Patents by Inventor Robert J. Fox

Robert J. Fox 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: 12619825
    Abstract: List-based entity name detection implementations are described that detect entity names in electronic textural documents. In one implementation, unknown entity names are detected. In another implementation, ambiguous entity names are detected and disambiguated. In yet another implementation, generic entity names are detected and associated with an applicable species entity name.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: HG INSIGHTS, INC.
    Inventor: Robert J. Fox
  • Publication number: 20250278747
    Abstract: Entity functional area and product use identification implementations are described that identify functional areas of an entity and products used by these functional areas. In general, this involves generating a functional area classifier to identify one or more functional areas of the entity inferred in a document, identifying one or more product names found in the document, identifying an entity name in the document (if not already known), and establishing at least one combination of the entity name, the functional area, and a product name for each product name found in the document. In some implementations, at least one of the entity location or the vendor of the named product or the technology designation of the product, is identified in the document and included in the combinations. Multiple documents are processed, and the resulting established combinations are output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2025
    Publication date: September 4, 2025
    Applicant: HG Insights, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Fox, Abhinav Kaitha
  • Publication number: 20250272715
    Abstract: Job profile data analysis implementations that are described herein generally analyzes job profile data, and in various implementations uses the analysis to identify marketing and sales opportunities and threats. More particularly, the job profile data is used to identify individuals who have recently changed jobs and have taken on a decision maker or influencer role in their new job with regard to the purchase of products and/or services. Marketing and sales opportunities and threats are gleaned from this knowledge and the knowledge of what products and services were used in the individual's previous and new jobs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2025
    Publication date: August 28, 2025
    Applicant: HG Insights, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Fox, Lauren Wong
  • Publication number: 20250209478
    Abstract: AI maturity scoring implementations that are described herein generally assess the degree of immersion an entity has in AI matters. The AI maturity score for an entity is a combination of three components, namely an AI component, a data science component, and a data maturity component. The AI component quantifies the level of use of AI technologies at the entity. The data science component quantifies the level of an entity's data science expertise on a location basis. And the data maturity component quantifies the degree to which the entity is involved in using data technologies. An AI maturity report is also generated that includes a listing of, for each entity of interest, the AI maturity score computed for that entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Robert J. Fox, Lauren Wong
  • Publication number: 20240152700
    Abstract: List-based entity name detection implementations are described that detect entity names in electronic textural documents. In one implementation, unknown entity names are detected. In another implementation, ambiguous entity names are detected and disambiguated. In yet another implementation, generic entity names are detected and associated with an applicable species entity name.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Robert J. Fox
  • Publication number: 20240119482
    Abstract: Job profile data analysis implementations that are described herein generally analyzes job profile data, and in various implementations uses the analysis to identify marketing and sales opportunities and threats. More particularly, the job profile data is used to identify individuals who have recently changed jobs and have taken on a decision maker or influencer role in their new job with regard to the purchase of products and/or services. Marketing and sales opportunities and threats are gleaned from this knowledge and the knowledge of what products and services were used in the individual's previous and new jobs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Robert J. Fox, Lauren Wong
  • Publication number: 20240086945
    Abstract: Entity functional area and product use identification implementations are described that identify functional areas of an entity and products used by these functional areas. In general, this involves generating a functional area classifier to identify one or more functional areas of the entity inferred in a document, identifying one or more product names found in the document, identifying an entity name in the document (if not already known), and establishing at least one combination of the entity name, the functional area, and a product name for each product name found in the document. In some implementations, at least one of the entity location or the vendor of the named product or the technology designation of the product, is identified in the document and included in the combinations. Multiple documents are processed, and the resulting established combinations are output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Robert J. Fox, Abhinav Kaitha
  • Publication number: 20240062229
    Abstract: The probability that an entity will purchase a product is predicted. This prediction involves receiving input data in the form of entries each of which represents an interest event. Through a series of iterations, a final matrix is generated from the input data entries by assigning an entity-product identifier pair associated with each interest event to a different location in the matrix, along with a time identifier indicative of how far back in time the interest event occurred from a prescribed date of interest. A supervised machine learning technique is employed to create a final prediction model for each product of interest using the final matrix as input. For each product, its prediction model is applied to the input data to estimate the probability that an entity will purchase the product within a future time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Robert J. Fox, Samuel B. Chapin, Xining Li
  • Patent number: 11829386
    Abstract: Resume data identification implementations are described that identify anonymized resume corpus data pertaining to the same individual. In one implementation, identifying this data in the anonymized resume corpus involves segmenting the corpus into resume snippets and clustering the resume snippets into groups. Within each group the resume snippets potentially pertain to the same individual. In addition, one or more optional filtering operations can be performed to remove snippets from a group that are less likely to be associated with the same person. This filtering is especially useful when the resume corpus is large.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: HG INSIGHTS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert J. Fox, Samuel B. Chapin, Jonathan C. Frey, Christopher R. Fredregill
