Legal Service Patents (Class 705/311)
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Patent number: 12230048Abstract: A method and system can include processing title and title opinion document images to generate text information. Trained models may generate data objects representative of period of time during which certain rights to a property exist. The trained models may also generate rules for modifying the data objects and interrelating the data objects to each other. In some examples, a confidence level can be generated and will reflect a likelihood of a data object including correct information. The modified and interrelated data objects may be used to generate a navigable interface which includes a current title status for a property and a navigable chain of title reflecting historical rights to the property.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2023Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbHInventor: Nicholas E. Vandivere
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Patent number: 12174916Abstract: A method is provided comprising: obtaining a counterparty contract, the counterparty contract including a contract that is being proposed by a counterparty to a user; performing a segmentation of the counterparty contract to identify a plurality of sentence clusters, each of the sentence clusters corresponding to a different provision in the counterparty contract; generating a plurality of counterparty provision vectors based on the counterparty contract, each of the counterparty provision vectors being generated based on a different one of the plurality of sentence clusters; retrieving a user provision vector, the user provision vector corresponding to a user provision; calculating a plurality of similarity scores for the user provision vector; detecting whether the plurality of similarity scores satisfies a condition that is associated with the user provision; and outputting a notification associated with the user provision when the condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2021Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLCInventors: Noam Kalush, Anat Parush Tzur, Idan Richman Goshen, Lisa Woo, Emer Fitzpatrick, Skye Jones, Balaji Dhamodharan, Christopher Schneider, Daniel Coutinho, Joao Adalino Lopes de Moraes, Jr., Guilherme Toralles Darley, Eder Soares, Lidiane Silva, Amihai Savir, Carlos Augusto Barra, Eder Crespo
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Patent number: 12143508Abstract: A blockchain application creates, stores and retrieves digital certificate information for online meetings with hashing and blockchains. The created plural digital certificates are secure, tamper proof, sharable on social media, loadable on electronic devices, storable in digital wallets, revocable and can also have an expiration date and time.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Inventor: Radu Vestemean
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Patent number: 11997211Abstract: A method for aggregated storage of observational data on a blockchain includes: receiving, by a receiver of a processing server, a plurality of data entries, wherein the plurality of data entries includes (i) one or more data entries received from each of a plurality of different external devices, or (ii) multiple data entries received from one external device; canonicalize, by a processor of the processing server, the received plurality of data entries into a single data value; hashing, by the processor of the processing server, the single data value to generate a hashed data value; transmitting, by a transmitter of the processing server, the hashed data value to a blockchain node in a blockchain network; receiving, by the receiver of the processing server, a reference value from the blockchain node; and storing, in a memory of the processing server, the received reference value with the plurality of data entries.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATEDInventors: Robert Collins, Conor McQuillan, Susan Lynch, Leandro Nunes da Silva Carvalho, Bella Wu
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Patent number: 11941156Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for managing privacy policy violations may include obtaining, by the computing device, an intermediate representation of a privacy policy, wherein the intermediate representation denotes a formal policy and is generated by extracting the privacy policy in natural language from a website and parsing the privacy policy. The method may also include comparing, by the computing device, behavior of the website against the intermediate representation, thereby detecting at least one violation of the formal policy. The method may further include enforcing, by the computing device, the formal policy at least in part by taking a security action in response to the violation. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: GEN DIGITAL INC.Inventors: Daniel Kats, Johann Roturier, Yun Shen, David Silva
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Patent number: 11855757Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for highly accurate synchronization of machine instances in a distributed, hosted computing environment to a reference timekeeper. In addition to a general communication network accessible to machine instances, the distributed environment includes a second network dedicated to carrying time information, such as a pulse-per-second (PPS) signal to isolated timing hardware within host computing devices. The isolated timing hardware can use the PPS signal, along with a reference time, to set a hardware clock. The isolated timing hardware can further provide an interface to machine instances that enables the instances to read the time of the hardware clock. This configuration enables many instances can share access to a single reference timekeeper, thus synchronizing those instances to a much higher accuracy than in traditional network-based time protocols.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Julien Ridoux, Joshua Benjamin Levinson, Said Bshara, Erez Izenberg, Robert Klein, Alan Michael Judge
