JOHN G ZIMMERMAN
Engineers in Pittsburgh, PA

8533132, Sep 10, 2013

Jul 22, 2010

12/841714

John Zimmerman - Pittsburgh PA, US
Anthony Tomasic - Pittsburgh PA, US
Ian Hargraves - Pittsburgh PA, US

Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh PA

G06F 15/18

706 12

Mixed-initiative message-augmenting agent systems and methods that provide users with tools that allow them to respond to messages, such as email messages, containing requests for information or otherwise requiring responses that require information that needs to be retrieved from one or more data sources. The systems and methods allow users to train machine-learning agents how to retrieve and present information in responses to like messages so that the machine-learning agents can eventually automatedly generate responses with minimal involvement by the users. Embodiments of the systems and methods allow users to build message-augmenting forms containing the desired information for responding to messages and to demonstrate to the machine-learning agents where to retrieve pertinent information for populating the forms. Embodiments of the systems and methods allow users to modify and repair automatically generated forms to continually improve the knowledge of the machine-learning agents.

7672908, Mar 2, 2010

Apr 17, 2006

11/405661

Anthony Slavko Tomasic - Pittsburgh PA, US
John Doyle Zimmerman - Pittsburgh PA, US

Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh PA

G06F 15/18

706 12

In various embodiments, a method for processing a request made by a requester is provided. The method may include receiving at least one request from at least one requester, the request being in the form of natural language; analyzing the request with an agent; selecting at least one form based on analyzing the request; permitting a service agent to perform at least one step in association with the request; executing at least one update based on at least one form; and, forwarding information regarding processing of the request to a learning module operatively associated with the agent.

2013004, Feb 14, 2013

Apr 8, 2011

13/639995

Anthony Slavko Tomasic - Pittsburgh PA, US
John Doyle Zimmerman - Pittsburgh PA, US
Aaron Steinfeld - Pittsburgh PA, US

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY - Pittsburgh PA

G06F 15/16

709203

Systems, apparatuses, methods, and software for collecting and disseminating crowd-sourced information relating to one or more shared vehicles, such as buses, passenger trains, subway vehicles, streetcars, etc. The crowd-sourced information is collected via mobile client devices carried by users, such a riders of the shared vehicle at issue. Information collected includes tracing data for tracing the route and timing of each shared vehicles. The tracing data is used to update a computer model that helps predict arrival/departure times. The predicted arrival times can be conveyed to users and to allow people to arrange rendezvous events. Other information collected includes user-report information on items such as condition of the shared vehicle, fullness of the vehicle, and the user's experience with the vehicle and/or corresponding infrastructure. Collected user-report information can be shared with other users and/or a customer service system affiliated with the shared vehicle.

2010003, Feb 11, 2010

Jul 11, 2007

12/373233

Anthony Slavko Tomasic - Pittsburgh PA, US
John Doyle Zimmerman - Pittsburgh PA, US

Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh PA

G06F 17/00, G06F 3/048, G06F 3/01, G06F 9/46

715224, 715764, 715751, 718101

Methods, apparatuses, and systems to automate a procedural task. In one embodiment, computer-readable memory including computer readable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform steps comprising: identifying a set of data, wherein the data includes a plurality of items; prompting the user to process at least one item of the data in a predetermined manner, wherein the user interacts with a predetermined form system to process the data; monitoring input of the user, wherein the input of the user causes the at least one item of the data to be processed in the predetermined manner; producing computer-generated, computer-readable instructions in response to monitoring the input of the user, wherein the computer-generated, computer-readable instructions cause the processor to process data in the predetermined manner; and executing the computer-generated, computer-readable instructions, wherein the computer-generated, computer-readable instructions operate on at least one item of the data.

8032823, Oct 4, 2011

Apr 17, 2006

11/405616

Anthony Slavko Tomasic - Pittsburgh PA, US
John Doyle Zimmerman - Pittsburgh PA, US

Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh PA

G06F 17/00

715226

In various embodiments, a method for processing a user request is provided. The method may include receiving input data from a user including at least natural language associated with a user request; analyzing the user input data with an intermediary agent; selecting at least one form based on analyzing the user input data; and, executing at least one update based on at least one form.

7934233, Apr 26, 2011

Apr 1, 2003

10/509810

John Zimmerman - Pittsburgh PA, US
Nevenka Dimitrova - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Dongge Li - Palatine IL, US
Johanna Maria Bont - Eindhoven, NL
Andreas Henricus Elisabeth Lamers - Eindhoven, NL
Angel Janevski - New York NY, US
Lira Nikolovska - Eindhoven, NL

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. - Eindhoven

H04N 5/445

725 46, 725 11, 725 34, 725 43, 725135, 725136

A method for providing complementary information for a video program is provided that includes receiving complementary information for a video program. A query is received from a consumer. The query is related to a specified portion of the complementary information. A query response is provided to the consumer based on the specified portion of the complementary information.

8566699, Oct 22, 2013

Oct 3, 2011

13/251524

Anthony Slavko Tomasic - Pittsburgh PA, US
John Doyle Zimmerman - Pittsburgh PA, US

Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh PA

G06F 17/00

715226

In various embodiments, a method for processing a user request is provided. The method may include receiving input data from a user including at least natural language associated with a user request; analyzing the user input data with an intermediary agent; selecting at least one form based on analyzing the user input data; and, executing at least one update based on at least one form.

2004009, May 13, 2004

Nov 8, 2002

10/291037

Anna Buczak - Moorestown NJ, US
John Zimmerman - Pittsburgh PA, US
Kaushal Kurapati - Yorktown Heights NY, US

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.

G06F017/60

705/027000

A method for providing previous selection information to a user is provided that includes generating a list of possible selections based on a selection request received from the user. A selection history table is accessed to identify previous selections by the user. A determination is made regarding whether a selection in the list of possible selections matches a previous selection. The user is informed when a determination is made that a selection in the list of possible selections matches a previous selection.