Patents by Inventor Timothy V. Paciolla

Timothy V. Paciolla 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).

  • Categorizing questions in a question answering system
    Patent number: 10366107
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a question answering system for categorizing questions. The mechanism clusters documents from a corpus of documents to form a nested structure of clusters of documents. The mechanism records questions answered by question answering system in a database in association with answers returned and answer confidence values. The mechanism maps the questions to the nested structure of clusters of documents to form a nested structure of clusters of questions. The mechanism presents recommended questions based on the nested structure of clusters of questions in a user interface of the question answering system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel J. McCloskey, William G. O'Keeffe, Timothy V. Paciolla, Cale R. Vardy
  • Generating usage report in a question answering system based on question categorization
    Patent number: 9996604
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a question answering system for generating a usage report based on question categorization. The mechanism clusters documents from a corpus of documents to form a nested structure of clusters of documents. The mechanism record questions answered by question answering system in a database in association with answers returned and answer confidence values. The mechanism maps the questions to the nested structure of clusters of documents to form a nested structure of clusters of questions. The mechanism generates a usage report based on the nested structure of clusters of questions and presenting the usage report responsive to a requesting user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel J. McCloskey, William G. O'Keeffe, Timothy V. Paciolla, Cale R. Vardy
  • Categorizing Questions in a Question Answering System
    Publication number: 20160232221
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a question answering system for categorizing questions. The mechanism clusters documents from a corpus of documents to form a nested structure of clusters of documents. The mechanism records questions answered by question answering system in a database in association with answers returned and answer confidence values. The mechanism maps the questions to the nested structure of clusters of documents to form a nested structure of clusters of questions. The mechanism presents recommended questions based on the nested structure of clusters of questions in a user interface of the question answering system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel J. McCloskey, William G. O'Keeffe, Timothy V. Paciolla, Cale R. Vardy
  • Generating Usage Report in a Question Answering System Based on Question Categorization
    Publication number: 20160232222
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a question answering system for generating a usage report based on question categorization. The mechanism clusters documents from a corpus of documents to form a nested structure of clusters of documents. The mechanism record questions answered by question answering system in a database in association with answers returned and answer confidence values. The mechanism maps the questions to the nested structure of clusters of documents to form a nested structure of clusters of questions. The mechanism generates a usage report based on the nested structure of clusters of questions and presenting the usage report responsive to a requesting user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel J. McCloskey, William G. O'Keeffe, Timothy V. Paciolla, Cale R. Vardy