Patents by Inventor William G. Arnold

William G. Arnold 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: 10268948
    Abstract: There is provided a computer implemented data driven classification and troubleshooting system and method. The system has an interface application enabled to receive data. The system has an associative memory software in communication with the interface application via an API. The associative memory software has an associative memory and a machine learning algorithm. The system has one or more individual areas, within the associative memory, requiring one or more troubleshooting actions to improve accuracy of the individual areas. The system has at least one troubleshooting tool enabled by the interface application. The at least one troubleshooting tool enables or performs the troubleshooting actions. The system has a quality rating metric (QRM) that measures a strength and an assurance that one or more predictions of the associative memory are correct. The one or more troubleshooting actions results in improving the accuracy and the performance of the associative memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Brian Warn, Jaime A. Flores, Kyle M. Nakamoto, Danielle C. Young, Fredwilliam Esguerra, William G. Arnold
  • Patent number: 9659110
    Abstract: A system for analyzing a request for proposal. The system includes an associative memory including a plurality of data having a plurality of associations. The system also includes an input device in communication with the associative memory. The input device is configured to provide the request for proposal to the associative memory in a format understandable to the associative memory. The associative memory is configured to digest the request for proposal to be included within the plurality of data, wherein a digested request for proposal is formed. The system also includes an analyzer in communication with the associative memory. The associative memory is configured to analyze the digested request for proposal by receiving a query comprising one or more terms, creating relationships among the plurality of data in the associative memory based on the query, and returning an output that includes requirements or other attributes presented in the digested request for proposal based on the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: William G. Arnold, Brian Warn, John Whelan, Jaime Antonio Flores, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20170090729
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for visually representing content in media sources. A plurality of vectors is created, by a computer system, for the media sources based on content in the media sources and a lexicon built for a selected subject. The plurality of vectors include elements that represent matches between base entities in the lexicon and extracted entities from the content in the media sources. A visual representation of the content in the media sources based on the plurality of vectors is displayed, by the computer system, through a graphical user interface that is configured to enable a user to navigate through the content. The visual representation of the content is transformed in real-time, by the computer system, based on user input such that changes to the visual representation of the content in the graphical user interface visually track the user navigating through the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Monica de Lima Nogueira, Noel Peyton Greis, William G. Arnold, Aurelio Frank DiScala, Royce Hamilton Kwock Fai Kam, Matthew Kanfeng Yang, Holton Stonestreet Thompson
  • Publication number: 20170024662
    Abstract: There is provided a computer implemented data driven classification and troubleshooting system and method. The system has an interface application enabled to receive data. The system has an associative memory software in communication with the interface application via an API. The associative memory software has an associative memory and a machine learning algorithm. The system has one or more individual areas, within the associative memory, requiring one or more troubleshooting actions to improve accuracy of the individual areas. The system has at least one troubleshooting tool enabled by the interface application. The at least one troubleshooting tool enables or performs the troubleshooting actions. The system has a quality rating metric (QRM) that measures a strength and an assurance that one or more predictions of the associative memory are correct. The one or more troubleshooting actions results in improving the accuracy and the performance of the associative memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Brian Warn, Jaime A. Flores, Kyle M. Nakamoto, Danielle C. Young, Fredwilliam Esguerra, William G. Arnold
  • Patent number: 8838490
    Abstract: A method for analyzing transaction information that involves storing each one of a plurality of transactions in an associative memory with an associated cluster identification number. A given one of the transactions is selected for analysis, the given one of the transactions having a specific cluster identification number. An entity analytics engine is used to search and obtain a first subplurality of transactions from the associative memory that are similar to the given transaction by having a common attribute or entity and assigning each of the transactions a similarity score. Each one of the transactions is further analyzed to determine if it would be beneficial to form a formal transaction relationship with an organization involved with at least one of the transactions of the cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Leonard J. Quadracci, Patrick N. Harris, William G. Arnold
  • Patent number: 8811596
    Abstract: An apparatus for evaluating an audio communication comprises a data store for storing a plurality of digital units representing a plurality of characterized aspects of historical audio communications. The characterized aspects include words and sets of words. The apparatus further comprises an associative memory unit coupled with the data store to create associations between entities representing the characterized aspects, and relate the entities and the frequency of occurrence of the entities to identify relationships with call handling categories and priorities requiring intervention, and an assessing unit coupled with the associative memory unit to indicate whether the audio communication contains any associative memory associations related to a call handling category and call handling priority requiring intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William G. Arnold, Leonard J. Quadracci
  • Publication number: 20130103690
    Abstract: A system for analyzing a request for proposal. The system includes an associative memory including a plurality of data having a plurality of associations. The system also includes an input device in communication with the associative memory. The input device is configured to provide the request for proposal to the associative memory in a format understandable to the associative memory. The associative memory is configured to digest the request for proposal to be included within the plurality of data, wherein a digested request for proposal is formed. The system also includes an analyzer in communication with the associative memory. The associative memory is configured to analyze the digested request for proposal by receiving a query comprising one or more terms, creating relationships among the plurality of data in the associative memory based on the query, and returning an output that includes requirements or other attributes presented in the digested request for proposal based on the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: William G. Arnold, Brian Warn, John Whelan, Jaime Antonio Flores, JR.