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Patent number: 11853114Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for highly accurate synchronization of machine instances in a distributed, hosted computing environment to a reference timekeeper. In addition to a general communication network accessible to machine instances, the distributed environment includes a second network dedicated to carrying time information, such as a pulse-per-second (PPS) signal to isolated timing hardware within host computing devices. The isolated timing hardware can use the PPS signal, along with a reference time, to set a hardware clock. The isolated timing hardware can further provide an interface to machine instances that enables the instances to read the time of the hardware clock. This configuration enables many instances can share access to a single reference timekeeper, thus synchronizing those instances to a much higher accuracy than in traditional network-based time protocols.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Julien Ridoux, Joshua Benjamin Levinson, Alan Michael Judge, Colin Whittaker, James Paul Rivers
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Patent number: 11841884Abstract: A method of guided collaborative digital contract drafting and negotiations using a chatbot and/or virtual assistant to guide a user through developing a digital contract. The chatbot provides a user with an interactive guided process through a collaborative digital contract drafting process by allowing a natural language interaction. The chatbot can provide education to the user, explain the process and different portions of the digital contract, and offer suggestions for substitute clauses. Furthermore, the user can interact with the chatbot to navigate through the process as well. Additionally, depending on the industry and the purpose of the digital contract, the chatbot can suggest other parties to involve and coordinate communications.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Creative Intell, Inc.Inventors: Steven Ship, David Fritz
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Patent number: 11790047Abstract: The technology implements diversity sampling for a technology-assisted review of documents. An apparatus obtains an unlabeled set of documents and constructs a first batch of documents. The apparatus obtains labels for the documents and constructs a classification model using the labeled documents. The apparatus logs a found rate of a subsequent batch of documents from the unlabeled set of documents, the subsequent batch of documents being selected based on a comparison to the classification model. The apparatus determines that the classification model requires further training based on the found rate of the subsequent batch of documents and constructs a second batch of documents that includes an amount of diversity, which may be based on the found rate. The apparatus obtains labels for the second batch of documents and updates the model using the labeled second batch of documents. The method may be repeated to continue to refine the classification model.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Consilio, LLCInventors: Jeffrey A. Johnson, Md Ahsan Habib, Chandler L. Burgess
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Patent number: 11765580Abstract: A method is provided that is performed by a mobile device at least partially under control of a positioning program. The method includes establishing or initiating establishing a secure communication path to a remote device for receiving one or more signature parameter data sets and receiving said signature parameter data set(s) via said secure communication path. The method also includes estimating a position of said mobile device at least partially based on radio signal parameter(s) obtained by said mobile device. The position data are obtained as a result of said estimating. The method further includes determining a digital signature of said position data at least partially based on at least one of said signature parameter data set(s). The method also includes providing said position data and said signature data to one or more application programs. A corresponding device and computer-readable storage medium are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: HERE GLOBAL B.V.Inventors: Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola, Jari Syrjarinne, Tommi Laine
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Patent number: 11704759Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods are described for selectively performing one or more operations relating to an object of consent. The system includes (i) a network, (ii) a user device having an input device and configured to obtain an object of consent from a user of the user device via the input device, (iii) a server having a storage and configured to receive the object of consent from the user device, to perform at least one data processing operation associated with the object of consent, to store a result of the data processing operation at the storage, and to generate an agreement object associated with the object of consent, and (iv) a blockchain configured to receive the agreement object, to combine at least one of identity information or permission information associated with the agreement object, and to selectively store a consent record by the blockchain.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Inventors: Casey Kuhlman, Jan Hendrik Scheufen, Anjlee Khurana
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Patent number: 11673045Abstract: Event synchronization in an online game is disclosed. A central computing device sends event information that identifies an event and an event depiction timestamp that identifies a future time at which to depict the event to a plurality of computing devices that are time synchronized with one another. The central computing device receives, from a first set of computing devices, a set of first messages, each first message including action information that identifies a user input received by a corresponding computing device and an action timestamp that identifies a time at which the user input was received by the corresponding computing device. Based on the action timestamps and the user inputs in the set of first messages, a next event to be depicted is determined, and next event information that identifies the next event is sent to the plurality of computing devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLCInventor: Charles Cook
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Patent number: 11520928Abstract: A method of identifying one or more pieces of personal data associated with a data subject based at least in part on one or more triggering action; identifying a storage location of each of the one or more pieces of personal data associated with the data subject; automatically determining that a first portion of the one or more of the pieces of personal data has one or more legal bases for continued storage; automatically maintaining storage of the first portion of the one or more pieces of personal data; and automatically facilitating deletion of a second portion of the one or more pieces of personal data associated with the data subject.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: OneTrust, LLCInventors: Jonathan Blake Brannon, Richard A. Beaumont
