, Ashish Sood
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Patent number: 11886867Abstract: Various embodiments are provided for patching of workflows in a computing environment by one or more processors in a computing system. One or more patches may be extracted from a source workflow. The target workflow in a plurality of nodes may be statically or dynamically modified by applying the one or more patches to the target workflow. The one or more of the plurality of nodes may be added, removed, or modified in the target workflow while the target workflow is active according to applying the one or more patches.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael Johnston, Vasileiadis Vasileios
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Publication number: 20230315535Abstract: Various embodiments are provided for dynamically factoring and composing workflows in a computing environment by one or more processors in a computing system. Subgraphs (e.g., blocks) of workflows stored in a workflow library may be identified. The subgraphs may be functional blocks such as, for example, the functional blocks may perform a logical task. Similarities and relationships may be identified between one or more of the blocks of one or more workflows. One or more blocks may be suggested for use in workflow opportunities of target workflows based on the identified associated similarities and relationships.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Michael JOHNSTON, Vasileios VASILEIADIS
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Publication number: 20230316188Abstract: In an approach for transforming workflows based on goals and constraints, a processor receives a workflow definition and one or more events for a workflow output by a workflow orchestrator, wherein the one or more events are at least one of a parsing event and a scheduling event. A processor determines, using one or more transformers, one or more transformations to the workflow based on a set of goals and constraints, wherein the one or more transformations is at least one of addition of a new node, addition of a new graph, modification of at least one existing node, modification of at least one existing graph, removal of at least one existing node, and removal of at least one existing graph. A processor dynamically applies, using one or more enforcers, the one or more transformations to the workflow based on the set of goals and constraints.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Vasileios Vasileiadis, Marco Simioni, Stefano Braghin, Michael Johnston, Yiannis Gkoufas