  • Publication number: 20130085954
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product are provided for identifying a qualified candidate from among a plurality of initial candidates in an efficient and reliable manner. In the context of a system, an associative memory is provided that is configured to store information regarding a plurality of candidate entities and at least one requisition entity. The associative memory is also configured to store information regarding attributes associated with candidate and requisition entities. Further, the associative memory is configured to store information regarding associations between the entities. The system also includes a receiver module configured to receive one or more query terms. The system may also include an identification module configured to identify the qualified candidate based upon the query terms and the associations between the candidate entities and the at least one requisition entity that are provided by the associative memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeffrey Evan Hanneman, William G. Arnold, Brian Warn, Jaime A. Flores
  • Publication number: 20130080448
    Abstract: A system for analyzing unstructured data. The system includes an associative memory including a plurality of data in associated units having a plurality of associations. The associative memory is configured to be queried based on at least one relationship selected from the group that includes direct relationships and indirect relationships among the plurality of data. The associative memory further includes a content-addressable structure. The system also includes an analyzer in communication with the associative memory, wherein the analyzer is configured to parse and arrange the plurality of data into comparable units in response to a query. The analyzer is configured to establish an ordered list ranking the comparable units in an order of precedence based on the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: William G. Arnold, Brian Warn
  • Publication number: 20120166451
    Abstract: The present invention provides a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for identifying interchangeable parts in parts catalogs. In one illustrative embodiment, a set of catalogs is searched for first attributes for a set of parts using an intelligent agent. The intelligent agent compares the first attributes for the set of parts to a set of second attributes for a selected part. A weight is assigned to each of the first attributes based on whether each of the first attributes is correlated to an attribute in the set of second attributes. Each part in the set of parts is ranked using the weight assigned to each attribute in the first attributes. A set of interchangeable parts is identified using the ranking for each part in the set of parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: William G. Arnold, Brian Warn, Leonard Jon Quadracci
  • Patent number: 8161045
    Abstract: The present invention provides a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for identifying interchangeable parts in parts catalogs. In one illustrative embodiment, a set of catalogs is searched for first attributes for a set of parts using an intelligent agent. The intelligent agent compares the first attributes for the set of parts to a set of second attributes for a selected part. A weight is assigned to each of the first attributes based on whether each of the first attributes is correlated to an attribute in the set of second attributes. Each part in the set of parts is ranked using the weight assigned to each attribute in the first attributes. A set of interchangeable parts is identified using the ranking for each part in the set of parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William G. Arnold, Brian Warn, Leonard Jon Ouadracci
  • Patent number: 7983996
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for simulating human behavior. Source code for predicting human behavior is located on a storage system in a network data processing system. An interpreter executing on hardware in the network data processing system includes a language interpreter and a communications module. The language interpreter executes a simulation with the source code using artificial intelligence to generate a new definition and interpreted source code. A graphical user interface processor receives the interpreted source code from the language interpreter and generates device dependent output. Devices display the device dependent output, receive user input, and send received user input to the graphical user interface processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Hanneman, William G. Arnold, Leonard J. Quadracci
  • Publication number: 20100257006
    Abstract: A method for analyzing transaction information that involves storing each one of a plurality of transactions in an associative memory with an associated cluster identification number. A given one of the transactions is selected for analysis, the given one of the transactions having a specific cluster identification number. An entity analytics engine is used to search and obtain a first subplurality of transactions from the associative memory that are similar to the given transaction by having a common attribute or entity and assigning each of the transactions a similarity score. Each one of the transactions is further analyzed to determine if it would be beneficial to form a formal transaction relationship with an organization involved with at least one of the transactions of the cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Leonard J. Quadracci, Patrick N. Harris, William G. Arnold
  • Publication number: 20080320042
    Abstract: An apparatus for evaluating audio communications includes: (a) a data storage device configured for identifying associative memory relations among information aspects stored in the data storage device, (b) a query device coupled with the data storage device, the query device being configured for posing queries relating to at least one of the information aspects and the associative memory relations to obtain at least one query result, and (c) a communications parsing unit coupled with at least one of the data storage device and the query device. The communications parsing unit is configured to receive the audio communications and is configured to effect identification of features related with the audio communications. The features related with the audio communications are available for inclusion among the information aspects. The data storage device periodically effects evaluation of the associative memory relations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Boeing Company
    Inventors: William G. Arnold, Leonard J. Quadracci
  • Publication number: 20080215508
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for simulating human behavior. Source code for predicting human behavior is located on a storage system in a network data processing system. An interpreter executing on hardware in the network data processing system includes a language interpreter and a communications module. The language interpreter executes a simulation with the source code using artificial intelligence to generate a new definition and interpreted source code. A graphical user interface processor receives the interpreted source code from the language interpreter and generates device dependent output. Devices display the device dependent output, receive user input, and send received user input to the graphical user interface processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Hanneman, William G. Arnold, Leonard J. Quadracci
  • Publication number: 20080189260
    Abstract: The present invention provides a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for identifying interchangeable parts in parts catalogs. In one illustrative embodiment, a set of catalogs is searched for first attributes for a set of parts using an intelligent agent. The intelligent agent compares the first attributes for the set of parts to a set of second attributes for a selected part. A weight is assigned to each of the first attributes based on whether each of the first attributes is correlated to an attribute in the set of second attributes. Each part in the set of parts is ranked using the weight assigned to each attribute in the first attributes. A set of interchangeable parts is identified using the ranking for each part in the set of parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: William G. Arnold, Brian Warn, Leonard Jon Ouadracci