Patents by Inventor Siddharth Patwardham

Siddharth Patwardham 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).

  • Fact checking using and aiding probabilistic question answering
    Patent number: 8972321
    Abstract: A system, a method and a computer program product for verifying a statement are provided. The system is configured to receive a statement. The system is configured to decompose the received statement into one or more sets of question and answer pairs. The system is configured to determine a confidence value of each answer in the one or more question and answer pair sets. The system is configured to combine the determined confidence values. The combined confidence values represent a probability that the received statement is evaluated as true.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Ferrucci, David C. Gondek, Aditya A. Kalyanpur, Adam P. Lally, Siddharth Patwardham
  • FACT CHECKING USING AND AIDING PROBABILISTIC QUESTION ANSWERING
    Publication number: 20120078826
    Abstract: A system, a method and a computer program product for verifying a statement are provided. The system is configured to receive a statement. The system is configured to decompose the received statement into one or more sets of question and answer pairs. The system is configured to determine a confidence value of each answer in the one or more question and answer pair sets. The system is configured to combine the determined confidence values. The combined confidence values represent a probability that the received statement is evaluated as true.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David A. Ferrucci, David C. Gondek, Aditya A. Kalyanpur, Adam P. Lally, Siddharth Patwardham