Patents by Inventor Nancy Dluhy

Nancy Dluhy 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).

  • Adaptive hybrid reasoning decision support system
    Patent number: 8504514
    Abstract: A method for indexing a plurality of nodes using a computer system is provided. The computer system includes data storage and a processor coupled to the data storage. The method includes acts of storing the plurality of nodes in the data storage, each of the plurality of nodes having a hit count, a link count and an outcome, creating a qualitative index ordering a plurality of nodes according to the hit count, the link count and the outcome of each node and storing the qualitative index in the data storage. The hit count of each node indicates a number of times a case attribute associated with the node is presented to a user. The link count of each node indicates a number of times the case attribute associated with the node is affirmed as useful. The outcome of each node indicates a desirability of the outcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Paul J. Fortier, Theophano Mitsa, Nancy Dluhy
  • ADAPTIVE HYBRID REASONING DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120310947
    Abstract: A method for indexing a plurality of nodes using a computer system is provided. The computer system includes data storage and a processor coupled to the data storage. The method includes acts of storing the plurality of nodes in the data storage, each of the plurality of nodes having a hit count, a link count and an outcome, creating a qualitative index ordering a plurality of nodes according to the hit count, the link count and the outcome of each node and storing the qualitative index in the data storage. The hit count of each node indicates a number of times a case attribute associated with the node is presented to a user. The link count of each node indicates a number of times the case attribute associated with the node is affirmed as useful. The outcome of each node indicates a desirability of the outcome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Paul J. Fortier, Theophano Mitsa, Nancy Dluhy
  • Adaptive hybrid reasoning decision support system
    Patent number: 8244733
    Abstract: A method for indexing a plurality of nodes using a computer system is provided. The computer system includes data storage and a processor coupled to the data storage. The method includes acts of storing the plurality of nodes in the data storage, each of the plurality of nodes having a hit count, a link count and an outcome, creating a qualitative index ordering a plurality of nodes according to the hit count, the link count and the outcome of each node and storing the qualitative index in the data storage. The hit count of each node indicates a number of times a case attribute associated with the node is presented to a user. The link count of each node indicates a number of times the case attribute associated with the node is affirmed as useful. The outcome of each node indicates a desirability of the outcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Paul J. Fortier, Theophano Mitsa, Nancy Dluhy
  • ADAPTIVE HYBRID REASONING DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100088320
    Abstract: A method for indexing a plurality of nodes using a computer system is provided. The computer system includes data storage and a processor coupled to the data storage. The method includes acts of storing the plurality of nodes in the data storage, each of the plurality of nodes having a hit count, a link count and an outcome, creating a qualitative index ordering a plurality of nodes according to the hit count, the link count and the outcome of each node and storing the qualitative index in the data storage. The hit count of each node indicates a number of times a case attribute associated with the node is presented to a user. The link count of each node indicates a number of times the case attribute associated with the node is affirmed as useful. The outcome of each node indicates a desirability of the outcome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
    Inventors: Paul J. Fortier, Theopno Mitsa, Nancy Dluhy