Patents by Inventor Ratnakar Dev

Ratnakar Dev 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: 11357431
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to identify an emotion evoked by media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a synthesizer to generate a first synthesized sample based on a pre-verbal utterance associated with a first emotion. A feature extractor is to identify a first value of a first feature of the first synthesized sample. The feature extractor to identify a second value of the first feature of first media evoking an unknown emotion. A classification engine is to create a model based on the first feature. The model is to establish a relationship between the first value of the first feature and the first emotion. The classification engine is to identify the first media as evoking the first emotion when the model indicates that the second value corresponds to the first value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Robert T. Knight, Ramachandran Gurumoorthy, Alexander Topchy, Ratnakar Dev, Padmanabhan Soundararajan, Anantha Pradeep
  • Publication number: 20210128040
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to identify an emotion evoked by media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a synthesizer to generate a first synthesized sample based on a pre-verbal utterance associated with a first emotion. A feature extractor is to identify a first value of a first feature of the first synthesized sample. The feature extractor to identify a second value of the first feature of first media evoking an unknown emotion. A classification engine is to create a model based on the first feature. The model is to establish a relationship between the first value of the first feature and the first emotion. The classification engine is to identify the first media as evoking the first emotion when the model indicates that the second value corresponds to the first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Robert T. Knight, Ramachandran Gurumoorthy, Alexander Topchy, Ratnakar Dev, Padmanabhan Soundararajan, Anantha Pradeep
  • Patent number: 10970291
    Abstract: Provided are systems, methods, and devices for providing topical similarities in a knowledge database. A knowledge database containing a number of articles is accessed, and clickstream data for the knowledge database is obtained including aggregated counts of user clicks on links within articles in the knowledge database. The clickstream data is sorted by source article, with each source article corresponding to a number of target articles that the source article links to. A directed article graph is constructed based on the sorted clickstream data. An input search term is received from an input device, and then an unbounded graph search is performed on the directed graph based on the input search term. Finally, a ranking heuristic for a predefined number of articles in the knowledge database is provided corresponding to topical similarity of the articles to the input search term.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: MACHINEVANTAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Martin McNeela, Ratnakar Dev, Anantha K. Pradeep
  • Patent number: 10915707
    Abstract: Provided are systems, methods, and devices for providing word replaceability information through word vectors. Within a database system, a text document is received, then processed into a number of sub-sentences or sub-segments. The processing involved delimiting one or more sentences within the text document by one or more punctuation marks. Next, a number of n-gram combinations are generated according to co-appearances of n-grams within the sub-sentences. Distance metrics are determined between the n-gram co-appearances for each n-gram combination. Finally, word replaceability information is provided for one or more words or n-grams within the text document, based on the distance metric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: MACHINEVANTAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Taraba, Ratnakar Dev, Anantha K. Pradeep
  • Patent number: 10853578
    Abstract: Provided are systems, methods, and devices for extracting unconscious meaning from media corpora. One or more corpora are received from one or more media databases. A number of phrases are extracted from the corpora, and then disambiguated according to natural language processing methods. One or more criteria are then selected to be used for phrase analysis, and the phrases are then analyzed to extract unconscious meaning based on the one or more criteria. The phrase analysis involves machine learning or predictive analysis methods. The results of the phrase analysis are then provided to one or more client devices, with the results containing findings of unconscious meaning for the phrases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: MACHINEVANTAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Ratnakar Dev, Anantha K. Pradeep
  • Patent number: 10839705
    Abstract: Provided are mechanisms and processes for more effectively monitoring infants to enhance caregiving and infant development. A system may include a wearable infant monitoring device, transmission interface, and monitoring hub. The wearable infant monitoring device includes sensors that detect activity and position of an infant. The transmission interface transmits measurement data associated with the activity and position of the infant. The monitoring hub receives the measurement data and includes a processor configured to determine the infant's receptivity to learning. Learning materials are then provided to a caregiver through a display interface based on the infant's receptivity to learning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Inventors: Anantha Pradeep, Ratnakar Dev, Thomas Robbins
  • Patent number: 10806388
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to identify an emotion evoked by media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a synthesizer to generate a first synthesized sample based on a pre-verbal utterance associated with a first emotion. A feature extractor is to identify a first value of a first feature of the first synthesized sample. The feature extractor to identify a second value of the first feature of first media evoking an unknown emotion. A classification engine is to create a model based on the first feature. The model is to establish a relationship between the first value of the first feature and the first emotion. The classification engine is to identify the first media as evoking the first emotion when the model indicates that the second value corresponds to the first value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Robert T. Knight, Ramachandran Gurumoorthy, Alexander Topchy, Ratnakar Dev, Padmanabhan Soundararajan, Anantha Pradeep
  • Publication number: 20200050668
    Abstract: Provided are systems, methods, and devices for extracting unconscious meaning from media corpora. One or more corpora are received from one or more media databases. A number of phrases are extracted from the corpora, and then disambiguated according to natural language processing methods. One or more criteria are then selected to be used for phrase analysis, and the phrases are then analyzed to extract unconscious meaning based on the one or more criteria. The phrase analysis involves machine learning or predictive analysis methods. The results of the phrase analysis are then provided to one or more client devices, with the results containing findings of unconscious meaning for the phrases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Machine Vantage, Inc.
