Patents by Inventor Stefan A. van der Stockt
Stefan A. van der Stockt 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).
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Patent number: 11455846Abstract: Consensus vehicular collision properties determination is provided by a method that receives mobile device sensor data from mobile device(s) of vehicle occupant(s). The vehicle is a vehicle of multiple vehicles involved in a collision, and the sensor data indicates movement and position information pertaining to the collision. The method shares the packaged sensor data to a decentralized ledger that stores this as part of a collection of sensor data from across multiple mobile devices of different vehicle occupants in the vehicles involved in the collision. Extraction and correlation of data from the ledger is used to determine consensus properties of the collision. The method determines, based on the consensus properties of the collision, which of the different vehicle occupants were driving the multiple vehicles involved in the collision and behavior of those occupants driving the multiple vehicles at the time of, and following, the collision.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Joel R. Huffman, Frances Kim, Clay Crenshaw, Sambit Pattnaik, Stefan Van Der Stockt, Randall J. Gregory, II
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Patent number: 11200452Abstract: A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes identifying a first classifier training data element and a second classifier training data element, calculating a similarity metric between the first classifier training data element and the second classifier training data element, and determining a classification for the first classifier training data element and the second classifier training data element, utilizing the similarity metric between the first classifier training data element and the second classifier training data element.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Stefan Van Der Stockt, Sihang B. Fang, Manali Jairam Chanchlani, Rahul P. Akolkar, Sarah Lynch, Kristi Farinelli
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Patent number: 11188837Abstract: An approach is provided in which an information handling system analyzes a set of historical form data corresponding to a set of completed forms. The set of historical form data includes information indicating a historical order at which a set of fields were completed in the set of completed forms. Next, the information handling system determines, based on the set of historical form data, a current order at which to complete a set of incomplete fields included in a current form. In turn, the information handling system displays the current form and a user interface on a display that indicates the current order at which to complete the incomplete fields on the current form.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brian E. Bissell, Joseph L. Sharpe, III, Kristi Farinelli, Stefan Van Der Stockt, Manali Jairam Chanchlani
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Patent number: 11057231Abstract: A prescriptive meeting resource recommendation engine automatically learns participant and resource preferences in the context of given meeting input data using natural language features, and automatically recommends all relevant participants and resources (teleconferences, web meetings, links, etc.) to the meeting creator. The engine uses a feature data store to associate historical persons and historical resources with various natural language features, e.g., chargrams. As the host enters text in an invitation template (such as in the title field), the engine extracts current natural language features and computes current participant scores and current resource scores based on the current natural language features. A “forgetfulness” routine is applied to the feature data store to phase out the influence of stale data.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rahul P. Akolkar, Brian E. Bissell, Kristi A. Farinelli, Joseph L. Sharpe, III, Stefan Van Der Stockt, Xinyun Zhao
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Patent number: 11017774Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product are provided for classifying spoken audio content with a cognitive audio classifier by applying a set of distorted audio resources through a set of speech-to-text models STTi (STT1 . . . STTn) to get a set of interference coherence scores based on the transcript for each speech-to-text model STTi, thereby generating a measured baseline Mi (M1 . . . Mn) and a practical baseline Pi (P1 . . . Pn) that is associated with a coherence matrix for the audio effects AEj (AE1 . . . AEk) that were used to generate the distorted audio resources, thereby generating training data for use in training a cognitive audio classifier which classifies input spoken audio content to measure a quality of detected vocabulary elements from the spoken audio content under the set of audio distortion effects for each speech-to-text model STTi.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kristi A. Farinelli, Rahul P. Akolkar, Brian E. Bissell, Joseph L. Sharpe, III, Stefan van der Stockt, Xinyun Zhao
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Patent number: 11003705Abstract: A system, computer program product, and method are provided to leverage a taxonomy service to format ground truth data. An artificial intelligence platform processes ground truth data, including identification of one or more applicable taxonomy tags. The identified tags are filtered and applied to the ground truth data, thereby constructing an output string that incorporates the ground truth data together with one or more of the identified tags, effectively transforming the ground truth data. Application of the transformed ground truth data is employed to accurately identify the source and/or meaning of the natural language, and in one embodiment, to produce a physical action or transformation of a physical hardware device.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Stefan A. Van Der Stockt, Sihang B. Fang, Sarah Lynch, Joseph L. Sharpe, III, Rahul P. Akolkar, Brian E. Bissell, Manali J. Chanchlani
