Patents by Inventor Semiha E. Kamar Eden

Semiha E. Kamar Eden 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).

  • Value of information with streaming evidence based on a prediction of a future belief at a future time
    Patent number: 11120340
    Abstract: The subject disclosure is directed towards processing evidence, which may include high-dimensional streaming evidence, into a future belief state. The existing evidence is used to project a belief about a future state. The future belief state may be used to determine whether to wait for additional evidence, or to act now without waiting for additional evidence, e.g., based on a cost of the delay. For example, an autonomous assistant may decide based upon the belief whether to engage a person or not, or to wait for more information before the engagement decision is made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dan Bohus, Eric J. Horvitz, Stephanie Rosenthal Pomerantz, Semiha E. Kamar Eden
  • VALUE OF INFORMATION WITH STREAMING EVIDENCE BASED ON A PREDICTION OF A FUTURE BELIEF AT A FUTURE TIME
    Publication number: 20180068234
    Abstract: The subject disclosure is directed towards processing evidence, which may include high-dimensional streaming evidence, into a future belief state. The existing evidence is used to project a belief about a future state. The future belief state may be used to determine whether to wait for additional evidence, or to act now without waiting for additional evidence, e.g., based on a cost of the delay. For example, an autonomous assistant may decide based upon the belief whether to engage a person or not, or to wait for more information before the engagement decision is made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Dan BOHUS, Eric J. HORVITZ, Stephanie Rosenthal POMERANTZ, Semiha E. KAMAR EDEN
  • Monte-Carlo approach to computing value of information
    Patent number: 9870532
    Abstract: The subject disclosure is directed towards the use of Monte Carlo (MC) procedures for computing the value of information (VOI), including with long evidential sequences. An MC-VOI algorithm is used to output a decision as to balancing the value and costs of collecting information in advance of taking action by running prediction model-based simulations to determine execution paths through possible states, and processing the results of the simulations/paths taken into a final decision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Eric J. Horvitz, Semiha E. Kamar Eden
  • Value of information with streaming evidence based on a prediction of a future belief at a future time
    Patent number: 9836700
    Abstract: The subject disclosure is directed towards processing evidence, which may include high-dimensional streaming evidence, into a future belief state. The existing evidence is used to project a belief about a future state. The future belief state may be used to determine whether to wait for additional evidence, or to act now without waiting for additional evidence, e.g., based on a cost of the delay. For example, an autonomous assistant may decide based upon the belief whether to engage a person or not, or to wait for more information before the engagement decision is made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dan Bohus, Eric J. Horvitz, Stephanie Rosenthal Pomerantz, Semiha E. Kamar Eden
  • MONTE-CARLO APPROACH TO COMPUTING VALUE OF INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20160350660
    Abstract: The subject disclosure is directed towards the use of Monte Carlo (MC) procedures for computing the value of information (VOI), including with long evidential sequences. An MC-VOI algorithm is used to output a decision as to balancing the value and costs of collecting information in advance of taking action by running prediction model-based simulations to determine execution paths through possible states, and processing the results of the simulations/paths taken into a final decision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Eric J. Horvitz, Semiha E. Kamar Eden
  • Monte-Carlo approach to computing value of information
    Patent number: 9367815
    Abstract: The subject disclosure is directed towards the use of Monte Carlo (MC) procedures for computing the value of information (VOI), including with long evidential sequences. An MC-VOI algorithm is used to output a decision as to balancing the value and costs of collecting information in advance of taking action by running prediction model-based simulations to determine execution paths through possible states, and processing the results of the simulations/paths taken into a final decision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Eric J. Horvitz, Semiha E. Kamar Eden