Patents by Inventor Sharath Kancharla

Sharath Kancharla 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: 11509770
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is presented for selecting a preferred live agent from a plurality of live agents. The method includes constructing, via the processor, a human expertise matrix pertaining to each of the plurality of live agents by determining an average net promoter score (NPS) for each of the plurality of live agents for each category of a plurality of categories, and in response to a voice call by a user, determining, via the processor, a predicted human expertise on average by collectively assessing the human expertise matrix, a predicted NPS derived from a first deep neural network, and a predicted category derived from a second deep neural network. The method further includes, based on the predicted human expertise on average determined, triggering communication via the live agent communication network between the user and the preferred live agent to initiate a conversation between the user and the preferred live agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jie Ma, Xin Zhou, Hao Chen, Rachel Mohammed, Christopher J. Davis, Sharath Kancharla, Zhongzheng Shu, Manon Knoertzer, Ran Guan
  • Patent number: 11074484
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, computer system and computer program product are provided for transferring in a BOT conversation. According to the method, a user input is received, by a device operatively coupled to one or more processing units, from a user. A first response from a conversation BOT responding to the user input is obtained by the device. The first response is evaluated by the device according to configured rules to determine whether a human agent is needed, wherein the evaluation according to at least one of the configured rules is carried out by a trained engine of a reinforcement learning model. Finally, responding to determine the human agent is needed, a transferring recommendation is sent to the user by the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xin Zhou, Jie Ma, Hao Chen, Rachel Mohammed, Christopher Jonathan Davis, Zach Shu, Sharath Kancharla, Manon Knoertzer, Ran Guan
  • Publication number: 20200250489
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, computer system and computer program product are provided for transferring in a BOT conversation. According to the method, a user input is received, by a device operatively coupled to one or more processing units, from a user. A first response from a conversation BOT responding to the user input is obtained by the device. The first response is evaluated by the device according to configured rules to determine whether a human agent is needed, wherein the evaluation according to at least one of the configured rules is carried out by a trained engine of a reinforcement learning model. Finally, responding to determine the human agent is needed, a transferring recommendation is sent to the user by the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Xin Zhou, Jie Ma, Hao Chen, Rachel Mohammed, Christopher Jonathan Davis, Zach Shu, Sharath Kancharla, Manon Knoertzer, Ran Guan
  • Publication number: 20200099790
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is presented for selecting a preferred live agent from a plurality of live agents. The method includes constructing, via the processor, a human expertise matrix pertaining to each of the plurality of live agents by determining an average net promoter score (NPS) for each of the plurality of live agents for each category of a plurality of categories, and in response to a voice call by a user, determining, via the processor, a predicted human expertise on average by collectively assessing the human expertise matrix, a predicted NPS derived from a first deep neural network, and a predicted category derived from a second deep neural network. The method further includes, based on the predicted human expertise on average determined, triggering communication via the live agent communication network between the user and the preferred live agent to initiate a conversation between the user and the preferred live agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Jie Ma, Xin Zhou, Hao Chen, Rachel Mohammed, Christopher J. Davis, Sharath Kancharla, Zhongzheng Shu, Manon Knoertzer, Ran Guan