Patents by Inventor Tareq Ismail
Tareq Ismail 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).
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Patent number: 10853582Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product provide a conversation agent to process natural language queries expressed by a user and perform commands according to the derived intention of the user. A natural language processing (NLP) engine derives intent using conditional random fields to identify a domain and at least one task embodied in the query. The NLP may further identify one or more subdomains, and one or more entities related to the identified command. A template system creates a data structure for information relevant to the derived intent and passes a template to a services manager for interfacing with one or more services capable of accomplishing the task. A dialogue manager may elicit more entities from the user if required by the services manager and otherwise engage in conversation with the user. In one embodiment, the conversational agent allows a user to engage in multiple conversations simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Sam Pasupalak, Joshua R. Pantony, Wilson Hsu, Zhiyuan Wu, Phil Tregenza, Kaheer Suleman, James Simpson, Andrew McNamara, Tareq Ismail
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Patent number: 10649990Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system using at least one computing device, and computer program product are disclosed for linking an ontology provided by a content service with a word expansion ontology. The content service ontology is referred to as a category ontology and the word expansion ontology is referred to herein as a lexical ontology. A user may provide an input such as an input command to an application. The input command is processed by a natural language processing engine to derive the user's intent and to extract relevant entities embodied in the command. The NLP engine may create a composite concept set containing multiple permutations of the concepts (entities extracted) and provide the composite concept set to a concept mapper. The concept mapper applies searches an ontology map and applies one or more scoring operations to determine a best match between the composite concept set and at least one category provided by the category ontology.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Maluuba Inc.Inventors: Justin Harris, Matthew Dixon, Tareq Ismail
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Publication number: 20200012721Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product provide a conversation agent to process natural language queries expressed by a user and perform commands according to the derived intention of the user. A natural language processing (NLP) engine derives intent using conditional random fields to identify a domain and at least one task embodied in the query. The NLP may further identify one or more subdomains, and one or more entities related to the identified command. A template system creates a data structure for information relevant to the derived intent and passes a template to a services manager for interfacing with one or more services capable of accomplishing the task. A dialogue manager may elicit more entities from the user if required by the services manager and otherwise engage in conversation with the user. In one embodiment, the conversational agent allows a user to engage in multiple conversations simultaneously.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicant: Maluuba Inc.Inventors: Sam PASUPALAK, Joshua R. PANTONY, Wilson HSU, Zhiyuan WU, Phil TREGENZA, Kaheer SULEMAN, James SIMPSON, Andrew MCNAMARA, Tareq ISMAIL
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Patent number: 10452783Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product provide a conversation agent to process natural language queries expressed by a user and perform commands according to the derived intention of the user. A natural language processing (NLP) engine derives intent using conditional random fields to identify a domain and at least one task embodied in the query. The NLP may further identify one or more subdomains, and one or more entities related to the identified command. A template system creates a data structure for information relevant to the derived intent and passes a template to a services manager for interfacing with one or more services capable of accomplishing the task. A dialog manager may elicit more entities from the user if required by the services manager and otherwise engage in conversation with the user. In one embodiment, the conversational agent allows a user to engage in multiple conversations simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Maluuba, Inc.Inventors: Sam Pasupalak, Joshua R. Pantony, Wilson Hsu, Zhiyuan Wu, Phil Tregenza, Kaheer Suleman, James Simpson, Andrew McNamara, Tareq Ismail
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Publication number: 20180260384Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product provide a conversation agent to process natural language queries expressed by a user and perform commands according to the derived intention of the user. A natural language processing (NLP) engine derives intent using conditional random fields to identify a domain and at least one task embodied in the query. The NLP may further identify one or more subdomains, and one or more entities related to the identified command. A template system creates a data structure for information relevant to the derived intent and passes a template to a services manager for interfacing with one or more services capable of accomplishing the task. A dialogue manager may elicit more entities from the user if required by the services manager and otherwise engage in conversation with the user. In one embodiment, the conversational agent allows a user to engage in multiple conversations simultaneously.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Applicant: Maluuba Inc.Inventors: Sam PASUPALAK, Joshua R. PANTONY, Wilson HSU, Zhiyuan WU, Phil TREGENZA, Kaheer SULEMAN, James SIMPSON, Andrew MCNAMARA, Tareq ISMAIL
