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By Bob Nimon

The MentorTek team has been involved in the creation of several patent applications applications over the years, most of which have been issued.

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  • Echo Digital Emulation Framework: An AI-Native Expertise SystemEcho Digital Emulation Framework: An AI-Native Expertise System

  • 63/582,647

  • Filed Sep 14, 2023 63/582,647 - Provisional

    • Abstract: The Echo Digital Emulation Framework offers a groundbreaking architecture uniquely tailored to emulate the expertise and learning ability of a singular human expert within a designated domain. Distinctively AI-native, the system leverages rule-based reasoning coupled with machine learning, ensuring an authentic representation of domain-specific expertise during real-time interactions. The modular design incorporates rule-based domain agents, allowing for domain-specific specialization, a responsive feedback mechanism for continuous learning, and an advanced machine learning agent to optimize natural language processing and domain knowledge assimilation. A centralized blackboard architecture facilitates communication and memory, segregating facts into session-specific or global contexts. This ensures personalized, expert-level responses while preserving a vast reservoir of knowledge. The novel aspect of this framework is its ability to adapt and learn exclusively through natural language, enabling the expert to refine, expand, and train the system in a human-like conversational manner. This not only provides users with a digital replica of expert reasoning but also makes intricate domain knowledge accessible and evolvable solely through natural language interactions.The Echo Digital Emulation Framework offers a groundbreaking architecture uniquely tailored to emulate the expertise and learning ability of a singular human expert within a designated domain. Distinctively AI-native, the system leverages rule-based reasoning coupled with machine learning, ensuring an authentic representation of domain-specific expertise during real-time interactions. The modular design incorporates rule-based domain agents, allowing for domain-specific specialization, a responsive feedback mechanism for continuous learning, and an advanced machine learning agent to optimize natural language processing and domain knowledge assimilation. A centralized blackboard architecture facilitates communication and memory, segregating facts into session-specific or global contexts. This ensures personalized, expert-level responses while preserving a vast reservoir of knowledge. The novel aspect of this framework is its ability to adapt and learn exclusively through natural language, enabling the expert to refine, expand, and train the system in a human-like conversational manner. This not only provides users with a digital replica of expert reasoning but also makes intricate domain knowledge accessible and evolvable solely through natural language interactions.

  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED APPAREL FIT

    • Abstract: A system and method implemented by a computer to determine the correct garment fit, where a fit is represented as a label which includes shape and size, and is suitable for mapping to garments manufactured appropriate to that representation. The system provides a user interface including a perception interface (presents and enables selection of user fit perception choices) and measurement interface (presents and enables options for capturing measurement data), measurement analysis server, fit analysis server. The measurement analysis server receives from the user interface running concurrently data communicated and analyzes the data to produce a measurement representation. The fit analysis server receives from the user interface running concurrently data communicated and analyzes the data to produce a fit representation. The method provided includes the steps of: (i) acquire perception representation, (ii) acquire measurement representation related to specific body Points of Measurement, and (iii) calculate fit representation using perception and measurement representations

  • PLATFORM AND RELATED PROCESS FOR PROVIDING PUSH NOTIFICATIONS VIA UNIQUE SUBSCRIBER APPLICATIONS

    • Abstract: The disclosed principles provide a platform providing subscribers the ability to send custom push notifications. The platform is application-based, using mobile applications for use on a mobile device. Subscribers are provided a subscriber-level application from the platform. That application could be customized for the subscriber, or the subscriber may have a given amount of customization in order to personalize their own application. Users of a subscriber’s unique application download the application via the platform. The subscriber will have administrative access within that application, via user name and password, and can coordinate to whom push notifications may be sent. The subscriber can designate individual targets to receive those push notifications, or may create groups for receiving the push notifications. Users of that subscriber’s application could be allowed to shop for the subscriber’s products via their application, and can receive push notifications sent via the platform.