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Patent number: 10964113Abstract: An approach for pathing users of an AR (Augmented Reality) software event is provided. The approach includes retrieving a matched pair of users based on a social media and game profile. The approach determines the current event of the matched pair and creates a new event, requiring cooperative engagement between the matched pair. Based on the status notification from the matched pair associated with the created new event, the approach re-match the pairs for future and new AR event.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Craig M. Trim, Stefan van Der Stockt, Jeremy R. Fox, Zachary A. Silverstein
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Patent number: 10909986Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: obtaining an input text for an output speech. The number of words and syllables are counted in each sentence, and a mean sentence length of the input text is calculated. Each sentence length is checked against the mean sentence length and a variation for each sentence is calculated. For the input text, the consumability-readability score is produced as an average of variations for all sentences in the input text. The consumability-readability score indicates the level of satisfaction for the listener of the output speech based on the input text.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Craig M. Trim, John M. Ganci, Jr., Anna Chaney, Stefan Van Der Stockt
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Publication number: 20200411192Abstract: Methods and systems for visually disease vulnerability prediction using contextual devices are disclosed. A computer-implemented method includes: determining, by a computing device, information about a patient including a current disease and contextual parameters; determining, by the computing device, a vulnerability score indicating a predicted vulnerability of the patient to at least one associated disease, based on the information about the patient; determining, by the computing device, a surrounding context for the patient, based on the information about the patient; and determining, by the computing device, a treatment for the patient, based on the information about the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2019Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Craig M. TRIM, Stefan VAN DER STOCKT, Jeremy R. FOX, Sarbajit K. RAKSHIT
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Publication number: 20200402311Abstract: An approach for pathing users of an AR (Augmented Reality) software event is provided. The approach includes retrieving a matched pair of users based on a social media and game profile. The approach determines the current event of the matched pair and creates a new event, requiring cooperative engagement between the matched pair. Based on the status notification from the matched pair associated with the created new event, the approach re-match the pairs for future and new AR event.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2019Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Craig M. Trim, Stefan van Der Stockt, Jeremy R. Fox, Zachary A. Silverstein
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Patent number: 10740544Abstract: Embodiments provide a computer implemented method in a data processing system including a processor and memory storing instructions, which are executed by the processor to cause the processor to implement the method for providing an annotation policy for annotating a corpus including a plurality of electronic documents. The method includes: annotating an occurrence of a first term with a class in an electronic document; recommending a new annotation policy based on at least one annotation for the occurrence of first term; and storing the new annotation policy in a storage device.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sarah Lynch, Kristi Farinelli, Rahul P. Akolkar, Alexander Block, Joseph L. Sharpe, III, Stefan Van Der Stockt
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Publication number: 20200250550Abstract: An approach is provided in which an information handling system analyzes a set of historical form data corresponding to a set of completed forms. The set of historical form data includes information indicating a historical order at which a set of fields were completed in the set of completed forms. Next, the information handling system determines, based on the set of historical form data, a current order at which to complete a set of incomplete fields included in a current form. In turn, the information handling system displays the current form and a user interface on a display that indicates the current order at which to complete the incomplete fields on the current form.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Brian E. Bissell, Joseph L. Sharpe, III, Kristi Farinelli, Stefan Van Der Stockt, Manali Jairam Chanchlani
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Publication number: 20200251115Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product are provided for classifying spoken audio content with a cognitive audio classifier by applying a set of distorted audio resources through a set of speech-to-text models STTi (STT1 . . . STTn) to get a set of interference coherence scores based on the transcript for each speech-to-text model STTi, thereby generating a measured baseline Mi (M1 . . . Mn) and a practical baseline Pi (P1 . . . Pn) that is associated with a coherence matrix for the audio effects AEj (AE1 . . . AEk) that were used to generate the distorted audio resources, thereby generating training data for use in training a cognitive audio classifier which classifies input spoken audio content to measure a quality of detected vocabulary elements from the spoken audio content under the set of audio distortion effects for each speech-to-text model STTi.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Kristi A. Farinelli, Rahul P. Akolkar, Brian E. Bissell, Joseph L. Sharpe, III, Stefan van der Stockt, Xinyun Zhao