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Patent number: 11500729Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for preserving data using a replication and blockchain notarization. In one aspect, an exemplary method comprises, by a hardware processor, receiving, from a user, a request for a legal hold of data and criteria for controlling access to the data, creating a legal hold object and establishing an access control criteria, creating, in the cloud storage, a cloud storage space that corresponds to the created legal hold object, and defining the access control for reading from the created cloud storage space, searching, in a backup data storage of a client data system, to identify all relevant data corresponding to the created legal hold object, and storing the identified relevant data and the search queries used for the identification of the relevant data, replicating the identified relevant data in the created cloud storage space, and notarizing the replicated relevant data using a blockchain notarization service.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Acronis International GmbHInventors: Igor Tkachev, Vladimir Miroshkin, Serguei Beloussov, Stanislav Protasov
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Patent number: 11449534Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for conducting legal research across multiple jurisdictions, which comprises receiving a first user search query at a graphical user interface comprising one or more search terms, executing the first search query against a first jurisdictional database and identifying one or more search results that are responsive to the first search query. Upon receiving a selected search result, a modified search query is generated comprising the one or more search terms of the first search query and one or more relevant terms from the selected search result and is executed against a second jurisdictional database. One or more secondary search results that are responsive to the modified search query are identified and then presented at the graphical user interface.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbHInventors: Kashif Riaz, Erica Kitaev
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Patent number: 11443327Abstract: Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for implementing a block chain node device are disclosed. A processor allows hosting a received smart contract on a block chain ledger. The smart contract includes a digital model of a contract that describes base policy between an organization and a client. A receiver receives a side car contract from an external database. The side car contract includes a digital addendum to the smart contract and one or more modifications to one or more terms of the contract according to one or more regulatory provisions. The processor attaches the side car contract to the smart contract, and causes a graphical user interface (GUI) to report the one or more terms of the contract according to the one or more modifications in the side car contract in response to one or more received requests to thereby facilitate compliance with the regulatory provisions.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.Inventors: Poonam Lamba, Benjamin H. Sansom, Phani M. Pamarthi
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Patent number: 11263113Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product provide automatic resolution of coding issues by applying code modifications to an application to generate a modified application, and then applying static analytic tools to the modified application to identify coding problems in the modified application related to at least one code modification, where the coding problems are evaluated using a first machine learning model to identify a subset of coding problems meeting a first project relevancy requirement.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Alexandre Quemy
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Patent number: 11252160Abstract: Artificial intelligence (“AI”) systems and methods are provided for bundling software permissions across an enterprise organization. An AI engine may be deployed to maximize wellness of a software bundle. Maximizing the wellness may include adding a software permission to the bundle. Maximizing the wellness may include associating additional members with the bundle. Maximizing the wellness may include removing a software permission from the bundle. Maximizing the wellness may include disassociating a member from the bundle. The AI engine may streamline allocation of software permissions in an enterprise organization that would otherwise be unmanageable by human role engineers. For example, the AI engine may be deployed in enterprise organizations that utilize over 4,000 different software application across over 750,000 members. Utilizing the AI engine to streamline software permissions may limit exposure of the organization to an increased risk of a cyberattack on its information systems.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Bank of America CorporationInventors: David Pritchard, Tinku Thomas, Rajesh M. Gopinathapai, Jennifer Lynn Greenwald
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Patent number: 11238549Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media. One method includes: receiving a request associated with an account of a blockchain-based application for collecting a monetary award issued in an order of a court; determining a creditor, a debtor, and an amount of the monetary award; determining that the account is associated with the creditor based on data recorded on the blockchain; identifying, based on the data, a payment account of the creditor and one or more payment accounts of the debtor with an aggregated balance greater than or equal to the amount of the monetary award; transferring the amount of the monetary award from the one or more payment accounts of the debtor to the payment account of the creditor; and recording a verified time stamp representing a time the amount of the monetary award is transferred.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Zhiguo Li
