Patents by Inventor Sheldon Laube

Sheldon Laube 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).

  • Publication number: 20140085323
    Abstract: A document processing system for accurately and efficiently analyzing documents and methods for making and using same. Each incoming document includes at least one section of textual content and is provided in an electronic form or as a paper-based document that is converted into an electronic form. Since many categories of documents, such as legal and accounting documents, often include one or more common text sections with similar textual content, the document processing system compares the documents to identify and classify the common text sections. The document comparison can be further enhanced by dividing the document into document segments and comparing the document segments; whereas, the conversion of paper-based documents likewise can be improved by comparing the resultant electronic document with a library of standard phrases, sentences, and paragraphs. The document processing system thereby enables an image of the document to be manipulated, as desired, to facilitate its review.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
    Inventors: Lever Wang, Glenn Ricart, Cynthia Ann Thompson, Keith Wishon, Sheldon Laube
  • Patent number: 8587613
    Abstract: A document processing system for accurately and efficiently analyzing documents and methods for making and using same. Each incoming document includes at least one section of textual content and is provided in an electronic form or as a paper-based document that is converted into an electronic form. Since many categories of documents, such as legal and accounting documents, often include one or more common text sections with similar textual content, the document processing system compares the documents to identify and classify the common text sections. The document comparison can be further enhanced by dividing the document into document segments and comparing the document segments; whereas, the conversion of paper-based documents likewise can be improved by comparing the resultant electronic document with a library of standard phrases, sentences, and paragraphs. The document processing system thereby enables an image of the document to be manipulated, as desired, to facilitate its review.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP
    Inventors: Lever Wang, Glenn Ricart, Cynthia Ann Thompson, Keith Wishon, Sheldon Laube
  • Publication number: 20130021344
    Abstract: A document processing system for accurately and efficiently analyzing documents and methods for making and using same. Each incoming document includes at least one section of textual content and is provided in an electronic form or as a paper-based document that is converted into an electronic form. Since many categories of documents, such as legal and accounting documents, often include one or more common text sections with similar textual content, the document processing system compares the documents to identify and classify the common text sections. The document comparison can be further enhanced by dividing the document into document segments and comparing the document segments; whereas, the conversion of paper-based documents likewise can be improved by comparing the resultant electronic document with a library of standard phrases, sentences, and paragraphs. The document processing system thereby enables an image of the document to be manipulated, as desired, to facilitate its review.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Lever Wang, Glenn Ricart, Cynthia Ann Thompson, Keith Wishon, Sheldon Laube
  • Patent number: 8264502
    Abstract: A document processing system for accurately and efficiently analyzing documents and methods for making and using same. Each incoming document includes at least one section of textual content and is provided in an electronic form or as a paper-based document that is converted into an electronic form. Since many categories of documents, such as legal and accounting documents, often include one or more common text sections with similar textual content, the document processing system compares the documents to identify and classify the common text sections. The document comparison can be further enhanced by dividing the document into document segments and comparing the document segments; whereas, the conversion of paper-based documents likewise can be improved by comparing the resultant electronic document with a library of standard phrases, sentences, and paragraphs. The document processing system thereby enables an image of the document to be manipulated, as desired, to facilitate its review.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP
    Inventors: Lever Wang, Glenn Ricart, Cynthia Ann Thompson, Keith Wishon, Sheldon Laube
  • Patent number: 8196030
    Abstract: A document processing system for accurately and efficiently analyzing documents and methods for making and using same. Each incoming document includes at least one section of textual content and is provided in an electronic form or as a paper-based document that is converted into an electronic form. Since many categories of documents, such as legal and accounting documents, often include one or more common text sections with similar textual content, the document processing system compares the documents to identify and classify the common text sections. The document comparison can be further enhanced by dividing the document into document segments and comparing the document segments; whereas, the conversion of paper-based documents likewise can be improved by comparing the resultant electronic document with a library of standard phrases, sentences, and paragraphs. The document processing system thereby enables an image of the document to be manipulated, as desired, to facilitate its review.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
    Inventors: Lever Wang, Glenn Ricart, Cynthia Ann Thompson, Keith Wishon, Sheldon Laube
  • Publication number: 20120072859