    Inventors: Ratnakar Dev, Anantha K. Pradeep
  • Publication number: 20200050678
    Abstract: Provided are systems, methods, and devices for providing topical similarities in a knowledge database. A knowledge database containing a number of articles is accessed, and clickstream data for the knowledge database is obtained including aggregated counts of user clicks on links within articles in the knowledge database. The clickstream data is sorted by source article, with each source article corresponding to a number of target articles that the source article links to. A directed article graph is constructed based on the sorted clickstream data. An input search term is received from an input device, and then an unbounded graph search is performed on the directed graph based on the input search term. Finally, a ranking heuristic for a predefined number of articles in the knowledge database is provided corresponding to topical similarity of the articles to the input search term.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: MachineVantage, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Martin McNeela, Ratnakar Dev, Anantha K. Pradeep
  • Publication number: 20190121849
    Abstract: Provided are systems, methods, and devices for providing word replaceability information through word vectors. Within a database system, a text document is received, then processed into a number of sub-sentences or sub-segments. The processing involved delimiting one or more sentences within the text document by one or more punctuation marks. Next, a number of n-gram combinations are generated according to co-appearances of n-grams within the sub-sentences. Distance metrics are determined between the n-gram co-appearances for each n-gram combination. Finally, word replaceability information is provided for one or more words or n-grams within the text document, based on the distance metric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: MachineVantage, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Taraba, Ratnakar Dev, Anantha K. Pradeep
  • Patent number: 10223497
    Abstract: Provided are mechanisms and processes for more effectively monitoring infants to enhance caregiving and infant development. A system may include an infant monitoring device and a monitoring hub. The infant monitoring device includes sensors that gather measurement data. The monitoring hub receives the measurement data and analyzes the measurement data in relation to a learning receptivity model obtained from a remote platform. The measurement data is analyzed to predict a time and duration when an infant associated with the infant monitoring device will be receptive to learning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: SMILABLES INC.
    Inventors: Anantha Pradeep, Ratnakar Dev, Thomas Robbins
  • Patent number: 10136619
    Abstract: Provided are mechanisms and processes for more effectively monitoring pets to enhance caregiving and pet development. In one example, a system includes a pet monitoring device having a plurality of sensors that gather measurement data, such as motion and arousal, from a pet. The system also includes a monitoring hub that receives the measurement data from the pet monitoring device and analyzes the measurement data in relation to a learning receptivity model obtained from a remote platform. The measurement data is analyzed to predict a time and duration when a pet associated with the pet monitoring device will be receptive to learning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: SMILABLES INC.