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Patent number: 9971766Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product provide a conversation agent to process natural language queries expressed by a user and perform commands according to the derived intention of the user. A natural language processing (NLP) engine derives intent using conditional random fields to identify a domain and at least one task embodied in the query. The NLP may further identify one or more subdomains, and one or more entities related to the identified command. A template system creates a data structure for information relevant to the derived intent and passes a template to a services manager for interfacing with one or more services capable of accomplishing the task. A dialog manager may elicit more entities from the user if required by the services manager and otherwise engage in conversation with the user. In one embodiment, the conversational agent allows a user to engage in multiple conversations simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Maluuba Inc.Inventors: Sam Pasupalak, Joshua R. Pantony, Wilson Hsu, Zhiyuan Wu, Phil Tregenza, Kaheer Suleman, James Simpson, Andrew McNamara, Tareq Ismail
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Publication number: 20170364518Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system using at least one computing device, and computer program product are disclosed for linking an ontology provided by a content service with a word expansion ontology. The content service ontology is referred to as a category ontology and the word expansion ontology is referred to herein as a lexical ontology. A user may provide an input such as an input command to an application. The input command is processed by a natural language processing engine to derive the user's intent and to extract relevant entities embodied in the command. The NLP engine may create a composite concept set containing multiple permutations of the concepts (entities extracted) and provide the composite concept set to a concept mapper. The concept mapper applies searches an ontology map and applies one or more scoring operations to determine a best match between the composite concept set and at least one category provided by the category ontology.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: Maluuba Inc.Inventors: Justin HARRIS, Matthew DIXON, Tareq ISMAIL
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Patent number: 9740736Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system using at least one computing device, and computer program product are disclosed for linking an ontology provided by a content service with a word expansion ontology. The content service ontology is referred to as a category ontology and the word expansion ontology is referred to herein as a lexical ontology. A user may provide an input such as an input command to an application. The input command is processed by a natural language processing engine to derive the user's intent and to extract relevant entities embodied in the command. The NLP engine may create a composite concept set containing multiple permutations of the concepts (entities extracted) and provide the composite concept set to a concept mapper. The concept mapper applies searches an ontology map and applies one or more scoring operations to determine a best match between the composite concept set and at least one category provided by the category ontology.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Maluuba Inc.Inventors: Justin Harris, Matthew Dixon, Tareq Ismail
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Publication number: 20170228367Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product provide a conversation agent to process natural language queries expressed by a user and perform commands according to the derived intention of the user. A natural language processing (NLP) engine derives intent using conditional random fields to identify a domain and at least one task embodied in the query. The NLP may further identify one or more subdomains, and one or more entities related to the identified command. A template system creates a data structure for information relevant to the derived intent and passes a template to a services manager for interfacing with one or more services capable of accomplishing the task. A dialogue manager may elicit more entities from the user if required by the services manager and otherwise engage in conversation with the user. In one embodiment, the conversational agent allows a user to engage in multiple conversations simultaneously.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Sam PASUPALAK, Joshua R. PANTONY, Wilson HSU, Zhiyuan WU, Phil TREGENZA, Kaheer SULEMAN, James SIMPSON, Andrew McNAMARA, Tareq ISMAIL
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Patent number: 9575963Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product provide a conversation agent to process natural language queries expressed by a user and perform commands according to the derived intention of the user. A natural language processing (NLP) engine derives intent using conditional random fields to identify a domain and at least one task embodied in the query. The NLP may further identify one or more subdomains, and one or more entities related to the identified command. A template system creates a data structure for information relevant to the derived intent and passes a template to a services manager for interfacing with one or more services capable of accomplishing the task. A dialog manager may elicit more entities from the user if required by the services manager and otherwise engage in conversation with the user. In one embodiment, the conversational agent allows a user to engage in multiple conversations simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2013Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: MALUUBA INC.Inventors: Sam Pasupalak, Joshua R. Pantony, Wilson Hsu, Zhiyuan Wu, Phil Tregenza, Kaheer Suleman, James Simpson, Andrew McNamara, Tareq Ismail