  • POINT OF SALE ADJUNCT CONTROL

    • Abstract: An adjunct control system includes a point of sale workflow interface through which visual aspects of a point of sale workflow are received, an adjunct controller that processes the received visual aspects of the workflow to detect a transaction type and a transaction amount, and a credit card terminal interface through which the controller interacts with a credit card terminal to complete a transaction captured in the workflow.

  • MULTIPLE CAMERA GROUP COLLABORATION SYSTEM AND METHOD

    • Abstract: An improved group collaboration system providing control and management of multiple cameras for multiple users (members). The system includes a server for system management and a server for video data. Multiple clients, each having multiple cameras, may access the system simultaneously. Each client has a browser interface that allows a user to access multiple member cameras. Each selected camera is displayed simultaneously in the selecting user’s interface. A bandwidth distribution algorithm provides quality of service for the multiple camera feeds.

  • INTERPROCESSOR SWITCHING NETWORK

    • Abstract: A message transport network (10) is provided for high speed switching between processing elements (72, 80). Clusters of low speed processing elements (72) may be connected to the message transport network (10) through a transport node controller (78). The transport node controller (78) and the high speed processors (80) are connected to the gateways (82). A pair of gateways (82) may be connected through a transport interchange node (106) to allow communication between processors (72, 80)associated with the gateways (82). A transport interchange supervisor (98) maintains a record of the status of each gateway (82) and generates commands to form connection between gateways (82) in the transport interchange node (106). A maintenance controller (102) and system maintenance processor (76) oversee the validity of the data being passed through the system on paths independent of the data transfer paths. The message transport network (10) may be used in variety of applications, such as a telephony switch (11), a signaling transfer point system (21) or a fault tolerant minicomputer (49).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PROACTIVE CALL SERVICES FOLLOWING CALL COMPLETION

    • Abstract: The present invention describes an apparatus for use in a telephone network having a calling station connectable to a first switch means and a called station connectable to a second switch means, with the first and second switch means being connectable by a link. Generally, the apparatus comprises an interface having a passive in-line monitor connected in the link for detecting entry of a predetermined service access code by a user of the calling station or a user of the called station after call completion between the calling station and the called station and before either of said users goes on-hook. Upon entry of the predetermined service access code, a speech circuit of the apparatus issues a predetermined prompt to the user of the calling station and/or the user of the called station. Processor control circuitry of the apparatus is then responsive to entry of predetermined signaling by one of the users following the issuance of the prompt for providing a predetermined service controlled and paid for by the user requesting the predetermined service. Alternatively, if the parties are familiar with the service offering, the prompt is not required.

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING A VISUALLY IMPAIRED INDIVIDUAL

    • Abstract: A system and method for assisting a visually impaired individual are disclosed. In one embodiment, when the visually impaired individual encounters a situation with an obstacle, the visually impaired individual employs a first wireless device to transfer audiovisual information about the situation to an assistant with a second wireless device. The assistant analyzes the rendered audiovisual information and provides audio information to the visually impaired individual which presents a solution to the obstacle.

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTICAST TRANSMISSION

    • Abstract: A system and method for multicast transmission are disclosed. In one embodiment, a virtual exchange network including interconnected nodes is embedded within a network. A sender is disposed in communication with a root node and receivers are disposed in communication with a set of edge nodes. The sender publishes a packetized data stream to which the receivers subscribe. The packetized data stream is promulgated by implicit signaling through optimum virtual exchange network connections from the sender through the virtual exchange network to the receivers. The interconnected nodes, responsive to receiving the published packetized data stream, are adapted to multicast N instances of the published packetized data stream to N recipients selected from the group consisting of receivers and other of the interconnected nodes.