    Inventors: Anantha Pradeep, Ratnakar Dev, Thomas Robbins
  • Publication number: 20180132455
    Abstract: Provided are mechanisms and processes for more effectively monitoring pets to enhance caregiving and pet development. In one example, a system includes a pet monitoring device having a plurality of sensors that gather measurement data, such as motion and arousal, from a pet. The system also includes a monitoring hub that receives the measurement data from the pet monitoring device and analyzes the measurement data in relation to a learning receptivity model obtained from a remote platform. The measurement data is analyzed to predict a time and duration when a pet associated with the pet monitoring device will be receptive to learning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Anantha Pradeep, Ratnakar Dev, Thomas Robbins
  • Publication number: 20180096614
    Abstract: Provided are mechanisms and processes for more effectively monitoring infants to enhance caregiving and infant development. A system may include a wearable infant monitoring device, transmission interface, and monitoring hub. The wearable infant monitoring device includes sensors that detect activity and position of an infant. The transmission interface transmits measurement data associated with the activity and position of the infant. The monitoring hub receives the measurement data and includes a processor configured to determine the infant's receptivity to learning. Learning materials are then provided to a caregiver through a display interface based on the infant's receptivity to learning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Anantha Pradeep, Ratnakar Dev, Thomas Robbins
  • Publication number: 20180049688
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to identify an emotion evoked by media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a synthesizer to generate a first synthesized sample based on a pre-verbal utterance associated with a first emotion. A feature extractor is to identify a first value of a first feature of the first synthesized sample. The feature extractor to identify a second value of the first feature of first media evoking an unknown emotion. A classification engine is to create a model based on the first feature. The model is to establish a relationship between the first value of the first feature and the first emotion. The classification engine is to identify the first media as evoking the first emotion when the model indicates that the second value corresponds to the first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Robert T. Knight, Ramachandran Gurumoorthy, Alexander Topchy, Ratnakar Dev, Padmanabhan Soundararajan, Anantha Pradeep
  • Patent number: 9788777
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to identify a mood of media are disclosed. An example method includes accessing a known audio known to evoke a first emotion. A first synthesized sample is synthesized based on the known audio sample. A first value of a first feature of the first synthesized sample is calculated. A mood model is created based on the first feature. The mood model is to establish a relationship between the first feature and the first emotion. A second value of the first feature of first media evoking an unknown emotion is identified. The unknown emotion is identified as the first emotion when the mood model indicates that the second value corresponds to the first value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: The Neilsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Robert T. Knight, Ramachandran Gurumoorthy, Alexander Topchy, Ratnakar Dev, Padmanabhan Soundararajan, Anantha Pradeep
  • Publication number: 20160302393
    Abstract: Provided are mechanisms and processes for more effectively monitoring pets to enhance caregiving and pet development. In one example, a system includes a pet monitoring device having a plurality of sensors that gather measurement data, such as motion and arousal, from a pet. The system also includes a monitoring hub that receives the measurement data from the pet monitoring device and analyzes the measurement data in relation to a learning receptivity model obtained from a remote platform. The measurement data is analyzed to predict a time and duration when a pet associated with the pet monitoring device will be receptive to learning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Smilables Inc.
    Inventors: Anantha PRADEEP, Ratnakar Dev, Thomas Robbins
  • Publication number: 20160287185
    Abstract: Provided are mechanisms and processes for more effectively monitoring infants to enhance caregiving and infant development. In one example, a system includes a platform interface that receives measurement data transmitted from multiple infant monitoring systems. The multiple infant monitoring systems each include an infant monitoring device that gathers measurement data for an infant and an infant monitoring hub that processes the measurement data. The system also includes a platform processor that analyzes the measurement data to identify patterns including a first pattern of activity of infants associated with the multiple infant monitoring systems. The patterns of activity are associated with changes in the measurement data over time. The platform processor generates a model based on the patterns of activity. This model is used to predict an upcoming activity for a first infant that has expressed a first pattern of activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Anantha Pradeep, Ratnakar Dev, Thomas Robbins
  • Publication number: 20160287079
    Abstract: Provided are mechanisms and processes for an infant data aggregation system. The system includes a platform interface and a platform processor. A platform interface is configured to receive measurement data transmitted from multiple infant monitoring systems. Each of the multiple infant monitoring systems includes includes an infant monitoring device and an infant monitoring hub. The infant is monitoring device configured to gather measurement data for an infant and the monitoring hub configured to process the measurement data. A platform processor is configured to analyze the measurement data to identify including a first pattern of activity of infants associated with multiple infant monitoring systems. The first pattern of activity is associated with an observation about the infants. The platform processor is further configured to generate a model for the observation based on the first pattern of activity for infants of various ages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Smilables, Inc.
    Inventors: Anantha PRADEEP, Ratnakar Dev, Thomas Robbins
  • Publication number: 20160287078
    Abstract: Provided are mechanisms and processes for an infant data aggregation system. The system includes a platform interface and a platform processor. A platform interface is configured to receive measurement data from multiple infant monitoring systems, each of the multiple infant monitoring systems including an infant monitoring device and an infant monitoring hub. Each of the plurality of infant monitoring systems is associated with a corresponding infant. A platform processor is configured to remove personally identifiable information associated with the observations received in order to generate infant de-identified observations and analyze the observations received from the plurality of infant monitoring systems in order to generate a dynamic model reflecting infant trends relating to the observation for infants of different ages. The dynamic model is viewable by users associated with infant monitoring systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Smilables, Inc.
    Inventors: Anantha PRADEEP, Ratnakar Dev, Thomas Robbins