Patents by Inventor Michael Madison

Michael Madison 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: 10902340
    Abstract: Described herein is a system and method for addition of content to a question answer (QA) system. The method may comprise retrieving, from a template store of the QA system, a template comprising one or more data fields and one or more metadata fields. The method may further comprise populating a passage field with passage information, wherein the passage field is one of the one or more data fields. The method may further comprise populating a training field with training information, wherein the training field is one of the one or more metadata fields. The method may further comprise ingesting, into a corpus of the QA system, a completed template comprising a populated passage field and a populated training field into the corpus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Anita Govindjee, Joseph Max Kaufman, Christopher Michael Madison
  • Publication number: 20170213146
    Abstract: Described herein is a system and method for addition of content to a question answer (QA) system. The method may comprise retrieving, from a template store of the QA system, a template comprising one or more data fields and one or more metadata fields. The method may further comprise populating a passage field with passage information, wherein the passage field is one of the one or more data fields. The method may further comprise populating a training field with training information, wherein the training field is one of the one or more metadata fields. The method may further comprise ingesting, into a corpus of the QA system, a completed template comprising a populated passage field and a populated training field into the corpus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Anita Govindjee, Joseph Max Kaufman, Christopher Michael Madison
  • Publication number: 20080001047
    Abstract: The invention is a suction cup mount that attaches an axial type fan to a non-porous surface utilizing a total of four suction cups arraigned in a fashion that two of the suction cups, the primary load bearing suction cups, provide the majority of the holding force for the axial fan housing. The remaining two suction cups, the safety lanyard suction cups, provide a back-up in order to hold the axial fan housing in the event of a failure of the primary load bearing suction cups. The safety lanyard suction cups also allow a user of the axial fan to position the fan thereby varying the direction of the air output of the axial fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventor: Kyle Michael Madison
  • Publication number: 20060058839
    Abstract: A blood vessel locating and stabilizing device including a transparent planar device that may be used to locate and stabilize a blood vessel so that the blood vessel is less likely to roll when it is punctured with a needle. The device is planar and includes a transparent region and a recess formed in a distal side surface that is configured to locate and stabilize a blood vessel. In a method of using the present device, the planar member is gripped along a first and second major surfaces of the device, the recess is positioned over the targeted blood vessel, and a force is applied to the device so that the blood vessel is located and stabilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventor: Michael Madison
  • Patent number: 5914659
    Abstract: A shoe size fit sensor indicates by a perceptible alarm that the shoe of an infant, a toddler or other small child is too tight for wear. The shoe fit sensor sets off a perceptible visual and or audible alarm when a child's toe makes constant with the sensor when the shoe is too tight. To avoid false alarms when the child kicks with the shoe, a time delay is provided so that incidental touching of the sensor by momentary kicks does not set off the constant alarm. The sensor also determines when a sock is "bunched up" in the toe area, and distinguishes this condition from a condition where constant contact by a portion of the child's foot indicates that the shoe is too tight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Inventors: Edie Herman, Michael Madison
  • Patent number: D643876
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Premier Election Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Elmore Miranda, Lester L. Wright, Jerry Wagoner, Brian Duffy, Randall Tweed, Darrin Caldwell, Dale Chesley, James Bower, Donnie Richardson, Eddie Bravo, Michael Madison, Archie Malit, Chansamone Thipphakesone