Patents by Inventor STEVE WEISSINGER

STEVE WEISSINGER 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: 11726892
    Abstract: A method is provided for automatically discovering topics in electronic posts, such as social media posts. The method includes receiving a corpus that includes a plurality of electronic posts. The method further includes identifying a plurality of candidate terms within the corpus and selecting, as a trimmed lexicon, a subset of the plurality of candidate terms using predefined criteria. The method further includes clustering at least a subset of the plurality of electric posts according to a plurality of clusters using the lexicon to produce a plurality of statistical topic models. The method further includes storing information corresponding to the statistical topic models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Weissinger, Luis Stevens, Vincent Schiavone
  • Publication number: 20230053121
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a first post from an electronic source including first content; determining a source identifier; determining an attribute for the source by broadcasting the first post to a first plurality of filter graph definitions configured to identify attributes of sources according to the respective filter graph definition; and storing in memory, as a source profile identified by the source identifier for the source, the attribute for the source; receiving a second post from the source including second content; determining a source identifier; using the source identifier, querying the memory to access the source profile; correlating the second post with attributes of the source stored in the source profile to produce a correlated second post; and broadcasting the correlated second post to a second plurality of filter graph definitions configured to identify posts with high value information according to the respective filter graph definition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Luis F. Stevens, John Skolfield, Vince Schiavone, Steve Weissinger, George Tretyakov, Ryan Mammina, Mo Malakiman
  • Patent number: 11366859
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a first post from an electronic source including first content; determining a source identifier; determining an attribute for the source by broadcasting the first post to a first plurality of filter graph definitions configured to identify attributes of sources according to the respective filter graph definition; and storing in memory, as a source profile identified by the source identifier for the source, the attribute for the source; receiving a second post from the source including second content; determining a source identifier; using the source identifier, querying the memory to access the source profile; correlating the second post with attributes of the source stored in the source profile to produce a correlated second post; and broadcasting the correlated second post to a second plurality of filter graph definitions configured to identify posts with high value information according to the respective filter graph definition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Luis F. Stevens, John Skolfield, Vince Schiavone, Steve Weissinger, George Tretyakov, Ryan Mammina, Mo Malakiman
  • Publication number: 20210357303
    Abstract: A method is provided for automatically discovering topics in electronic posts, such as social media posts. The method includes receiving a corpus that includes a plurality of electronic posts. The method further includes identifying a plurality of candidate terms within the corpus and selecting, as a trimmed lexicon, a subset of the plurality of candidate terms using predefined criteria. The method further includes clustering at least a subset of the plurality of electric posts according to a plurality of clusters using the lexicon to produce a plurality of statistical topic models. The method further includes storing information corresponding to the statistical topic models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: STEVE WEISSINGER, LUIS STEVENS, VINCENT SCHIAVONE
  • Publication number: 20210157858
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a first post from an electronic source including first content; determining a source identifier; determining an attribute for the source by broadcasting the first post to a first plurality of filter graph definitions configured to identify attributes of sources according to the respective filter graph definition; and storing in memory, as a source profile identified by the source identifier for the source, the attribute for the source; receiving a second post from the source including second content; determining a source identifier; using the source identifier, querying the memory to access the source profile; correlating the second post with attributes of the source stored in the source profile to produce a correlated second post; and broadcasting the correlated second post to a second plurality of filter graph definitions configured to identify posts with high value information according to the respective filter graph definition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Luis F. Stevens, John Skolfield, Vince Schiavone, Steve Weissinger, George Tretyakov, Ryan Mammina, Mo Malakiman
  • Patent number: 10963360
    Abstract: A method is provided for automatically discovering topics in electronic posts, such as social media posts. The method includes receiving a corpus that includes a plurality of electronic posts. The method further includes identifying a plurality of candidate terms within the corpus and selecting, as a trimmed lexicon, a subset of the plurality of candidate terms using predefined criteria. The method further includes clustering at least a subset of the plurality of electronic posts according to a plurality of clusters using the lexicon to produce a plurality of statistical topic models. The method further includes storing information corresponding to the statistical topic models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Weissinger, Luis Stevens, Vincent Schiavone
  • Patent number: 10599697
    Abstract: A method is provided for automatically discovering topics in electronic posts, such as social media posts. The method includes receiving a corpus that includes a plurality of electronic posts. The method further includes identifying a plurality of candidate terms within the corpus and selecting, as a trimmed lexicon, a subset of the plurality of candidate terms using predefined criteria. The method further includes clustering at least a subset of the plurality of electronic posts according to a plurality of clusters using the lexicon to produce a plurality of statistical topic models. The method further includes storing information corresponding to the statistical topic models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: UDA, LLC
    Inventors: Steve Weissinger, Luis Stevens, Vincent Schiavone
  • Publication number: 20190258560
    Abstract: A method is provided for automatically discovering topics in electronic posts, such as social media posts. The method includes receiving a corpus that includes a plurality of electronic posts. The method further includes identifying a plurality of candidate terms within the corpus and selecting, as a trimmed lexicon, a subset of the plurality of candidate terms using predefined criteria. The method further includes clustering at least a subset of the plurality of electronic posts according to a plurality of clusters using the lexicon to produce a plurality of statistical topic models. The method further includes storing information corresponding to the statistical topic models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Steve Weissinger, Luis Stevens, Vincent Schiavone
  • Patent number: 10204026
    Abstract: A method is provided for automatically discovering topics in electronic posts, such as social media posts. The method includes receiving a corpus that includes a plurality of electronic posts. The method further includes identifying a plurality of candidate terms within the corpus and selecting, as a trimmed lexicon, a subset of the plurality of candidate terms using predefined criteria. The method further includes clustering at least a subset of the plurality of electronic posts according to a plurality of clusters using the lexicon to produce a plurality of statistical topic models. The method further includes storing information corresponding to the statistical topic models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: UDA, LLC
    Inventors: Steve Weissinger, Luis Stevens, Vincent Schiavone
  • Publication number: 20170255536
    Abstract: A method is provided for automatically discovering topics in electronic posts, such as social media posts. The method includes receiving a corpus that includes a plurality of electronic posts. The method further includes identifying a plurality of candidate terms within the corpus and selecting, as a trimmed lexicon, a subset of the plurality of candidate terms using predefined criteria. The method further includes clustering at least a subset of the plurality of electronic posts according to a plurality of clusters using the lexicon to produce a plurality of statistical topic models. The method further includes storing information corresponding to the statistical topic models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Steve Weissinger, Luis Stevens, Vincent Schiavone
  • Publication number: 20150248476
    Abstract: A method is provided for automatically discovering topics in electronic posts, such as social media posts. The method includes receiving a corpus that includes a plurality of electronic posts. The method further includes identifying a plurality of candidate terms within the corpus and selecting, as a trimmed lexicon, a subset of the plurality of candidate terms using predefined criteria. The method further includes clustering at least a subset of the plurality of electronic posts according to a plurality of clusters using the lexicon to produce a plurality of statistical topic models. The method further includes storing information corresponding to the statistical topic models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: STEVE WEISSINGER, LUIS STEVENS, VINCENT SCHIAVONE