Patents by Inventor Theodora H. Cheng

Theodora H. Cheng 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: 10157198
    Abstract: A system, method and program product are provided for implementing a credibility vouching system (CVS). A CVS is disclosed that includes: credibility vouching system (CVS), comprising: a data aggregation system interface that provides a communication pathway for receiving event metadata (EM) records from a data aggregation system; a service provider interface and inquiry system that provides a communication pathway with a plurality of third party service providers to facilitate identification of a set of candidate nodes potentially responsible for a submitted EM record in the data aggregation system; a vouching request routing system for generating a vouching request and tasking at least one third party service provider to forward the vouching request to the set of candidate nodes; and a credibility scoring system that generates a credibility score for the submitted EM record based on a set of vouching responses received from the set of candidate nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Theodora H. Cheng, Tsz S. Cheng, Tejashkumar B. Purani
  • Publication number: 20170132367
    Abstract: A natural language input can be received from a user. A computer-understandable meaning of the natural language input can be derived by performing, by a processor, natural language processing on the natural language input. At least one indicated medical symptom can be identified in the natural language input by processing the computer-understandable meaning of the natural language input using artificial intelligence and, based on the at least one medical symptom, identifying at least one ailment corresponding to the medical symptom. Responsive to identifying the at least one medical symptom, a database of medical consultation options can be accessed to identify a plurality of medical consultation options for treating the at least one ailment and, for each medical consultation option a cost can be identified. A list of the medical consultation options and their costs can be presented to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Theodora H. Cheng, Tsz S. Cheng, Tejashkumar B. Purani
  • Publication number: 20160147817
    Abstract: A system, method and program product are provided for implementing a credibility vouching system (CVS). A CVS is disclosed that includes: credibility vouching system (CVS), comprising: a data aggregation system interface that provides a communication pathway for receiving event metadata (EM) records from a data aggregation system; a service provider interface and inquiry system that provides a communication pathway with a plurality of third party service providers to facilitate identification of a set of candidate nodes potentially responsible for a submitted EM record in the data aggregation system; a vouching request routing system for generating a vouching request and tasking at least one third party service provider to forward the vouching request to the set of candidate nodes; and a credibility scoring system that generates a credibility score for the submitted EM record based on a set of vouching responses received from the set of candidate nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Theodora H. Cheng, Tsz S. Cheng, Tejashkumar B. Purani