Patents by Inventor Patrick D. Griffin

Patrick D. Griffin 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: 11551188
    Abstract: Systems and methods for scheduling appointments are provided. This scheduling process includes generating an introductory message proposing an appointment with the target with a request for timing. The target responds, and this response is processed for a positive interest and the presence of a proposed time. If there is an absence of positive interest then the messaging may be discontinued. However, in the presence of a positive interest, and a proposed time from the target, the system may access an external scheduling system when a proposed time is present. This includes determining availability of at least one resource at the proposed time. The system then iteratively provides suggested times close to the proposed time when the resource is not available for the proposed time. The system then confirms the appointment when the resource is available for either the proposed time or any of the suggested times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: CONVERSICA, INC.
    Inventors: Siddhartha Reddy Jonnalagadda, George Alexis Terry, James D. Harriger, Werner Koepf, William Dominic Webb-Purkis, Macgregor S. Gainor, Patrick D. Griffin
  • Patent number: 10803479
    Abstract: Systems and methods for management of automated dynamic messages are providing. In some embodiments, a data store is populated with one or more knowledge sets and one or more lead datasets in response to a user's input. A campaign builder may be provided to the user for generating and initiating campaigns. A campaign is a series of messages designed to satisfy one or more objectives. The campaign builder allows the creation of a campaign by allowing the composition of a series of message templates with variable fields. The variable fields correspond to classes of data from the knowledge sets and/or the lead data. Once the campaign has been initiated, the system categorizes the responses using algorithms. These categorizations have corresponding confidence levels. If the confidence level is too low, manual user intervention may be required in order to determine which subsequent action the system should perform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: CONVERSICA, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin P. Brigham, Macgregor S. Gainor, Joseph M. Silverbears, Patrick D. Griffin, Jared Keller
  • Publication number: 20200272791
    Abstract: Systems and methods for an automated conversation with a transactional assistant are provided. This conversation relies upon initially a set of exchanges being defined. Each exchange connected to every other exchange by bidirectional edge transitions. A response from the conversation target is received, and is processed for natural language understanding (NLU) generate intents and entities. After the NLU, a determination is made which bidirectional edge transition applies, as a function of the intent and the source exchange. Subsequently, the exchange may be transitioned to a new exchange based upon the determined bidirectional edge transition, and a response is formulated using natural language generation (NLG) for the new exchange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Siddhartha Reddy Jonnalagadda, Macgregor S. Gainor, Connor Mack Gouge, Patrick D. Griffin, Alexander Eliseev, Kerri Louise Rapes, Ivania Donoso Guzman, Andres Collao, Emmanuel Faddoul, Ernesto Trujillo, Oscar Oteiza, David Manriquez, Heilein Izaguirre, Will Kempff Beeler
  • Publication number: 20200034797
    Abstract: Systems and methods for scheduling appointments are provided. This scheduling process includes generating an introductory message proposing an appointment with the target with a request for timing. The target responds, and this response is processed for a positive interest and the presence of a proposed time. If there is an absence of positive interest then the messaging may be discontinued. However, in the presence of a positive interest, and a proposed time from the target, the system may access an external scheduling system when a proposed time is present. This includes determining availability of at least one resource at the proposed time. The system then iteratively provides suggested times close to the proposed time when the resource is not available for the proposed time. The system then confirms the appointment when the resource is available for either the proposed time or any of the suggested times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Siddhartha Reddy Jonnalagadda, George Alexis Terry, James D. Harriger, Werner Koepf, William Dominic Webb-Purkis, Macgregor S. Gainor, Patrick D. Griffin
  • Publication number: 20190286713
    Abstract: Systems and methods for variable field replacement are provided. Message templates include variable fields that can be populated with industry and client specific information through entity replacement, lexical replacement and phrase package selection. In addition to the generation of messages, the system may also be able to perform other actions that leverage external third-party systems. The templates may be drawn from a conversation library with hierarchical inheritance. Likewise, actions may leverage an action response library that links triggers in the response to required actions. Packet selection is based upon how closely the phrase fits a personality for the AI identity, and how well historically the phrase has performed. Lastly, while the AI systems disclosed herein have the ability to understand and respond to conversations in natural language format, this is computationally expensive. These AI systems may use an objective and intent based communication protocol when communicating with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: George Alexis Terry, James D. Harriger, Werner Koepf, Siddhartha Reddy Jonnalagadda, William Dominic Webb-Purkis, Macgregor S. Gainor, Patrick D. Griffin
  • Publication number: 20190286711
    Abstract: Systems and methods for variable field replacement are provided. Message templates include variable fields that can be populated with industry and client specific information through entity replacement, lexical replacement and phrase package selection. In addition to the generation of messages, the system may also be able to perform other actions that leverage external third-party systems. The templates may be drawn from a conversation library with hierarchical inheritance. Likewise, actions may leverage an action response library that links triggers in the response to required actions. Packet selection is based upon how closely the phrase fits a personality for the AI identity, and how well historically the phrase has performed. Lastly, while the AI systems disclosed herein have the ability to understand and respond to conversations in natural language format, this is computationally expensive. These AI systems may use an objective and intent based communication protocol when communicating with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: George Alexis Terry, James D. Harriger, Werner Koepf, Siddhartha Reddy Jonnalagadda, William Dominic Webb-Purkis, Macgregor S. Gainor, Patrick D. Griffin
  • Publication number: 20190286712
    Abstract: Systems and methods for variable field replacement are provided. Message templates include variable fields that can be populated with industry and client specific information through entity replacement, lexical replacement and phrase package selection. In addition to the generation of messages, the system may also be able to perform other actions that leverage external third-party systems. The templates may be drawn from a conversation library with hierarchical inheritance. Likewise, actions may leverage an action response library that links triggers in the response to required actions. Packet selection is based upon how closely the phrase fits a personality for the AI identity, and how well historically the phrase has performed. Lastly, while the AI systems disclosed herein have the ability to understand and respond to conversations in natural language format, this is computationally expensive. These AI systems may use an objective and intent based communication protocol when communicating with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: George Alexis Terry, James D. Harriger, Werner Koepf, Siddhartha Reddy Jonnalagadda, William Dominic Webb-Purkis, Macgregor S. Gainor, Patrick D. Griffin