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Patent number: 11222174Abstract: Systems and methods for generating logical documents for a document evaluation system are provided. For example, a method for generating logical documents for a document evaluation system includes receiving a first child document associated with a master document. The master document includes one or more master terms. The first child document includes one or more first child terms and a first date. The method further includes generating a logical document based at least in part on the master document. The logical document includes one or more current document values. Each current document value corresponds to one master term and is associated with a current date and a current reference. The current reference identifies a region in the master document related to the one master term. The method further includes selecting a first child term from the one or more first child terms.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: RELX INC.Inventors: Douglas C. Hebenthal, Cesare John Saretto, James Tracy, Richard Clinkenbeard, Christopher Liu
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Patent number: 11170076Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented and can include for instance: crowdsourcing data from a plurality of users via a computer network, the data including feedback data regarding digital rights click through documents, wherein each of the users is a party to at least one of the digital rights click through documents; storing the data obtained by the crowdsourcing into a digital rights history repository; examining a digital rights click through document of a certain user, wherein the digital rights click through document controls access to a digital asset, wherein the examining includes using at least a portion of the feedback data of the digital rights history repository; and augmenting content of the digital rights click through document based on a result of the examining.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Katsuhisa Kataoka
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Patent number: 11146515Abstract: A method, a computer system, and a computer program product for visitor invitation management are provided. The present invention may include determining that a first electronic message from a sender to a recipient contains invitation information. The present invention may include extracting the invitation information from the first message using one or more natural language processing (NLP) techniques. The present invention may also include generating a visitor badge based on the extracted invitation information. The present invention may lastly include sending a second electronic message to the recipient containing the generated visitor badge.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Jana H. Jenkins, Jeremy R. Fox, Uri Kartoun, Fang Lu
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Patent number: 11146404Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to an electronic document sharing and signing (DSS) ecosystem for electronic document authentication and authorization. The DSS ecosystem may preferably provide a communication platform between a first user information database associated with a first entity and a second user information database associated with a second entity. The DSS ecosystem may include a signer information database. The signer information database may be coupled to the first user information database and the second user information database. The signer information database may be configured to be readable by the first entity and writeable to by the first entity, and readable by the second entity but not writeable to by the second entity. The signer database may include a list of signatory names associated with the first entity, and a plurality of electronically signed documents. Each of the documents may include an electronic signature applied by a signatory whose name appears on the signatory list.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Bank of America CorporationInventors: Linda Haddad, Denise D. Marcus, Kamesh R. Gottumukkala
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Patent number: 10992695Abstract: A breach reporting and incident management (BRIM) system and method are disclosed. The system and method include a network hardware and software platform through which multiple user entities can more automatically conduct and manage their relationships and exchange data. User entities include but are not limited to corporate entities. Once connections are established the connection itself is automatically archived along with all communications history, and data exchange history. Data exchanged includes data regarding security breaches affecting services provided by one of the users.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: CENTRL, INC.Inventors: Gregory David Smelker, Davide De Micco, Nitesh Gupta, Shailesh Arun Alawani, Sanjeev Dheer, Christopher Marino
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Patent number: 10984494Abstract: Intervention in the operation of a smart contract in a distributed ledger system may include: launching execution of the smart contract; upon launching execution of the smart contract, executing a judgment checking function to determine whether a judgment against the smart contract exists in a judgment database; in response to a judgment against the smart contract existing in the judgment database, intervening in the operation of the smart contract to prevent the execution of the smart contract; and in response to no judgment against the smart contract existing in the judgment database, continuing execution of the smart contract.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: REFINITIV US ORGANIZATION LLCInventors: Jochen Lothar Leidner, Tim Nugent, Sam Chadwick
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Patent number: 10938898Abstract: The present application discloses a method 500 for synchronizing and a synchronization system 400 to synchronize alterations made to a work product, by client devices 300, wherein the synchronization system 400 and the client devices 300 are interspersed in a collaborative work environment 100 and wherein the synchronization system 400 comprises a server side memory unit 420 which upon invocation by a server side processor 410 triggers thereat an initiation component 421, a comparison component 422, an evaluation component 423, a scoring component 424, and an integration component 425.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: ARC Document Solutions, LLCInventors: Rahul Roy, Srinivasa Rao Mukkamala, Himadri Majumder, Dipali Bhattacharya