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Publication number: 20150081711Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system using at least one computing device, and computer program product are disclosed for linking an ontology provided by a content service with a word expansion ontology. The content service ontology is referred to as a category ontology and the word expansion ontology is referred to herein as a lexical ontology. A user may provide an input such as an input command to an application. The input command is processed by a natural language processing engine to derive the user's intent and to extract relevant entities embodied in the command. The NLP engine may create a composite concept set containing multiple permutations of the concepts (entities extracted) and provide the composite concept set to a concept mapper. The concept mapper applies searches an ontology map and applies one or more scoring operations to determine a best match between the composite concept set and at least one category provided by the category ontology.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Justin HARRIS, Matthew DIXON, Tareq ISMAIL
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Publication number: 20150066479Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product provide a conversation agent to process natural language queries expressed by a user and perform commands according to the derived intention of the user. A natural language processing (NLP) engine derives intent using conditional random fields to identify a domain and at least one task embodied in the query. The NLP may further identify one or more subdomains, and one or more entities related to the identified command. A template system creates a data structure for information relevant to the derived intent and passes a template to a services manager for interfacing with one or more services capable of accomplishing the task. A dialogue manager may elicit more entities from the user if required by the services manager and otherwise engage in conversation with the user. In one embodiment, the conversational agent allows a user to engage in multiple conversations simultaneously.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: Maluuba Inc.Inventors: Sam Pasupalak, Joshua R. Pantony, Wilson Hsu, Zhiyuan Wu, Phil Tregenza, Kaheer Suleman, James Simpson, Andrew McNamara, Tareq Ismail
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Publication number: 20140207776Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system and computer-readable medium are disclosed for linking an ontology provided by a content service (i.e. category ontology) with a word expansion ontology (i.e. lexical ontology). A user may provide an input such as a voice command to an application. The voice command is processed by a natural language processing (NLP) engine to derive the user's intent and to extract relevant entities embodied in the command. The NLP engine may create a composite concept set containing multiple permutations of the concepts (entities extracted) and provide the composite concept set to a concept mapper. The concept mapper searches a mapping file and applies one or more scoring operations to determine a best match between the composite concept set and at least one category provided by the category ontology. The content service is searched using the category and the results are displayed to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: Maluuba Inc.Inventors: Justin Harris, Matthew Dixon, Tareq Ismail, Siwei Yang, Robert Maki
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Publication number: 20140012574Abstract: A system, method and computer program for performing voice commands and presenting results on an interactive timeline is disclosed. A user may utter a voice command (e.g. into a mobile device) which is processed to derive the intention, specifically by determining the domain, at least one task and at least one parameter for the task. A services component performs the task identified and presents the results. In various embodiments, the results are presented on a timeline and may be grouped together by domains and presented chronologically. A search history view may also be viewed that includes search results sorted chronologically each of which is represented graphically by an icon that represents a search domain. A voice command may be presented by a text representation with an edit button, a resay button, and a progress bar. The text representation may be modified while the natural language processing is being performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Inventors: Sam Pasupalak, Adrian Petrescu, Tareq Ismail, James Simpson, Jennifer Lee
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Publication number: 20100085304Abstract: Modifying the appearance of a movable position-marker on a display screen of an electronic device is disclosed. A graphical user interface program is run on a microprocessor module of the electronic device that controls display of images on a display screen. Designating a partial area of a page of displayed using an overlaid position marker which has a perimeter defining a highlighting area. The bounded area can be partially non-uniformly filled.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2009Publication date: April 8, 2010Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Andrew Robert Patterson, Matthew Bells, Tareq Ismail