Patents by Inventor Nathaniel E. Rykal

Nathaniel E. Rykal 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: 11520847
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a data processing system to implement a medical concept searching engine for improving searches of medical concepts based on an index model. The mechanism generates a concept index model data structure that records medical concepts and corresponding numbers of instances of the medical concepts in the corpus of documents. Responsive to receiving a search request from a user, the medical concept searching engine identifies at least one medical concept in the search request and one or more related medical concepts that are related to the at least one medical concept based on an ontology data structure. The medical concept searching engine generates a bubble graph user interface comprising a plurality of bubbles corresponding to the at least one medical concept and the one or more related medical concepts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Weber, David A. Christenson, Nathaniel E. Rykal
  • Patent number: 11475325
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided to implement an analytic inference engine for inferring cognitive capabilities across multiple cognitive analytics applied to literature. The analytic inference engine receives cognitive analytic output generated by multiple cognitive analytics applied to a portion of content. Response to the analytic inference engine finding a first offset in a first cognitive analytic output matching a second offset in a second cognitive analytic output, the analytic inference engine identifies unique features in the first cognitive analytic output and the second cognitive analytic output with respect to the matching offset. The analytic inference engine generates a composite analytic output comprising the unique features with respect to the matching offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Weber, Nathaniel E. Rykal
  • Patent number: 11080335
    Abstract: An automated concept-based autosuggest mechanism is provided for automatically tailoring autosuggestions in a search engine to particular medical concepts being searched. The mechanism identifies a concept-based text pattern dictionary data structure associated with text being dynamically entered by a user based on a previously identified item. The mechanism dynamically matches a set of text patterns in the concept-based text pattern dictionary data structure with a portion of text being dynamically entered by the user into a field of the user interface. The mechanism generates a user selectable output in the user interface specifying the matching set of text patterns from the concept-based text pattern dictionary data structure. The mechanism automatically populates the field of the user interface with a selected text pattern from the set of matching text patterns in response to user selection of the selectable text patter in the user selectable output in the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Weber, Nathaniel E. Rykal, David A. Christenson, William C. Rapp
  • Publication number: 20210209186
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a data processing system to implement a medical concept searching engine for improving searches of medical concepts based on an index model. The mechanism generates a concept index model data structure that records medical concepts and corresponding numbers of instances of the medical concepts in the corpus of documents. Responsive to receiving a search request from a user, the medical concept searching engine identifies at least one medical concept in the search request and one or more related medical concepts that are related to the at least one medical concept based on an ontology data structure. The medical concept searching engine generates a bubble graph user interface comprising a plurality of bubbles corresponding to the at least one medical concept and the one or more related medical concepts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Weber, David A. Christenson, Nathaniel E. Rykal
  • Publication number: 20210158184
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided to implement an analytic inference engine for inferring cognitive capabilities across multiple cognitive analytics applied to literature. The analytic inference engine receives cognitive analytic output generated by multiple cognitive analytics applied to a portion of content. Response to the analytic inference engine finding a first offset in a first cognitive analytic output matching a second offset in a second cognitive analytic output, the analytic inference engine identifies unique features in the first cognitive analytic output and the second cognitive analytic output with respect to the matching offset. The analytic inference engine generates a composite analytic output comprising the unique features with respect to the matching offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Weber, Nathaniel E. Rykal
  • Publication number: 20210049212
    Abstract: An automated concept-based autosuggest mechanism is provided for automatically tailoring autosuggestions in a search engine to particular medical concepts being searched. The mechanism identifies a concept-based text pattern dictionary data structure associated with text being dynamically entered by a user based on a previously identified item. The mechanism dynamically matches a set of text patterns in the concept-based text pattern dictionary data structure with a portion of text being dynamically entered by the user into a field of the user interface. The mechanism generates a user selectable output in the user interface specifying the matching set of text patterns from the concept-based text pattern dictionary data structure. The mechanism automatically populates the field of the user interface with a selected text pattern from the set of matching text patterns in response to user selection of the selectable text patter in the user selectable output in the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Weber, Nathaniel E. Rykal, David A. Christenson, William C. Rapp