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Patent number: 10761838Abstract: A method in one embodiment comprises generating a document corpus comprising a plurality of application programming interface electronic documents, wherein the plurality of application programming interface electronic documents are organized according to one or more application programming interface versions, receiving a query from one or more users seeking information corresponding to one or more application programming interfaces, generating a subset of the plurality of application programming interface electronic documents from the database in response to the query using one or more code artifacts, retrieving data corresponding to the one or more application programming interface versions, dynamically modifying one or more of the plurality of application programming interface electronic documents in the subset of the plurality of application programming interface electronic documents based on the retrieved application programming interface version data, and transmitting the subset of the plurality of appliType: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Mainak Roy, Chitrak Gupta, Abhirup Seal
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Patent number: 10649623Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for creating a file activity feed for display on a user interface of a client computing device. In one aspect, data comprising a plurality of activities associated with a file may be obtained. Two or more activities from the plurality of activities may be grouped into a single module of work for display within the file activity feed. The file activity feed may be displayed on the user interface of the client computing device. In some cases, the file activity feed includes one or more file activity elements including at least the single module of work. In some cases, the file activity feed includes a filter icon and a query feature. The filter icon may provide one or more filter preferences for filtering the file activity feed. The query feature may facilitate querying the file activity feed.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2015Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Douglas L. Milvaney, Taili Feng, Manoj Sharma, Sophie I. Vennix
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Patent number: 10650009Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a trending topic on an online social network, accessing a plurality of content objects posted to the online social network, wherein each content object is associated with the trending topic, and categorizing each content object into clusters based on a natural-language analysis of the content objects. The method may further include calculating a quality score for each cluster, wherein the quality score for each cluster is based at least on a measure of recency of one or more publication dates of the content objects within the cluster, select the cluster with the highest quality score as a trending cluster, and generating a trending-topic interface that includes a headline and description of the trending topic, wherein the headline and description are extracted from one or more of the content objects within the trending cluster.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Soorya Vamsi Mohan Tanikella, Li-Tal Mashiach, Ivan Mazepov, Apurva Sinha
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Patent number: 10600008Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein provide electronic case versioning in a case management system. A request to capture a snapshot of an electronic case at a current point in time is received. The snapshot provides a record of the electronic case at the current point in time. Information associated with the electronic case at the current point in time is identified. The information is stored in an object representing the snapshot.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Edward L. Bader, Jean-Marc Costecalde
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Patent number: 10552766Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein provide electronic case versioning in a case management system. A request to capture a snapshot of an electronic case at a current point in time is received. The snapshot provides a record of the electronic case at the current point in time. Information associated with the electronic case at the current point in time is identified. The information is stored in an object representing the snapshot.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Edward L. Bader, Jean-Marc Costecalde
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Patent number: 10373713Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for facilitating transactions involving pharmaceutical products. The system can be particularly useful for independent pharmacies, allowing them to resell pharmaceuticals that would otherwise likely expire before being used. The system can be highly automated and highly customized.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2010Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: BRECKENRIDGE CAPITAL LLCInventors: John Kello, Gablan Zawaideh
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Patent number: 10095992Abstract: Deep learning is used to identify specific, potential risks to an enterprise while such risks are still internal electronic communications. The combination of Deep Learning and blockchain technologies is a system for overcoming the problem of “small training sets” for highly adverse situations. Each enterprise's data is secure; is not revealed to any other enterprise and yet is being aggregated using blockchain technology into a training set that is provably viable for building a Deep Learning model which is specific to a given adverse situation. When deployed, the Deep Learning model may provide an early warning alert to an enterprise's corporate counsel (or leaders) of a potential adverse situation the enterprise would like to know about in time to conduct an internal investigation in order to prevent or avoid the risk.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2018Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Intraspexion, Inc.Inventors: Nelson E. Brestoff, Jagannath Rajagopal
