Patents by Inventor Robert A. Sheets

Robert A. Sheets 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).

  • Document preparation with argumentation support from a deep question answering system
    Patent number: 11170181
    Abstract: Dynamic semantic processing of text in a word processing application with engagement of question-answering system. A user provides a text stream to a computer system via an input source. The input text stream includes a first natural language statement. The system determines that the first natural language statement includes a fact-based component expressed in natural language form. The system identifies an initial span and an alternative span of the first natural language component, based on the determining. The system engages a question-answering (QA) system by providing the initial span and the alternative span of the first natural language component to the QA system, and by receiving, in response to the providing, a set of natural language results from the QA system. The system evaluates the initial span and the alternative span of the first natural language component based on the received natural language results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Charles E. Beller, William G. Dubyak, Palani Sakthi, Robert A. Sheets, Kristen M. Summers
  • DOCUMENT PREPARATION WITH ARGUMENTATION SUPPORT FROM A DEEP QUESTION ANSWERING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190318001
    Abstract: Dynamic semantic processing of text in a word processing application with engagement of question-answering system. A user provides a text stream to a computer system via an input source. The input text stream includes a first natural language statement. The system determines that the first natural language statement includes a fact-based component expressed in natural language form. The system identifies an initial span and an alternative span of the first natural language component, based on the determining. The system engages a question-answering (QA) system by providing the initial span and the alternative span of the first natural language component to the QA system, and by receiving, in response to the providing, a set of natural language results from the QA system. The system evaluates the initial span and the alternative span of the first natural language component based on the received natural language results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Charles E. Beller, William G. Dubyak, Palani Sakthi, Robert A. Sheets, Kristen M. Summers
  • Document preparation with argumentation support from a deep question answering system
    Patent number: 10387576
    Abstract: Dynamic semantic processing of text in a word processing application with engagement of question-answering system. A user provides a text stream to a computer system via an input source. The input text stream includes a first natural language statement. The system determines that the first natural language statement includes a fact-based component expressed in natural language form. The system identifies an initial span and an alternative span of the first natural language component, based on the determining. The system engages a question-answering (QA) system by providing the initial span and the alternative span of the first natural language component to the QA system, and by receiving, in response to the providing, a set of natural language results from the QA system. The system evaluates the initial span and the alternative span of the first natural language component based on the received natural language results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Charles E. Beller, William G. Dubyak, Palani Sakthi, Robert A. Sheets, Kristen M. Summers
  • DOCUMENT PREPARATION WITH ARGUMENTATION SUPPORT FROM A DEEP QUESTION ANSWERING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190163745
    Abstract: Dynamic semantic processing of text in a word processing application with engagement of question-answering system. A user provides a text stream to a computer system via an input source. The input text stream includes a first natural language statement. The system determines that the first natural language statement includes a fact-based component expressed in natural language form. The system identifies an initial span and an alternative span of the first natural language component, based on the determining. The system engages a question-answering (QA) system by providing the initial span and the alternative span of the first natural language component to the QA system, and by receiving, in response to the providing, a set of natural language results from the QA system. The system evaluates the initial span and the alternative span of the first natural language component based on the received natural language results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Charles E. Beller, William G. Dubyak, Palani Sakthi, Robert A. Sheets, Kristen M. Summers