Patents by Inventor Ran Gilad

Ran Gilad 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).

  • Publication number: 20240104350
    Abstract: A system and method for predicting a condition of a subject may include one or more autoencoder modules, trained to: receive at least one content data element pertaining to the subject from one or more data sources of a plurality of data sources; and generate a source-invariant representation of the at least one content data element in a latent space of the one or more autoencoders. One or more machine-learning (ML) based classification models may receive the source-invariant representation of the at least one content data element, and produce therefrom a prediction data element, which may represent a predicted condition of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Ran Gilad BACHRACH
  • Patent number: 11782819
    Abstract: A user-annotated reference implementation identifies variable values generated by the reference implementation during its execution. A software implementation under analysis is executed. Variable values in the running memory of the program code of the software implementation under analysis, during its execution, are identified and copied. The variable values traced from the running memory of the program code are compared against the annotated variable values generated by the reference implementation, to determine a similarity between the program code under analysis, and the reference implementation. An output is generated that is indicative of whether the traced variables from the program code under analysis are the same as the annotated variable values generated by the reference implementation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nir Levy, Lee Stott, Ran Gilad-Bachrach
  • Publication number: 20220019513
    Abstract: A user-annotated reference implementation identifies variable values generated by the reference implementation during its execution. A software implementation under analysis is executed. Variable values in the running memory of the program code of the software implementation under analysis, during its execution, are identified and copied. The variable values traced from the running memory of the program code are compared against the annotated variable values generated by the reference implementation, to determine a similarity between the program code under analysis, and the reference implementation. An output is generated that is indicative of whether the traced variables from the program code under analysis are the same as the annotated variable values generated by the reference implementation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Nir LEVY, Lee STOTT, Ran GILAD-BACHRACH
  • Patent number: 11062215
    Abstract: Techniques for using different data sources for a predictive model are described. According to various implementations, techniques described herein enable different data sets to be used to generate a predictive model, while minimizing the risk that individual data points of the data sets will be exposed by the predictive model. This aids in protecting individual privacy (e.g., protecting personally identifying information for individuals), while enabling robust predictive models to be generated using data sets from a variety of different sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kim Henry Martin Laine, Ran Gilad-Bachrach, Melissa E. Chase, Kristin Estella Lauter, Peter Byerley Rindal
  • Patent number: 10482482
    Abstract: A training system is described herein for generating a prediction model that relies on a feature space with reduced dimensionality. The training system performs this task by producing partitions, each of which corresponds to a subset of aspect values (where each aspect value, in turn, may correspond to one or more attribute values). The training system then produces instances of statistical information associated with the partitions. Each instance of statistical information therefore corresponds to feature information that applies to a plurality of aspect values, rather than a single aspect value. The training system then trains the prediction model based on the feature information. Also described herein is a prediction module that uses the prediction model to make predictions in various online contexts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Mikhail Bilenko, Ran Gilad-Bachrach, Christopher A. Meek, Mikhail Royzner
  • Patent number: 10296709
    Abstract: The techniques and/or systems described herein are directed to improvements in genomic prediction using homomorphic encryption. For example, a genomic model can be generated by a prediction service provider to predict a risk of a disease or a presence of genetic traits. Genomic data corresponding to a genetic profile of an individual can be batch encoded into a plurality of polynomials, homomorphically encrypted, and provided to a service provider for evaluation. The genomic model can be batch encoded as well, and the genetic prediction may be determined by evaluating a dot product of the genomic model data the genomic data. A genomic prediction result value can be provided to a computing device associated with a user for subsequent decrypting and decoding. Homomorphic encoding and encryption can be used such that the genomic data may be applied to the prediction model and a result can be obtained without revealing any information about the model, the genomic data, or any genomic prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Kim Laine, Nicolo Fusi, Ran Gilad-Bachrach, Kristin E. Lauter
  • Patent number: 10153894
    Abstract: The techniques and/or systems described herein are directed to improvements in homomorphic encryption to improve processing speed and storage requirements. For example, the techniques and/or systems can be used on a client device to encode data to be sent to a remote server, to be operated on while maintaining confidentiality of data. For example, data including a real number can be encoded as a polynomial, with the fractional part of the real number encoded as high-order coefficients in the polynomial. Further, real numbers can be approximated and encoded in a polynomial using a fractional base, and/or the encoding can include slot encoding. Thus, the optimized encodings disclosed herein provide an optimized homomorphic encryption scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kim Laine, Nathan Dowlin, Ran Gilad-Bachrach, Michael Naehrig, John Wernsing, Kristin E. Lauter
