Patents by Inventor Sunil D Shashidhara

Sunil D Shashidhara 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: 11797609
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for presenting a user interface for a conversational system is described. A unified contextual graph for use by the conversational system, the unified contextual graph comprising components based on database queries of the conversational system and a user dialog between a user and the conversational system. For each of a set of user utterances produced in a dialog with the conversational system, a semantic meaning representation is determined. The semantic meaning representations are converted to respective sentential concept graphs. The unified contextual graph is updated based on new sentential concept graphs while the dialog with the conversational system progresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Intenrational Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rangachari Anand, Ashima Arora, Raimo Bakis, Song Feng, Jatin Ganhotra, Chulaka Gunasekara, David Nahamoo, Lazaros Polymenakos, Sunil D Shashidhara, Li Zhu
  • Patent number: 10915588
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for presenting a user interface for a conversational system is described. A user input is received in a dialog between a user and the conversational system, the user input in a natural language. A domain trained semantic matcher is used to determine a set of entities and a user intent from the user input. One or more queries is generated to selected ones of a plurality of knowledge sources, the knowledge sources created from domain specific knowledge. The results from the one or more queries are ranked based on domain specific knowledge. A system response is presented in the dialog based on at least a highest ranked result from the plurality of knowledge sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Raimo Bakis, Song Feng, Jatin Ganhotra, Chulaka Gunasekara, David Nahamoo, Lazaros Polymenakos, Sunil D Shashidhara, Cheng Wu, Li Zhu
  • Patent number: 10845937
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for presenting a user interface for a conversational system is described. A unified semantic representation of conversational content between a user and conversational system is created as a contextual graph of concepts and relations. A set of subgraph components of the semantic contextual graph dynamically identified based on a current dialog activity. The identified set of subgraph components in a user interface as a set of graphical elements representing respective concepts and relations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rangachari Anand, Ashima Arora, Raimo Bakis, Song Feng, Jatin Ganhotra, Chulaka Gunasekara, David Nahamoo, Lazaros Polymenakos, Sunil D Shashidhara, Li Zhu
  • Patent number: 10824658
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for creating a dialog system for web content is described. Knowledge is extracted from a target web application for the dialog system. The knowledge includes an organizational structure of the target web application and domain knowledge pertinent to the target web application. A deep learning process associates the domain knowledge with the organization structure of the target application. A plurality of knowledge sources of different respective types are created from the domain knowledge and the organizational structure. Each of the knowledge sources is used for providing answers to user queries to the dialog system. As part of the invention, a semantic matcher is provided to select among the answers provided by the plurality of knowledge sources for a best answer to a user query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Raimo Bakis, Song Feng, Jatin Ganhotra, Chulaka Gunasekara, David Nahamoo, Lazaros Polymenakos, Sunil D Shashidhara, Cheng Wu, Li Zhu
  • Publication number: 20200151219
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for presenting a user interface for a conversational system is described. A unified contextual graph for use by the conversational system, the unified contextual graph comprising components based on database queries of the conversational system and a user dialog between a user and the conversational system. For each of a set of user utterances produced in a dialog with the conversational system, a semantic meaning representation is determined. The semantic meaning representations are converted to respective sentential concept graphs. The unified contextual graph is updated based on new sentential concept graphs while the dialog with the conversational system progresses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Rangachari Anand, Ashima Arora, Raimo Bakis, Song Feng, Jatin Ganhotra, Chulaka Gunasekara, David Nahamoo, Lazaros Polymenakos, Sunil D Shashidhara, Li Zhu
  • Publication number: 20200042642
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for creating a dialog system for web content is described. Knowledge is extracted from a target web application for the dialog system. The knowledge includes an organizational structure of the target web application and domain knowledge pertinent to the target web application. A deep learning process associates the domain knowledge with the organization structure of the target application. A plurality of knowledge sources of different respective types are created from the domain knowledge and the organizational structure. Each of the knowledge sources is used for providing answers to user queries to the dialog system. As part of the invention, a semantic matcher is provided to select among the answers provided by the plurality of knowledge sources for a best answer to a user query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Raimo Bakis, Song Feng, Jatin Ganhotra, Chulaka Gunasekara, David Nahamoo, Lazaros Polymenakos, Sunil D. Shashidhara, Cheng Wu, Li Zhu
  • Publication number: 20200042649
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for presenting a user interface for a conversational system is described. A user input is received in a dialog between a user and the conversational system, the user input in a natural language. A domain trained semantic matcher is used to determine a set of entities and a user intent from the user input. One or more queries is generated to selected ones of a plurality of knowledge sources, the knowledge sources created from domain specific knowledge. The results from the one or more queries are ranked based on domain specific knowledge. A system response is presented in the dialog based on at least a highest ranked result from the plurality of knowledge sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Raimo Bakis, Song Feng, Jatin Ganhotra, Chulaka Gunasekara, David Nahamoo, Lazaros Polymenakos, Sunil D. Shashidhara, Cheng Wu, Li Zhu
  • Publication number: 20190213284
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for presenting a user interface for a conversational system is described. For each of a set of user utterances produced in a dialog with the conversational system, a semantic meaning representation is determined. The semantic meaning representations are converted to respective sentential concept graphs. A first sentential concept graph is consolidated into a unified contextual graph. The unified contextual graph is updated based on new sentential concept graphs while the dialog with the conversational system progresses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Rangachari Anand, Ashima Arora, Raimo Bakis, Song Feng, Jatin Ganhotra, Chulaka Gunasekara, David Nahamoo, Lazaros Polymenakos, Sunil D. Shashidhara, Li Zhu
  • Publication number: 20190212879
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for presenting a user interface for a conversational system is described. A unified semantic representation of conversational content between a user and conversational system is created as a contextual graph of concepts and relations. A set of subgraph components of the semantic contextual graph dynamically identified based on a current dialog activity. The identified set of subgraph components in a user interface as a set of graphical elements representing respective concepts and relations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Rangachari Anand, Ashima Arora, Raimo Bakis, Song Feng, Jatin Ganhotra, Chulaka Gunasekara, David Nahamoo, Lazaros Polymenakos, Sunil D Shashidhara, Li Zhu