Patents by Inventor Steven A Boxwell

Steven A Boxwell 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).

  • Pseudo parse trees for mixed records
    Patent number: 11347800
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for creating parse trees from mixed records is described. A mixed record is received including a first entry containing a first natural language phrase and a second entry containing a first structured data entry. Using the first natural language phrase, a first parse tree structure is created joining words in the first natural language phrase with natural links indicating their semantic relationship within the first natural language phrase. A first synthetic node is created which represents the first structured data entry. The first synthetic is joined to the first parse tree structure using a synthetic link to a node in the parse tree to produce a pseudo parse tree. The pseudo parse tree is sent to a question answer system for answering user queries by reference to the pseudo parse tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven A Boxwell, Kyle M Brake, Keith G Frost, Stanley J Vernier
  • PSEUDO PARSE TREES FOR MIXED RECORDS
    Publication number: 20210209163
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for creating parse trees from mixed records is described. A mixed record is received including a first entry containing a first natural language phrase and a second entry containing a first structured data entry. Using the first natural language phrase, a first parse tree structure is created joining words in the first natural language phrase with natural links indicating their semantic relationship within the first natural language phrase. A first synthetic node is created which represents the first structured data entry. The first synthetic is joined to the first parse tree structure using a synthetic link to a node in the parse tree to produce a pseudo parse tree. The pseudo parse tree is sent to a question answer system for answering user queries by reference to the pseudo parse tree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Steven A Boxwell, Kyle M Brake, Keith G Frost, Stanley J Vernier