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Publication number: 20200219336Abstract: Consensus vehicular collision properties determination is provided by a method that receives mobile device sensor data from mobile device(s) of vehicle occupant(s). The vehicle is a vehicle of multiple vehicles involved in a collision, and the sensor data indicates movement and position information pertaining to the collision. The method shares the packaged sensor data to a decentralized ledger that stores this as part of a collection of sensor data from across multiple mobile devices of different vehicle occupants in the vehicles involved in the collision. Extraction and correlation of data from the ledger is used to determine consensus properties of the collision. The method determines, based on the consensus properties of the collision, which of the different vehicle occupants were driving the multiple vehicles involved in the collision and behavior of those occupants driving the multiple vehicles at the time of, and following, the collision.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Joel R. HUFFMAN, Frances KIM, Clay CRENSHAW, Sambit PATTNAIK, Stefan VAN DER STOCKT, Randall J. GREGORY, II
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Publication number: 20200175974Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: obtaining an input text for an output speech. The number of words and syllables are counted in each sentence, and a mean sentence length of the input text is calculated. Each sentence length is checked against the mean sentence length and a variation for each sentence is calculated. For the input text, the consumability-readability score is produced as an average of variations for all sentences in the input text. The consumability-readability score indicates the level of satisfaction for the listener of the output speech based on the input text.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Craig M. TRIM, John M. GANCI, JR., Anna CHANEY, Stefan VAN DER STOCKT
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Patent number: 10628749Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for assessing question answering system performance. The mechanism receives question answering system results. The question answering system results comprise questions posed to the question answering system, answers returned by the question answering system for each question posed to the question answering system, and a confidence value for each answer. The question answering system is trained or tested using the ground truth questions and answers. The mechanism performs a matching operation comparing each question in the question answering system results to questions in the ground truth. A given question is determined to be on-topic or off-topic based on results of the matching operation. For a plurality of confidence threshold values, the mechanism determines a rightness or wrongness of each answer in the question answering system results.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2015Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Alexander M. Block, Anna M. Chaney, Stefan A. Van Der Stockt, Kai G. H. Young
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Publication number: 20200076634Abstract: A prescriptive meeting resource recommendation engine automatically learns participant and resource preferences in the context of given meeting input data using natural language features, and automatically recommends all relevant participants and resources (teleconferences, web meetings, links, etc.) to the meeting creator. The engine uses a feature data store to associate historical persons and historical resources with various natural language features, e.g., chargrams. As the host enters text in an invitation template (such as in the title field), the engine extracts current natural language features and computes current participant scores and current resource scores based on the current natural language features. A “forgetfulness” routine is applied to the feature data store to phase out the influence of stale data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Rahul P. Akolkar, Brian E. Bissell, Kristi A. Farinelli, Joseph L. Sharpe, III, Stefan Van Der Stockt, Xinyun Zhao
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Patent number: 10565189Abstract: A system, computer program product, and method are provided to leverage a taxonomy service to format ground truth data. An artificial intelligence platform processes ground truth data, including identification of one or more applicable taxonomy tags. The identified tags are filtered and applied to the ground truth data, thereby constructing an output string that incorporates the ground truth data together with one or more of the identified tags, effectively transforming the ground truth data. Application of the transformed ground truth data is employed to accurately identify the source and/or meaning of the natural language, and in one embodiment, to product a physical action or transformation of a physical hardware device.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Stefan A. Van Der Stockt, Sihang B. Fang, Sarah Lynch, Joseph L. Sharpe, III, Rahul P. Akolkar, Brian E. Bissell, Manali J. Chanchlani
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Publication number: 20200019599Abstract: Embodiments provide a computer implemented method in a data processing system including a processor and memory storing instructions, which are executed by the processor to cause the processor to implement the method for providing an annotation policy for annotating a corpus including a plurality of electronic documents. The method includes: annotating an occurrence of a first term with a class in an electronic document; recommending a new annotation policy based on at least one annotation for the occurrence of first term; and storing the new annotation policy in a storage device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2018Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Sarah Lynch, Kristi Farinelli, Rahul P. Akolkar, Alexander Block, Joseph L. Sharpe, III, Stefan Van Der Stockt
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Publication number: 20200005165Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes monitoring, by a computing device, sensor data during gameplay of a sporting event; determining, by the computing device, predictive factors associated with a target based on the monitoring the sensor data; determining, by the computing device, a real-time region of effectiveness for the target based on the predictive factors and training data identifying historical effectiveness of the target; and outputting, by the computing device, the real-time region of effectiveness for displaying the real-time region of effectiveness around the target.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2018Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Aaron K. BAUGHMAN, Stefan VAN DER STOCKT, Craig M. TRIM, John C. NEWELL, Stephen C. HAMMER