  • Publication number: 20180268306
    Abstract: Techniques for using different data sources for a predictive model are described. According to various implementations, techniques described herein enable different data sets to be used to generate a predictive model, while minimizing the risk that individual data points of the data sets will be exposed by the predictive model. This aids in protecting individual privacy (e.g., protecting personally identifying information for individuals), while enabling robust predictive models to be generated using data sets from a variety of different sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kim Henry Martin Laine, Ran Gilad-Bachrach, Melissa E. Chase, Kristin Estella Lauter, Peter Byerley Rindal
  • Publication number: 20180268283
    Abstract: Techniques for using data sets for a predictive model are described. According to various implementations, techniques described herein enable different data sets to be used to generate a predictive model, while minimizing the risk that individual data points of the data sets will be exposed by the predictive model. This aids in protecting individual privacy (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ran Gilad-Bachrach, Kim Henry Martin Laine, Melissa E. Chase, Kristin Estella Lauter
  • Patent number: 10075289
    Abstract: The techniques and/or systems described herein are directed to improvements in homomorphic encryption to improve processing speed and storage requirements. For example, the techniques and/or systems can be used on a client device to encode data to be sent to a remote server, to be operated on while maintaining confidentiality of data. The encoding scheme can be optimized by automatically selecting one or more parameters using an error growth simulator based on an actual program that operates on the encoded data. For example, the simulator can be used iteratively to determine an optimized parameter set which allows for improved homomorphic operations while maintaining security and confidentiality of a user's data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kim Laine, Nathan Dowlin, Ran Gilad-Bachrach, Michael Naehrig, John Wernsing, Kristin E. Lauter
  • Publication number: 20180233057
    Abstract: A modern, personalized, adaptive learning experience may be enabled for distinct groups of students. Content entered in a notebook application or similar platform may be analyzed. Content from a learning object repository may then be selected to be suggested based on comparison with the entered content. A style may also be determined based on one or more of a common attribute of a group of teachers, a common attribute of a group of students, or a rule of an organization. The selected content to be suggested may be automatically customized to conform to the style and a lesson plan, and the customized content may be provided to a client application or another service to be displayed in conformance with the lesson plan to students supporting teachers by freeing teachers' time through optimization of the learning process, creation of easy and simple to use experiences, and actionable analytics and proactive alerts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel SITTON, Dror KREMER, Shay BEN-ELAZAR, Shay SLOBODKIN, Oded VAINAS, Yehuda Arkin ADAR, Ran GILAD-BACHRACH, Ze'ev MAOR
  • Patent number: 9996165
    Abstract: The description relates to 3D gesture recognition. One example gesture recognition system can include a gesture detection assembly. The gesture detection assembly can include a sensor cell array and a controller that can send signals at different frequencies to individual sensor cells of the sensor cell array. The example gesture recognition system can also include a gesture recognition component that can determine parameters of an object proximate the sensor cell array from responses of the individual sensor cells to the signals at the different frequencies, and can identify a gesture performed by the object using the parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ran Gilad-Bachrach, Dimitrios Lymberopoulos, Gerald Reuben Dejean, II, Eden Alejandro Alanis Reyes, Trang T. Thai
  • Patent number: 9946970
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein are directed to methods and systems for performing neural network computations on encrypted data. Encrypted data is received from a user. The encrypted data is encrypted with an encryption scheme that allows for computations on the ciphertext to generate encrypted results data. Neural network computations are performed on the encrypted data, using approximations of neural network functions to generate encrypted neural network results data from encrypted data. The approximations of neural network functions can approximate activation functions, where the activation functions are approximated using polynomial expressions. The encrypted neural network results data are communicated to the user associated with the encrypted data such that the user decrypts the encrypted data based on the encryption scheme. The functionality of the neural network system can be provided using a cloud computing platform that supports restricted access to particular neural networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ran Gilad-Bachrach, Thomas William Finley, Mikhail Bilenko, Pengtao Xie
  • Patent number: 9900147
    Abstract: The techniques and/or systems described herein are directed to improvements in homomorphic operations within a homomorphic encryption scheme. The homomorphic operations may be performed on encrypted data received from a client device without decrypting the data at a remote computing device, thereby maintaining the confidentiality of the data. In addition to the operations of addition, subtraction, and multiplication, the homomorphic operations may include an approximate division, a sign testing, a comparison testing, and an equality testing. By combining these operations, a user may perform optimized operations with improved processor and memory requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kim Laine, Nathan P. Dowlin, Ran Gilad-Bachrach, Michael Naehrig, John Wernsing, Kristin E. Lauter
