Patents by Inventor Robert Brian MASON

Robert Brian MASON 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: 12754948
    Abstract: A method for collaborative knowledge management pruning is described. The method includes feeding, in response to a user search request, retrieved articles from an enterprise knowledge database to a large language model (LLM). The method also includes performing, by the LLM, a hierarchical search-based comparison of the retrieved articles to provide an LLM-based identification of out-of-date articles. The method further includes flagging out-of-date articles for user review. The method also includes removing, in response to the user, identified out-of-date articles from the enterprise knowledge database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignees: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Matthew P. Gordon, Arjun Bhargava, Flora Miao Chen, Robert Brian Mason, Kordel France, Ravi Chandu Ummadisetti, Kuo Sung Swei
  • Publication number: 20260154146
    Abstract: A method for automated root cause analysis via one or more structured data sources and one or more unstructured data sources includes identifying an error in a process or an environment. The method also includes searching the one or more unstructured data sources via a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) component based on an error description corresponding to the identified error. The method further includes generating, via the RAG component, a hypothesis for the error in accordance with searching the one or more unstructured data sources. The method also includes searching the one or more structured data sources based on one or more queries generated via a text-to-SQL component in accordance with the hypothesis. The method still further includes autonomously adjusting one or more parameters of one or more devices associated with the process or the environment in accordance with searching the one or more structured data sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2024
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Applicants: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Matthew P. GORDON, Flora Miao CHEN, Benjamin CHANG, Arjun BHARGAVA, Robert Brian MASON, Kordel FRANCE, Ravi Chandu UMMADISETTI, Kuo Sung SWEI
  • Publication number: 20260044556
    Abstract: A method for collaborative knowledge management pruning is described. The method includes feeding, in response to a user search request, retrieved articles from an enterprise knowledge database to a large language model (LLM). The method also includes performing, by the LLM, a hierarchical search-based comparison of the retrieved articles to provide an LLM-based identification of out-of-date articles. The method further includes flagging out-of-date articles for user review. The method also includes removing, in response to the user, identified out-of-date articles from the enterprise knowledge database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Applicants: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Matthew P. GORDON, Arjun BHARGAVA, Flora Miao CHEN, Robert Brian MASON, Kordel FRANCE, Ravi Chandu UMMADISETTI, Kuo Sung SWEI