Patents by Inventor Sarah Aerni

Sarah Aerni 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: 11720825
    Abstract: The system and methods of the disclosed subject matter provide an experimentation framework to allow a user to perform machine learning experiments on tenant data within a multi-tenant database system. The system may provide an experimental interface to allow modification of machine learning algorithms, machine learning parameters, and tenant data fields. The user may be prohibited from viewing any of the tenant data or may be permitted to view only a portion of the tenant data. Upon generating an experimental model using the experimental interface, the user may view results comparing the performance of the experimental model with a current production model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah Aerni, Luke Sedney, Kin Fai Kan, Till Christian Bergmann
  • Patent number: 11526799
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided to determine suitable hyperparameters for a machine learning model and/or feature engineering process. A suitable machine learning model and associated hyperparameters are determined by analyzing a dataset. Suitable hyperparameter values for compatible machine learning models having one or more hyperparameters in common and a compatible dataset schema are identified. Hyperparameters may be ranked according to each of their respective influences on a model performance metrics, and hyperparameter values identified as having greater influence may be more aggressively searched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Moore, Leah McGuire, Eric Wayman, Shubha Nabar, Vitaly Gordon, Sarah Aerni
  • Patent number: 10984283
    Abstract: A method of training a predictive model to predict a likely field value for one or more user selected fields within an application. The method comprises providing a user interface for user selection of the one or more user selected fields within the application; analyzing a pre-existing, user provided data set of objects; training, based on the analysis, the predictive model; determining, for each user selected field based on the analysis, a confidence function for the predictive model that identifies the percentage of cases predicted correctly at different applied confidence levels, the percentage of cases predicted incorrectly at different applied confidence levels, and the percentage of cases in which the prediction model could not provide a prediction at different applied confidence levels; and providing a user interface for user review of the confidence functions for user selection of confidence threshold levels to be used with the predictive model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Sarah Aerni, Natalie Casey, Shubha Nabar, Melissa Runfeldt, Sara Beth Asher
  • Publication number: 20210073579
    Abstract: A method of training a predictive model to predict a likely field value for one or more user selected fields within an application. The method comprises providing a user interface for user selection of the one or more user selected fields within the application; analyzing a pre-existing, user provided data set of objects; training, based on the analysis, the predictive model; determining, for each user selected field based on the analysis, a confidence function for the predictive model that identifies the percentage of cases predicted correctly at different applied confidence levels, the percentage of cases predicted incorrectly at different applied confidence levels, and the percentage of cases in which the prediction model could not provide a prediction at different applied confidence levels; and providing a user interface for user review of the confidence functions for user selection of confidence threshold levels to be used with the predictive model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Sarah Aerni, Natalie Casey, Shubha Nabar, Melissa Runfeldt, Sara Beth Asher
  • Publication number: 20200250587
    Abstract: The system and methods of the disclosed subject matter provide an experimentation framework to allow a user to perform machine learning experiments on tenant data within a multi-tenant database system. The system may provide an experimental interface to allow modification of machine learning algorithms, machine learning parameters, and tenant data fields. The user may be prohibited from viewing any of the tenant data or may be permitted to view only a portion of the tenant data. Upon generating an experimental model using the experimental interface, the user may view results comparing the performance of the experimental model with a current production model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Sarah Aerni, Luke Sedney, Kin Fai Kan, Till Christian Bergmann
  • Publication number: 20200057958
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided to determine suitable hyperparameters for a machine learning model and/or feature engineering process. A suitable machine learning model and associated hyperparameters are determined by analyzing a dataset. Suitable hyperparameter values for compatible machine learning models having one or more hyperparameters in common and a compatible dataset schema are identified. Hyperparameters may be ranked according to each of their respective influences on a model performance metrics, and hyperparameter values identified as having greater influence may be more aggressively searched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin Moore, Leah McGuire, Eric Wayman, Shubha Nabar, Vitaly Gordon, Sarah Aerni