Patents by Inventor Wesley Gifford

Wesley Gifford 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: 11295197
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to extraction of rationales for studied outcome. A method comprises: grouping features as expert to align with a set of operating practices; generating interpretable features using operating rules, combining with statistical dependence analysis to bin selected features to generate favorite practice actions; grouping features as expert that combine a subset of the interpretable features to align with a set of operating practices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pavankumar Murali, Nianjun Zhou, Ta-Hsin Li, Pietro Mazzoleni, Wesley Gifford
  • Publication number: 20200065645
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to extraction of rationales for studied outcome. A method comprises: grouping features as expert to align with a set of operating practices; generating interpretable features using operating rules, combining with statistical dependence analysis to bin selected features to generate favorite practice actions; grouping features as expert that combine a subset of the interpretable features to align with a set of operating practices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Pavankumar Murali, Nianjun Zhou, Ta-Hsin Li, Pietro Mazzoleni, Wesley Gifford
  • Publication number: 20190213551
    Abstract: A computer-implemented end-to-end system for optimizing distributed development projects may include a Software as a Service (SaaS) collecting historical project metrics. A productivity factor analyzer may perform analysis of one or more productivity factors with one or more quantifiers to define an impact of a team composition and task split on a project development. A task splitter may perform identification of one or more split points that minimize negative impacts from a geographically distributed environment in communication and team collaboration. An indifference curve identifier processing device may identify trade-offs for client metrics and develop a set of contours for different development options. A development optimizer may calculate the team composition, and task splits based on the one or more split points, the set of contours, and the impact of a team composition and task split on the project development. A SaaS service automatically allocates task assignments to corresponding target workers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Nianjun Zhou, Carl Engel, Craig A. Rahenkamp, Wesley Gifford, Gregory H. Westerwick, Ken Saloranta, Krishna C. Ratakonda, John F. Bisceglia