  • WIRELESS TELEPRESENCE COLLABORATION SYSTEM

    • Abstract: A method and system providing wireless personal telepresence facilitating collaboration by two or more persons, each in different locations, on a task at one of the locations and requiring visualization by multiple persons. A portable wireless unit captures/transmits video depicting the technician’s first-hand field of view while keeping her hands free to perform the task. The expert employs a management console for visualization of the task being performed by the technician while communicating in real time with the technician. The management console also provides control over video and audio functions including record, playback, freeze frame and image attributes. Communication between the two persons is accomplished by exchanging digitally compressed video and audio via a voice or data network, either public or private. A community server augments the system by supporting three or more participants and enabling communication across public networks.

  • AUTOMATIC VOICE/DATA MESSAGING ENHANCEMENTS

    • Abstract: A multi-node telephone network having at least callercontrolled interfaces for providing automatic voice messaging. A first caller-controlled interface unit is preferably located in a trunk or line between the calling station and a first switch for providing intercept and redirect functions associated with automatic voice messaging. The first switch is connected to a second switch via one or more digital communication links. A second caller-controlled interface unit is located in one of the digital communication links for providing intercept and redirect functions associated with automatic voice messaging. According to the invention, each of the interface units includes arbitration control circuits responsive to predetermined signaling to determine which of the interface units will provide the intercept and redirect functions upon call initiation to the called station by a caller at the calling station. The predetermined signaling is preferably provided in a common channel signaling No. 7 (SS7) protocol.

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT OF DIGITAL MEDIA

    • Abstract: A system and accompanying method for Digital Rights Management (DRM) are disclosed that permit arbittrary forms of digital media to be vended in a networked environment. Special purpose renderers are distributed with each particular instance of the digital media. Each renderer may include a tailored set of controls allowing the owner of the digital media to restrict the use thereof.

  • PLATFORM AND RELATED PROCESS FOR PROVIDING PUSH NOTIFICATIONS VIA UNIQUE SUBSCRIBER APPLICATIONS

    • Abstract: The disclosed principles provide a platform providing subscribers the ability to send custom push notifications. The platform is application-based, using mobile applications for use on a mobile device. Subscribers are provided a subscriber-level application from the platform. That application could be customized for the subscriber, or the subscriber may have a given amount of customization in order to personalize their own application. Users of a subscriber’s unique application download the application via the platform. The subscriber will have administrative access within that application, via user name and password, and can coordinate to whom push notifications may be sent. The subscriber can designate individual targets to receive those push notifications, or may create groups for receiving the push notifications. Users of that subscriber’s application could be allowed to shop for the subscriber’s products via their application, and can receive push notifications sent via the platform.

  • A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONLINE INSURANCE SALES AND DELIVERY

    • Abstract: A computer system is disclosed providing an online method for the implementation delivery of insurance that optimizes a likelihood of a policy transaction. This optimization is achieved via a combination of factors, all working together to eliminate friction involved in the determination and distribution of the policy transaction. These factors include technology advances such as machine learning, reduction of delivery costs, introduction of new products, and enlarging the scope of the market to currently underserved demographics.

  • PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD

    • Abstract: The illustrative embodiments relate to personal data collection devices. More specifically, but not exclusively, the illustrative embodiments relate to a system and method for managing personal data including biometric data captured by one or more personal data collection devices.

  • INTERPROCESSOR SWITCHING NETWORK (Original)

    • Abstract: A message transport network (10) is provided for high speed switching between processing elements (72, 80). Clusters of low speed processing elements (72) may be connected to the message transport network (10) through a transport node controller (78). The transport node controller (78) and the high speed processors (80) are connected to the gateways (82). A pair of gateways (82) may be connected through a transport interchange node (106) to allow communication between processors (72, 80) associated with the gateways (82). A transport interchange supervisor (98) maintains a record of the status of each gateway (82) and generates commands to form connection between gateways (82) in the transport interchange node (106). A maintenance controller (102) and system maintenance processor (76) oversee the validity of the data being passed through the system on paths independent of the data transfer paths. The message transport network (10) may be used in a variety of applications, such as a telphony switch (11), a signaling transfer point system (21) or a fault tolerant minicomputer (49).