  • Publication number: 20230376999
    Abstract: Job profile data analysis implementations that are described herein generally analyzes job profile data, and in various implementations uses the analysis to identify marketing and sales opportunities and threats. More particularly, the job profile data is used to identify individuals who have recently changed jobs and have taken on a decision maker or influencer role in their new job with regard to the purchase of products and/or services. Marketing and sales opportunities and threats are gleaned from this knowledge and the knowledge of what products and services were used in the individual's previous and new jobs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Robert J. Fox, Lauren Wong
  • Publication number: 20220284452
    Abstract: Entity functional area and product use identification implementations are described that identify functional areas of an entity and products used by these functional areas. In general, this involves generating a functional area classifier to identify one or more functional areas of the entity inferred in a document, identifying one or more product names found in the document, identifying an entity name in the document (if not already known), and establishing at least one combination of the entity name, the functional area, and a product name for each product name found in the document. In some implementations, at least one of the entity location or the vendor of the named product or the technology designation of the product, is identified in the document and included in the combinations. Multiple documents are processed, and the resulting established combinations are output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Robert J. Fox, Abhinav Kaitha
  • Publication number: 20210240737
    Abstract: Resume data identification implementations are described that identify anonymized resume corpus data pertaining to the same individual. In one implementation, identifying this data in the anonymized resume corpus involves segmenting the corpus into resume snippets and clustering the resume snippets into groups. Within each group the resume snippets potentially pertain to the same individual. In addition, one or more optional filtering operations can be performed to remove snippets from a group that are less likely to be associated with the same person. This filtering is especially useful when the resume corpus is large.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Robert J. Fox, Samuel B. Chapin, Jonathan C. Frey, Christopher R. Fredregill
  • Publication number: 20210064697
    Abstract: List-based entity name detection implementations are described that detect entity names in electronic textural documents. In one implementation, unknown entity names are detected. In another implementation, ambiguous entity names are detected and disambiguated. In yet another implementation, generic entity names are detected and associated with an applicable species entity name.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Robert J. Fox
  • Publication number: 20200380540
    Abstract: The probability that an entity will purchase a product is predicted. This prediction involves receiving input data in the form of entries each of which represents an interest event. Through a series of iterations, a final matrix is generated from the input data entries by assigning an entity-product identifier pair associated with each interest event to a different location in the matrix, along with a time identifier indicative of how far back in time the interest event occurred from a prescribed date of interest. A supervised machine learning technique is employed to create a final prediction model for each product of interest using the final matrix as input. For each product, its prediction model is applied to the input data to estimate the probability that an entity will purchase the product within a future time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Robert J. Fox, Samuel B. Chapin, Xining Li
  • Patent number: 6835315
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing solids from a liquid/solid mixture disposed in a tank and rising to a mixture level, the apparatus including a suction assembly defining a suction opening, the suction assembly linked to a vacuum that causes suction at the opening, a support assembly formed about the suction surface including first and second essentially circular housing walls having wall edges and a filter belt loop sealed to the edges and sized such that the belt is slack and subject to deformation between the edges, a belt section disposed to cover the suction opening and a processor controlling a motivator to periodically alter belt position with respect to the suction opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Jorgensen Conveyors, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Fox, Keith K. Nelson
  • Patent number: 6817747
    Abstract: A volumetric feed hopper is provided with a variable speed drive to vary the feed rate of the hopper. The hopper is further provided with adjustable legs with pivoting feet to enable the hopper to be installed a various heights and on uneven surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Inventors: Mark Preisser, Robert J. Fox
  • Patent number: 6802964
    Abstract: A tipping pit water reclaiming system for concrete reclaimers which includes one or more tanks with a pivot support and hydraulic pistons for tipping the tanks to remove the settled solids. Clarified water from the tipping tanks overflows into a pump tank where it is returned by pump to the reclaimer. The pump tank includes a second pump for pumping excess clarified water into a storage tank for return to the tipping tank after the cement solids have been emptied out of the tipping tank. The second pump prevents the overflowing of water onto the ground from the tipping tank or pump tank as solids accumulate in the tipping tank. The second pump is controlled by float activated switches positioned at predetermined levels within the pump tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Inventors: Mark Preisser, Robert J. Fox
  • Publication number: 20040095841
    Abstract: A volumetric feed hopper is provided with a variable speed drive to vary the feed rate of the hopper. The hopper is further provided with adjustable legs with pivoting feet to enable the hopper to be installed a various heights and on uneven surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Mark Preisser, Robert J. Fox
  • Publication number: 20040094462
    Abstract: A tipping pit water reclaiming system for concrete reclaimers which includes one or more tanks with a pivot support and hydraulic pistons for tipping the tanks to remove the settled solids. Clarified water from the tipping tanks overflows into a pump tank where it is returned by pump to the reclaimer. The pump tank includes a second pump for pumping excess clarified water into a storage tank for return to the tipping tank after the cement solids have been emptied out of the tipping tank. The second pump prevents the overflowing of water onto the ground from the tipping tank or pump tank as solids accumulate in the tipping tank. The second pump is controlled by float activated switches positioned at predetermined levels within the pump tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Mark Preisser, Robert J. Fox
  • Patent number: D1022120
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventor: Robert J. Fox