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Patent number: 10049367Abstract: One embodiment may include a non-transitory, computer-readable medium that store instructions configured to cause a processor to execute, via a server configured to communicate within a client-server network, a product compliance fulfillment portal. The product compliance fulfillment portal may include a product compliance evaluation (PCE) tool, a product baseline compliance specification (PBCS) tool, and a transactional compliance plan (TCP) tool. The PCE tool may be configured to add compliance requirements for a product in a territory, the PBCS tool may be configured to identify compliance requirements for the product in the territory and assign a compliance status in the territory, and the TCP tool may be configured to receive a customer order incoming via a computing client communicatively coupled to the server, the customer order including products and a desired territory as input and to derive a compliance plan specifying fulfillment instructions to fulfill the customer order.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: David Wayne Creager, Sreenivasu Mylavarapu, Mark Jonathan Klawin, Troy Gilchrist Wojick
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Patent number: 10033596Abstract: A wireless mesh network is provided with equipment and methods for monitoring and enforcement of license terms. The network includes a plurality of wireless network nodes, a wireless access point, and a network manager in communication with the access point and with the network nodes via the access point. At least one of the network nodes and the access point includes license information embedded in the device hardware, and the network manager provides services to the wireless network subject to license terms determined based on the license information embedded within the network node or access point. Additionally, the network manager is in communication with a user application external to the network, and relays communication between the user application and the wireless network. The network manager modulates communications relayed between the user application and the wireless network subject to the license information embedded within the network node or access point.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Linear Technology LLCInventors: Alain Pierre Levesque, Lance Robert Doherty
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Patent number: 9904715Abstract: Data objects stored in a data store include data attribute(s) and associated value(s) for the attributes. Data analysis tools (DATs) stored in a data store are associated with reference data attritbute(s). The data objects are identified by one or more DATs based on each reference data attribute(s) of a corresponding DAT matching one of the data attribute(s) of the corresponding data object(s) and independent of the value for the data attribute(s). The DATs generate an additional data object as a function of the identified data object, and the additional data object is stored in the data store.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Christopher Allen Taylor, Ryan Jerry Richt
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Patent number: 9686079Abstract: A server receives a package of data including: a document designated for notarization, identification information including a photograph, photograph of a user, and a signature of the user. The server compares the photograph of the user to the photograph included with the identification information. Next, the server verifies an identity of the user based on the identification information and the photograph by comparing the photograph of the signer to the photograph included with the identification information. The server then applies the signature and an indication of notarization to the document designated for notarization to create a notarized version of the document. The server stores the notarized version of the document, the photograph, and the identification document in a secure data package, and provides the notarized version of the document to the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: eIngot LLCInventor: William J. Raduchel
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Patent number: 9646355Abstract: Electronic signatures are authenticated utilizing near field communication (NFC) devices as proof of identity. An identification service collects an identification of a NFC device associated with a signer of a contract. The identification may be utilized as an access control mechanism that enables the signer to receive, view, or sign the contract. An electronic signature associated with the signer is received. The identification of the NFC device and the electronic signature of the signer are recorded in the contract and/or audit information associated with the contract.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventor: Benjamin David Follis
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Patent number: 9635113Abstract: The software-as-a-service (the “Service”) is a web-based software product available to a service professional (an “SP”) allowing such SP to digitally engage clients on matters using any device that can connect to the internet such as a laptop, smartphone, tablet or other web-enabled devices (Google glasses, web-enabled watches etc.) (the “Device”). SPs can also use the Service to collaborate with their clients on matters by communicating and sharing documents with them in private collaboration portals exclusive to a specific client matter which are accessible through the Service and created by the Service during the Service's digital engagement process. The Service is presently directed to SPs such as lawyers for use in the digital engagement of, and collaboration with, their clients on client matters.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Velawsity, LLCInventors: Raghu Chilukuri, Aymeric Grassart, Karnig Kerkonian, Harry Madanyan, Rudy Minasian, Thanadham Thaveesaengsiri, John Tran
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Patent number: 9442467Abstract: An event triggered data lockbox is capable of anonymous revelation. The personal information for a person is saved in a secure memory. A lockbox condition for access to the secure memory is determined. Upon satisfaction of the lockbox condition, anonymous revelation of a masked profile for the personal information in the secure memory is permitted. As an example, a masked profile may be sent to a bank for loan qualifications and includes a credit score or summary characteristics. The lockbox condition comprises a time or an event associated with the person. In an alternative embodiment, the personal information can be fully revealed upon satisfaction of certain lockbox conditions such as an event such qualification for a loan or as a particular birthday age or death.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Inventor: Taher G Behbehani
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Patent number: 9275033Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for creating an object within a system, utilizing a template. These mechanisms and methods for creating an object within a system, utilizing a template can enable increased efficiency, resource and time savings, more intuitive object creation, etc.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.Inventors: Simon Wong, Sonali Agrawal
