Patents by Inventor Steven D. Woods

Steven D. Woods 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: 11157536
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for the use of a text simplification in a question answering (QA) system to improve ingestion quality and QA performance. A source corpus is processed to generate a parsed source corpus, which in turn is processed to generate a shadow corpus of simplified text. The parsed source corpus and the shadow corpus are then processed to generate derived data resources. A user query is processed to generate a set of merged candidate answer variants which are in turn processed to generate a corresponding converged feature vector representing each merged candidate answer variant. Feature values associated with each converged feature vector are then used to rank the merged candidate answer variants. A ranked set of merged candidate answer variants is then provided to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Muhtar B. Akbulut, Donna K. Byron, Priscilla S. Moraes, David D. Taieb, Steven D. Wood
  • Publication number: 20180137891
    Abstract: In an approach, a processor obtains at least one media file. A processor receives a request to create a segment sequence using the at least one media file, wherein the segment sequence comprises a plurality of segments of the at least one media file. A processor creates the segment sequence from the at least one media file. A processor shares the segment sequence to a social computing platform. A processor receives a request for a social computing operation to be performed on the segment sequence. A processor performs the social computing operation on the segment sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Muhtar B. Akbulut, John M. Boyer, Steven D. Wood
  • Publication number: 20180136804
    Abstract: In an approach, a processor obtains at least one media file. A processor receives a request to create a segment sequence using the at least one media file, wherein the segment sequence comprises a plurality of segments of the at least one media file. A processor creates the segment sequence from the at least one media file. A processor shares the segment sequence to a social computing platform. A processor receives a request for a social computing operation to be performed on the segment sequence. A processor performs the social computing operation on the segment sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Muhtar B. Akbulut, John M. Boyer, Steven D. Wood
  • Publication number: 20170323204
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for the use of a text simplification in a question answering (QA) system to improve ingestion quality and QA performance. A source corpus is processed to generate a parsed source corpus, which in turn is processed to generate a shadow corpus of simplified text. The parsed source corpus and the shadow corpus are then processed to generate derived data resources. A user query is processed to generate a set of merged candidate answer variants which are in turn processed to generate a corresponding converged feature vector representing each merged candidate answer variant. Feature values associated with each converged feature vector are then used to rank the merged candidate answer variants. A ranked set of merged candidate answer variants is then provided to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Muhtar B. Akbulut, Donna K. Byron, Priscilla S. Moraes, David D. Taieb, Steven D. Wood
  • Patent number: 9229912
    Abstract: A document previewing system includes a display device including a user interface and a document previewing engine coupled to the display device. The document previewing engine is configured to download an outline of a document including outline features and filler content in between the outline features. The filler content replaces secondary content of the document. The document previewing engine is further configured to display the outline on the display device, and download the secondary content corresponding to an outline feature in response to a user navigating to the outline feature and the outline feature displaying on the display device for a period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William S Andreas, Erik B Craig, David K Grotjohn, Janet E Mockler-Rowlatt, Steven D Wood
  • Publication number: 20140181644
    Abstract: A document previewing system includes a display device including a user interface and a document previewing engine coupled to the display device. The document previewing engine is configured to download an outline of a document including outline features and filler content in between the outline features. The filler content replaces secondary content of the document. The document previewing engine is further configured to display the outline on the display device, and download the secondary content corresponding to an outline feature in response to a user navigating to the outline feature and the outline feature displaying on the display device for a period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: William S Andreas, Erik B Craig, David K Grotjohn, Janet E Mockler-Rowlatt, Steven D Wood
  • Patent number: 7673234
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for determining metadata to be assigned to a document. A document is identified to be published to a collection of documents. A category for publishing the document to the collection is automatically recommended using a text classifier. At least one category for the document may be selected, and the selected category is assigned as metadata for the document. A method and system are also provided for constructing a search for a document in a collection of documents. A search query is entered for a document in a collection of documents. A search category for searching for the document in the collection of documents is automatically recommended using a text classifier. At least one search category for searching for the document is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Anne S. W. Kao, Stephen R. Poteet, Lesley Hong-Minh Quach, Steven D. Woods
  • Patent number: 7461087
    Abstract: A method and system for managing technologies supports both local and enterprise level requirements. The management system has a controlled lexicon containing technology-specific terminology data, and a web-based collaboration tool. The collaboration tool populates a card catalog based on the technology-specific terminology data and based on collaboration input provided by one or more stewards. The management system further includes a web portal for maintaining a bookshelf of links to entries in the card catalog. A bookshelf of links is maintained over a networking connection based on entries of the card catalog. A bookshelf is accessed based on a search input from a user. The steward and user may be remotely located or may be employees of different organizations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Steven D. Woods, James W. Ginn, David R. Brandes, Charles F. Wagner
  • Publication number: 20030172357
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for determining metadata to be assigned to a document. A document is identified to be published to a collection of documents. A category for publishing the document to the collection is automatically recommended using a text classifier. At least one category for the document may be selected, and the selected category is assigned as metadata for the document. A method and system are also provided for constructing a search for a document in a collection of documents. A search query is entered for a document in a collection of documents. A search category for searching for the document in the collection of documents is automatically recommended using a text classifier. At least one search category for searching for the document is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Anne S.W. Kao, Stephen R. Poteet, Lesley Hong-Minh Quach, Steven D. Woods
  • Publication number: 20020120481
    Abstract: A method and system for managing technologies supports both local and enterprise level requirements. The management system has a controlled lexicon containing technology-specific terminology data, and a web-based collaboration tool. The collaboration tool populates a card catalog based on the technology-specific terminology data and based on collaboration input. The management system further includes a web portal for maintaining a bookshelf of links to entries in the card catalog. The web portal further accesses the bookshelf based on search input and based on technology-specific terminology data. The card catalog and bookshelf are accessed over a networking connection such as the Internet-based World Wide Web. The method of the present invention provides for maintaining a card catalog over a networking connection based on collaboration input from a steward. A bookshelf of links is maintained over the networking connection based on entries of the card catalog.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Steven D. Woods, James W. Ginn, David R. Brandes, Charles F. Wagner