Patents by Inventor Paul Nicotera

Paul Nicotera 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: 11869235
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprise an analytic server, which provides a terrain segmentation and classification tool for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery. The server accurately segments and classifies terrain types in SAR imagery and automatically adapts to new radar sensors data. The server receives a first SAR imagery and trains an autoencoder based on the first SAR imagery to generate learned representations of the first SAR imagery. The server trains a classifier based on labeled data of the first SAR imagery data to recognize terrain types from the learned representations of the first SAR imagery. The server receives a terrain query for a second SAR imagery. The server translates the second imagery data into the first imagery data and classifies the second SAR imagery terrain types using the classifier trained for the first SAR imagery. By reusing the original classifier, the server improves system efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Architecture Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Nicotera, Robert Joyce, Judson Powers, Daniel Mcardle
  • Patent number: 11790251
    Abstract: Various embodiments described herein relate to a machine-learning based electronic media analysis software system. The system is configured to detect anomalous and predictive patterns associated with an event. The system is configured to use feature extraction techniques and semi-supervised machine-learning to detect the patterns associated with the event in the electronic media messages, which may indicate a synthetic driven behavior and conversation corresponding to the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: ARCHITECTURE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Judson Powers, Paul Nicotera, Colleen Kimball
  • Publication number: 20230297841
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprising an analytic server that automates training dataset generation for different application areas. The server may perform an automated, iterative refinement process to build a collection of dataset generator models over time. The server may receive a set of seed examples in a domain and generate candidate examples based on the features of the seed examples using data synthesis techniques. The server may execute a pre-trained label discriminator (LD) and domain discriminator (D2) on the candidate examples. The LD may identify and reject mislabeled data. The D2 may identify and reject out of domain data. The analytic server may regenerate new labeled data based on the feedback of the LD and D2. The analytic server may train a dataset generator by iteratively performing these steps for refinement until the regenerated candidate examples reach a pass rate threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: ARCHITECTURE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul NICOTERA, Mandeep SINGH
  • Publication number: 20230267400
    Abstract: A warehouse management system may receive a predictive analytics request associated with one or more warehouses and may, in response, input data associated with the one or more warehouses into a warehouse management model to determine one or more predictive analytics associated with the one or more warehouses, where the warehouse management model is trained via machine learning to determine the predictive analytics. The warehouse management system may perform simulations of operations of the one or more warehouses based on the one or more predictive analytics to determine one or more warehouse actions to meet one or more operational requirements. The warehouse management system may communicate the one or more warehouse actions to one or more devices associated with the one or more warehouses to enable the one or more devices to operate according to the one or more warehouse actions to meet the one or more operational requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Nicotera, Joseph Sirianni, Ryan Lee Hagelstrom, Robert A. Joyce, Tyler J. Mitchell, Kenneth McVearry
  • Patent number: 11721118
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of an optical character recognition pre-processing software system, which is integrated into a language translation system to provide automated cleaning and correction of noisy and degraded document images to enable seamless and efficient optical character recognition processing and machine translation of information within the document images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: ARCHITECTURE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jafar Al-Gharaibeh, William Estey, Paul Nicotera
  • Patent number: 11687578
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and apparatus that execute classification techniques to enable high-quality analysis of ingest data by interpreting and categorizing disparate data points of the ingest data. The execution of the classification techniques leads to isolation of intrinsic properties of each data point to represent the essence of what the overall ingest data indicates. The classification techniques further enables classification of the ingest data, which is unencumbered by any ingest data format changes, such as ordering of data components, encoding, or properties associated with the ingest data that are likely to change without altering meaning conveyed by the ingest data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ARCHITECTURE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott Aloisio, Paul Nicotera
  • Patent number: 11657292
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprising an analytic server that automates training dataset generation for different application areas. The server may perform an automated, iterative refinement process to build a collection of dataset generator models over time. The server may receive a set of seed examples in a domain and generate candidate examples based on the features of the seed examples using data synthesis techniques. The server may execute a pre-trained label discriminator (LD) and domain discriminator (D2) on the candidate examples. The LD may identify and reject mislabeled data. The D2 may identify and reject out of domain data. The analytic server may regenerate new labeled data based on the feedback of the LD and D2. The analytic server may train a dataset generator by iteratively performing these steps for refinement until the regenerated candidate examples reach a pass rate threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: ARCHITECTURE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul Nicotera, Mandeep Singh