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Publication number: 20150149371Abstract: A case document generating method implemented by a computer processor for automatically generating formally correct case documents within an electronic network connecting a plurality of desktop and mobile clients to the computer processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2013Publication date: May 28, 2015Applicant: Red Ball Express, LLCInventors: Chhi'mèd Künzang, Stephen DeRosa
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Publication number: 20150149372Abstract: A document classification system is provided. The document classification system analyzes digital document information which is collected to be submitted as evidence in a lawsuit and classifies the digital document information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2013Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Masahiro Morimoto, Yoshikatsu Shirai, Hideki Takeda, Kazumi Hasuko
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Publication number: 20150149370Abstract: A method for lawyers to communicate to courts has a client browser in bi-directional communication with a web application server and database. The database stores records and procedures for each court system and common functions applicable to any court system. A messaging subsystem provides messages populated with information from database records for delivery through the web application server to the client browser, or user. The method operates upon a docket of criminal cases, typically those without an in person trial. The invention allows real time collaboration between attorneys, prosecutors, and the court staff as modules. The attorney module has a tickler system that reminds the attorney about cases with open documents via email. The administrator module displays defendant data for a case. The prosecutor module generates a quick recommendation for disposition using information about a defendant placed into a template.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2013Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Roger W. Klein, Timothy A. Engelmeyer
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Publication number: 20150112877Abstract: Exemplary systems for processing a corpus of documents, such as legal contracts or agreements, are disclosed. The systems include a phrase discovery engine which derives statistics and phrase equivalence classes, groups of phrase equivalence classes, and uberphrases (clauses) bounded by phrases. These can be used to determine origins of phrases or clauses within given legal contract or to suggest alternative phrases and clauses.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: Frank Schilder, Jochen L. Leidner
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Publication number: 20150106277Abstract: A system for posting a public notice on the Internet for a legal jurisdiction. The system includes a forum server, client computer, and the Internet. The forum server stores data and information regarding public notices in the jurisdiction, and supports a website that provides notice-related services such as posting, searching, monitoring, and other legal services.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventor: Crispin CULBERTSON
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Publication number: 20150106276Abstract: Documents are analyzed for best practices and compliance with rules normalized for an industry or an enterprise by identifying, grouping, and scoring clauses. Key clauses in each stored document are identified which distinguish a relationship with restrictions on the principal party. A document set containing potentially conflicting restrictions is scanned for clauses, which mutually conflict. Documents with circular dependencies, obligations on the same resources, commitments to exclusivity, or compel action or inaction are surfaced for renegotiation, risk remediation, or conflict resolution.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: BARRACUDA NETWORKS, INC.Inventors: Thorfinn Clark, Chris Hawkins
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Patent number: 9001362Abstract: An approach is provided for a service provider to identify documents to include in a client's repository and for the client to print the documents from the client's repository. In an embodiment, a computing device receives authentication information identifying a first user, receives first user information identifying a second user, receives information indicating selection of a one or more particular documents, from a set of one or more documents, and sends document information that at least identifies the one or more particular documents to a repository associated with the second user. A printing device receives second user information identifying the second user, and, in response to receiving the second user information, retrieves the one or more particular documents from the repository based, at least in part, on the second user information. The printing device processes at least one document of the one or more particular documents for printing.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuro Motoyama, Tomohito Shimizu
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Publication number: 20150087279Abstract: A mobile accident processing system and method. An example system includes a mobile device configured to issue a notification of an accident involving at least a commercial carrier. The example system also includes a base station device configured to respond to the notification and test at least one condition associated with the accident. The base station assesses circumstances of the accident based on testing the at least one condition and determines whether an impairment test is required.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventor: Brendan B. Dawson
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Publication number: 20150081574Abstract: A system and method to gather, correlate, analyze, and report information to provide a user with an ability to more efficiently and safely track and arrest fugitives for whom arrest warrants have been issued and collect moneys owed by fugitives, and provide warrant management and a fugitive-tracking lifecycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: STREETCRED SOFTWARE, INC.Inventors: Nicholas Jonathan Selby, David Henderson