  • Publication number: 20170357749
    Abstract: The techniques and/or systems described herein are directed to improvements in genomic prediction using homomorphic encryption. For example, a genomic model can be generated by a prediction service provider to predict a risk of a disease or a presence of genetic traits. Genomic data corresponding to a genetic profile of an individual can be batch encoded into a plurality of polynomials, homomorphically encrypted, and provided to a service provider for evaluation. The genomic model can be batch encoded as well, and the genetic prediction may be determined by evaluating a dot product of the genomic model data the genomic data. A genomic prediction result value can be provided to a computing device associated with a user for subsequent decrypting and decoding. Homomorphic encoding and encryption can be used such that the genomic data may be applied to the prediction model and a result can be obtained without revealing any information about the model, the genomic data, or any genomic prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Kim Laine, Nicolo Fusi, Ran Gilad-Bachrach, Kristin E. Lauter
  • Publication number: 20170359321
    Abstract: Techniques and architectures may be used to provide an environment where a data owner storing private encrypted data in a cloud and a data evaluator may engage in a secure function evaluation on at least a portion of the data. Neither of these involved parties is able to learn anything beyond what the parties already know and what is revealed by the function, even if the parties are actively malicious. Such an environment may be useful for business transactions, research collaborations, or mutually beneficial computations on aggregated private data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Peter B. Rindal, Ran Gilad-Bachrach, Kim Laine, Michael J. Rosulek, Kristin E. Lauter
  • Patent number: 9807559
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are described for implementing a digital personal assistant. The digital personal assistant is capable of determining that a user has asked a question or made a statement that is intended to engage with a persona of the digital personal assistant. In response to determining that the user has asked such a question or made such a statement, the digital personal assistant provides a response thereto by displaying or playing back a multimedia object associated with a popular culture reference within or by a user interface of the digital personal assistant. Additionally or alternatively, in response to determining that the user has asked such a question or made such a statement, the digital personal assistant provides the response thereto by generating or playing back speech that comprises an impersonation of a voice of a person associated with the popular culture reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Lee Dicks Clark, Deborah B. Harrison, Susan Hendrich, David Gardner, Sogol Malekzadeh, Catherine L. Maritan, Melissa Lim, Mary P. Czerwinski, Ran Gilad-Bachrach
  • Publication number: 20170180115
    Abstract: The techniques and/or systems described herein are directed to improvements in homomorphic operations within a homomorphic encryption scheme. The homomorphic operations may be performed on encrypted data received from a client device without decrypting the data at a remote computing device, thereby maintaining the confidentiality of the data. In addition to the operations of addition, subtraction, and multiplication, the homomorphic operations may include an approximate division, a sign testing, a comparison testing, and an equality testing. By combining these operations, a user may perform optimized operations with improved processor and memory requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Kim Laine, Nathan P. Dowlin, Ran Gilad-Bachrach, Michael Naehrig, John Wernsing, Kristin E. Lauter
  • Publication number: 20170172493
    Abstract: A system is provided that predicts eating events for a user. The system includes a set of sensors each of which is configured to continuously measure a different physiological variable associated with the user and output a time-stamped data stream that includes the current value of this variable. A set of features is periodically extracted from the data stream output from each of the sensors, where these features have been determined to be specifically indicative of an about-to-eat moment. This set of features is then input into an about-to-eat moment classifier that has been trained to predict when the user is in an about-to-eat moment based on this set of features. Whenever an output of the classifier indicates that the user is currently in an about-to-eat moment, the user is notified with a just-in-time eating intervention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Tauhidur Rahman, Mary Czerwinski, Ran Gilad-Bachrach, Paul R. Johns, Asta Roseway, Kael Robert Rowan
  • Publication number: 20170134156
    Abstract: The techniques and/or systems described herein are directed to improvements in homomorphic encryption to improve processing speed and storage requirements. For example, the techniques and/or systems can be used on a client device to encode data to be sent to a remote server, to be operated on while maintaining confidentiality of data. The encoding scheme can be optimized by automatically selecting one or more parameters using an error growth simulator based on an actual program that operates on the encoded data. For example, the simulator can be used iteratively to determine an optimized parameter set which allows for improved homomorphic operations while maintaining security and confidentiality of a user's data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Kim Laine, Nathan Dowlin, Ran Gilad-Bachrach, Michael Naehrig, John Wernsing, Kristin E. Lauter