Patents by Inventor Steve Roach

Steve Roach 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).

  • Decision engine using a finite state machine for conducting randomized experiments
    Patent number: 9020873
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture provide for implementing a decision engine using a finite state machine for conducting randomized experiments. According to some embodiments, methods may include initializing a decision engine comprising at least one state machine, receiving information defining for the at least one state machine, states and transitions between the states, receiving information defining at least one set of weighted choices, receiving an indication of an occurrence of an event, executing the decision engine to select randomly using the at least one state machine a weighted choice based on the event, and transmitting to the application an indication of the identified random choice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: The Travelers Indemnity Company
    Inventors: Michael O. Duffy, William Everett, Steve Roach