    Abstract: A document processing system for accurately and efficiently analyzing documents and methods for making and using same. Each incoming document includes at least one section of textual content and is provided in an electronic form or as a paper-based document that is converted into an electronic form. Since many categories of documents, such as legal and accounting documents, often include one or more common text sections with similar textual content, the document processing system compares the documents to identify and classify the common text sections. The document comparison can be further enhanced by dividing the document into document segments and comparing the document segments; whereas, the conversion of paper-based documents likewise can be improved by comparing the resultant electronic document with a library of standard phrases, sentences, and paragraphs. The document processing system thereby enables an image of the document to be manipulated, as desired, to facilitate its review.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Lever Wang, Glenn Ricart, Cynthia Ann Thompson, Keith Wishon, Sheldon Laube
  • Patent number: 7356734
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for data backup is disclosed in which prior to actually performing a backup operation from a subscriber computer, the backup server device checks a specified server to determine if parts of the subscriber data to be backed up can be backed up or replicated from data on the specified server. If it can, the backup server uses that specified server to create a backup of the subscriber data to be backed up. If it cannot, then the data is backed up from the subscriber computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: CenterBeam, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Ricart, Marc Epstein, Sheldon Laube
  • Publication number: 20050222928
    Abstract: Financial data including general ledger balances and underlying journal entries are examined to determine whether risks of material misstatement due to fraudulent financial reporting can be identified. The financial data is analyzed statistically and modeled over time, comparing actual data values with predicted data values to identify anomalies in the financial data. The anomalous financial data is then analyzed using clustering algorithms to identify common characteristics of the various transactions underlying the anomalies. The common characteristics are then compared with characteristics derived from data known to derive from fraudulent activity, and the common characteristics are reported, along with a weight or probability that the anomaly associated with the common characteristic is an identification of risks of material misstatement due to fraud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: David Steier, Sheldon Laube, Krishna Kumaraswamy
  • Publication number: 20050144518
    Abstract: A system, signal and method for data backup. The method, comprising the steps of: identifying at least one data increment which was previously provided to a subscriber server or generated by a subscriber server and which is to be backed up; checking at least one service provider access server to determine if it has a copy of at least a portion of the identified data increment or can regenerate or replicate at least a portion of the identified data increment; and backing up the data increment using the copy or regenerated or replicated portion from the access server if it is found and otherwise using a copy sent from the subscriber server after the checking step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Glenn Ricart, Marc Epstein, Sheldon Laube
  • Patent number: 6892221
    Abstract: A system, signal and method for data backup. The method, comprising the steps of: identifying at least one data increment which was previously provided to a subscriber server or generated by a subscriber server and which is to be backed up; checking at least one service provider access server to determine if it has a copy of at least a portion of the identified data increment or can regenerate or replicate at least a portion of the identified data increment; and backing up the data increment using the copy or regenerated or replicated portion from the access server if it is found and otherwise using a copy sent from the subscriber server after the checking step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Inventors: Glenn Ricart, Marc Epstein, Sheldon Laube
  • Patent number: 6795835
    Abstract: A migration tool and methods for migrating computer personalization information from one computer to another when a network is not available, when a network is available but use of the network is undesirable for some reason, and/or when the computer which is the source of the data being migrated has limited or unknown resources to support conventional forms of data migration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Centerbeam, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Ricart, Sheldon Laube, Arno A. Penzias, Marc Epstein
  • Publication number: 20020103779
    Abstract: A migration tool and methods for migrating computer personalization information from one computer to another when a network is not available, when a network is available but use of the network is undesirable for some reason, and/or when the computer which is the source of the data being migrated has limited or unknown resources to support conventional forms of data migration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Glenn Ricart, Sheldon Laube, Arno Penzias, Marc Epstein
  • Publication number: 20010044910
    Abstract: A system, signal and method for data backup. The method, comprising the steps of: identifying at least one data increment which was previously provided to a subscriber server or generated by a subscriber server and which is to be backed up; checking at least one service provider access server to determine if it has a copy of at least a portion of the identified data increment or can regenerate or replicate at least a portion of the identified data increment; and backing up the data increment using the copy or regenerated or replicated portion from the access server if it is found and otherwise using a copy sent from the subscriber server after the checking step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Glenn Ricart, Marc Epstein, Sheldon Laube