  • Publication number: 20230142161
    Abstract: A sensor platform includes a memory, a sensor interface communicatively coupled to the memory and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory. The memory stores instructions for generating event detection models used to detect events in captured sensor data. The sensor interface is configured to capture data received from sensors connected to the sensor interface and to store the captured sensor data in the memory. The one or more processors are configured to generate an event detection model from the instructions, the event detection model trained to detect an event from within the captured sensor data, to transmit notice of the detected event to a remote observer and to transmit the captured sensor data associated with the detected event in response to a request from the remote observer for sensor data corresponding to the detected event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Nicotera, Scott Aloisio, Yuliy Tsank
  • Patent number: 11494295
    Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes methods and devices for analyzing source code to detect potential bugs in the code. Specifically, a device retrieves source code of an application. For each distinct execution of a plurality of executions of the application, the device initiates the respective execution at a particular starting point of the source code and inputs, into the source code, a unique set of inputs relative to any other execution. The device stores, into a path log, an indication of each line of source code and stores, into an output log, an indication of each output object encountered during the respective execution. Each output object includes a local variable dependent on the inputs. The device analyzes, using a machine learning model, the path and output logs to identify an abnormality indicative of a potential bug in the source code. The device outputs a graphical representation of the abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Architecture Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Sirianni, Paul Nicotera, Eric R. Chartier, Judson Powers
  • Patent number: 11468694
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of an optical character recognition pre-processing software system, which is integrated into a language translation system to provide automated cleaning and correction of noisy and degraded document images to enable seamless and efficient optical character recognition processing and machine translation of information within the document images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: ARCHITECTURE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jafar Al-Gharaibeh, William Estey, Paul Nicotera
  • Patent number: 11429713
    Abstract: The methods and systems disclosed herein generally relate to automated execution and evaluation of computer network training exercises, such as in a virtual environment. A server generates a training system having a virtual attack machine and a virtual target machine where the virtual target machine is operatively controlled by a trainee computer. The server then executes a simulated cyber-attack and monitors/collects actions and responses by the trainee. The server then executes an artificial intelligence model to evaluate the trainee's action and to identify a subsequent simulated cyber-attack (e.g., a next step to the simulated cyber-attack). The server may then train the artificial intelligence model using various machine-learning techniques using the collected data during the exercise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: ARCHITECTURE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Donovan, Paul Nicotera, Dahyun Hollister, Robert Joyce, Judson Powers
  • Patent number: 11275940
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprise an analytic server, which provides a terrain segmentation and classification tool for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery. The server accurately segments and classifies terrain types in SAR imagery and automatically adapts to new radar sensors data. The server receives a first SAR imagery and trains an autoencoder based on the first SAR imagery to generate learned representations of the first SAR imagery. The server trains a classifier based on labeled data of the first SAR imagery data to recognize terrain types from the learned representations of the first SAR imagery. The server receives a terrain query for a second SAR imagery. The server translates the second imagery data into the first imagery data and classifies the second SAR imagery terrain types using the classifier trained for the first SAR imagery. By reusing the original classifier, the server improves system efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: ARCHITECTURE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul Nicotera, Robert Joyce, Judson Powers, Daniel McArdle
  • Patent number: 11122079
    Abstract: An example technique includes initializing, by an obfuscation computing system, communications with nodes in a distributed computing platform. The nodes include compute nodes that provide resources in the distributed computing platform and a controller node that performs resource management of the resources. The obfuscation computing system serves as an intermediary between the controller node and the compute nodes. The technique further includes outputting an interactive user interface (UI) providing a selection between a first privilege level and a second privilege level, and performing one of: based on the selection being for the first privilege level, a first obfuscation mechanism for the distributed computing platform to obfuscate digital traffic between a user computing system and the nodes, or based on the selection being for the second privilege level, a second obfuscation mechanism for the distributed computing platform to obfuscate digital traffic between the user computing system and the nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Architecture Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Aloisio, Robert A. Joyce, Paul Nicotera, Matthew A. Stillerman
  • Patent number: 10949338
    Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes methods and devices for analyzing source code to detect potential bugs in the code. Specifically, a device retrieves source code of an application. For each distinct execution of a plurality of executions of the application, the device initiates the respective execution at a particular starting point of the source code and inputs, into the source code, a unique set of inputs relative to any other execution. The device stores, into a path log, an indication of each line of source code and stores, into an output log, an indication of each output object encountered during the respective execution. Each output object includes a local variable dependent on the inputs. The device analyzes, using a machine learning model, the path and output logs to identify an abnormality indicative of a potential bug in the source code. The device outputs a graphical representation of the abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: ARCHITECTURE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Sirianni, Paul Nicotera, Eric R. Chartier, Judson Powers
  • Patent number: 10885393
    Abstract: Techniques for performing data analytics using anomaly detection systems and methods are disclosed. The anomaly detection system provides an incident response and monitoring solution, built for distributed processing, that streamlines cyber defense by unifying datasets, via a data translator, from sensors and tools into a uniform schema to provide real-time anomaly detection, via an anomaly detection system that may prevent malware from establishing a foothold on the network. The anomaly detection system may allow for the scalability to provide large-scale data aggregation and anomaly detection without compromising performance. The anomaly detection system may use a distributed architecture to support advanced cyber threat detection across large datasets in real-time for monitoring and rapid incident response. The anomaly detection system may leverage open protocols and interfaces to promote third-party support for development and interoperability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: ARCHITECTURE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Sirianni, Paul Nicotera
  • Patent number: 10878018
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and apparatus that execute classification techniques to enable high-quality analysis of ingest data by interpreting and categorizing disparate data points of the ingest data. The execution of the classification techniques leads to isolation of intrinsic properties of each data point to represent the essence of what the overall ingest data indicates. The classification techniques further enables classification of the ingest data, which is unencumbered by any ingest data format changes, such as ordering of data components, encoding, or properties associated with the ingest data that are likely to change without altering meaning conveyed by the ingest data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Architecture Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Aloisio, Paul Nicotera
  • Patent number: 10853060
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes creating, by a computing device, an abstract syntax tree based on a source code file of a software application, the source code file including source code defining operations of the software application. The method also includes traversing, by the computing device, the abstract syntax tree. The method further includes identifying, by the computing device and based on the traversing of the abstract syntax tree, one or more code violations present in the source code. The method also includes generating, by the computing device, at least one refactoring option for the one or more code violations, each refactoring option of the at least one refactoring option representing a change to the source code file that is configured to remediate the associated code violation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: ARCHITECTURE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Colleen Kimball, Katey Huddleston, Paul Nicotera
  • Patent number: 10846329
    Abstract: At least one processor of a computing device may determine relevancy metadata associated with of images stored in an imagery processing system. The at least one processor may determine one or more active retention policies for the images based at least in part on the relevancy metadata, wherein the one or more active retention policies include one or more rulesets that are applied to the relevancy metadata. The at least one processor may determine retention priority values associated with the images stored in the imagery processing system based at least in part on the one or more active retention policies. The at least one processor may manage retention of the images in the imagery processing system based at least in part on the retention priority values associated with the images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: ARCHITECTURE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul Nicotera, Kenneth McVearry
  • Patent number: 10832046
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of an optical character recognition pre-processing software system, which is integrated into a language translation system to provide automated cleaning and correction of noisy and degraded document images to enable seamless and efficient optical character recognition processing and machine translation of information within the document images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Architecture Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Jafar Al-Gharaibeh, William Estey, Paul Nicotera
  • Patent number: 10719706
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprise an analytic server, which provides a terrain segmentation and classification tool for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery. The server accurately segments and classifies terrain types in SAR imagery and automatically adapts to new radar sensors data. The server receives a first SAR imagery and trains an autoencoder based on the first SAR imagery to generate learned representations of the first SAR imagery. The server trains a classifier based on labeled data of the first SAR imagery data to recognize terrain types from the learned representations of the first SAR imagery. The server receives a terrain query for a second SAR imagery. The server translates the second imagery data into the first imagery data and classifies the second SAR imagery terrain types using the classifier trained for the first SAR imagery. By reusing the original classifier, the server improves system efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Architecture Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Nicotera, Robert Joyce, Judson Powers, Daniel McArdle