Patents by Inventor Robert Ackerman

Robert Ackerman 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: 20250182763
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to systems, methods, and computer readable media for providing improved insights and annotations to enhance recorded audio, video, and/or written transcriptions of testimony. For example, in some embodiments, a method is disclosed for correlating non-verbal cues recognized from an audio and/or video recording of testimony to the corresponding testimony transcript locations. In other embodiments, a method is disclosed for providing testimony-specific artificial intelligence-based insights and annotations to a testimony transcript, e.g., based on the use of machine learning, natural language processing, and/or other techniques. In still other embodiments, a method is disclosed for providing smart citations to a testimony transcript, e.g., which track the location of semantic constructs within the transcript over the course of various modifications being made to the transcript.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: Magna Legal Services, LLC
    Inventors: Robert ACKERMAN, Anthony J. VAGLICA, Holli GOLDMAN, Amber HICKMAN, Walter BARRETT, Cameron TURNER, Shawn RUTLEDGE
  • Patent number: 12217756
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to systems, methods, and computer readable media for providing improved insights and annotations to enhance recorded audio, video, and/or written transcriptions of testimony. For example, in some embodiments, a method is disclosed for correlating non-verbal cues recognized from an audio and/or video recording of testimony to the corresponding testimony transcript locations. In other embodiments, a method is disclosed for providing testimony-specific artificial intelligence-based insights and annotations to a testimony transcript, e.g., based on the use of machine learning, natural language processing, and/or other techniques. In still other embodiments, a method is disclosed for providing smart citations to a testimony transcript, e.g., which track the location of semantic constructs within the transcript over the course of various modifications being made to the transcript.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: AUDAX PRIVATE DEBT LLC
    Inventors: Robert Ackerman, Anthony J. Vaglica, Holli Goldman, Amber Hickman, Walter Barrett, Cameron Turner, Shawn Rutledge
  • Publication number: 20250036639
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique for surfacing content for users of a connection network application. The technique involves performing a first query to fetch recently-impressed items viewed by a user of the connection network application and, concurrently with the first query, performing a second query of search nodes to generate a set of search node results. The technique allows for filtering the recently-impressed items from the set of search node results to generate a candidate set and applying a freshness factor to the candidate set. Updates are provided to a user display, based on results of applying the freshness factor to the candidate set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Madhulekha Arunmozhi, Ian Robert Ackerman, Birjodh Singh Tiwana, Sarah Yan Xing
  • Patent number: 12182138
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique for surfacing content for users of a connection network application. The technique involves performing a first query to fetch recently-impressed items viewed by a user of the connection network application and, concurrently with the first query, performing a second query of search nodes to generate a set of search node results. The technique allows for filtering the recently-impressed items from the set of search node results to generate a candidate set and applying a freshness factor to the candidate set. Updates are provided to a user display, based on results of applying the freshness factor to the candidate set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Madhulekha Arunmozhi, Ian Robert Ackerman, Birjodh Singh Tiwana, Sarah Yan Xing
  • Publication number: 20230252033
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique for surfacing content for users of a connection network application. The technique involves performing a first query to fetch recently-impressed items viewed by a user of the connection network application and, concurrently with the first query, performing a second query of search nodes to generate a set of search node results. The technique allows for filtering the recently-impressed items from the set of search node results to generate a candidate set and applying a freshness factor to the candidate set. Updates are provided to a user display, based on results of applying the freshness factor to the candidate set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Madhulekha Arunmozhi, Ian Robert Ackerman, Birjodh Singh Tiwana, Sarah Yan Xing
  • Patent number: 11423104
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for a transfer model learning for relevance models are described herein. In an example, a system for member relevance prediction is adapted to collect a first data set of member interactions with the online service that occur on a first platform and train a first model using the first data set. The system for member relevance prediction may collect a second data set of member interactions with the online service that occur on a second platform. The system for member relevance prediction may predict a third data set related to member interactions using the first model and aggregate the first data set, the second data set, and the third data set. The system for member relevance prediction may train a second model for the second platform using the aggregated platform data and predict for the second platform, using the second model, online service items for the member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Manas Haribhai Somaiya, Mohit Rajkumar Kothari, Ian Robert Ackerman, Yuan Shao
  • Publication number: 20220059096
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to systems, methods, and computer readable media for providing improved insights and annotations to enhance recorded audio, video, and/or written transcriptions of testimony. For example, in some embodiments, a method is disclosed for correlating non-verbal cues recognized from an audio and/or video recording of testimony to the corresponding testimony transcript locations. In other embodiments, a method is disclosed for providing testimony-specific artificial intelligence-based insights and annotations to a testimony transcript, e.g., based on the use of machine learning, natural language processing, and/or other techniques. In still other embodiments, a method is disclosed for providing smart citations to a testimony transcript, e.g., which track the location of semantic constructs within the transcript over the course of various modifications being made to the transcript.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Ackerman, Anthony J. Vaglica, Holli Goldman, Amber Hickman, Walter Barrett, Cameron Turner, Shawn Rutledge
  • Publication number: 20210064682
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for a transfer model learning for relevance models are described herein. In an example, a system for member relevance prediction is adapted to collect a first data set of member interactions with the online service that occur on a first platform and train a first model using the first data set. The system for member relevance prediction may collect a second data set of member interactions with the online service that occur on a second platform. The system for member relevance prediction may predict a third data set related to member interactions using the first model and aggregate the first data set, the second data set, and the third data set. The system for member relevance prediction may train a second model for the second platform using the aggregated platform data and predict for the second platform, using the second model, online service items for the member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Manas Haribhai Somaiya, Mohit Rajkumar Kothari, Ian Robert Ackerman, Yuan Shao
  • Publication number: 20200090661
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to systems, methods, and computer readable media for providing improved insights and annotations to enhance recorded audio, video, and/or written transcriptions of testimony. For example, in some embodiments, a method is disclosed for correlating non-verbal cues recognized from an audio and/or video recording of testimony to the corresponding testimony transcript locations. In other embodiments, a method is disclosed for providing testimony-specific artificial intelligence-based insights and annotations to a testimony transcript, e.g., based on the use of machine learning, natural language processing, and/or other techniques. In still other embodiments, a method is disclosed for providing smart citations to a testimony transcript, e.g., which track the location of semantic constructs within the transcript over the course of various modifications being made to the transcript.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Ackerman, Anthony J. Vaglica, Holli Goldman, Amber Hickman, Walter Barrett, Cameron Turner, Shawn Rutledge