Patent Issued for Multi-platform machine learning systems (USPTO 11755949): Allstate Insurance Company

2023 OCT 03 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- According to news reporting originating from Alexandria, Virginia, by NewsRx journalists, a patent by the inventors Iynoolkhan, Younuskhan Mohamed (Rolling Meadows, IL, US), Le, Bich-Thuy (Mount Prospect, IL, US), Malpekar, Nilesh (Lincolnshire, IL, US), Nendorf, Robert Andrew (Chicago, IL, US), O’Reilly, Patrick (Belfast, GB), filed on May 19, 2020, was published online on September 12, 2023.

The assignee for this patent, patent number 11755949, is Allstate Insurance Company (Northbrook, Illinois, United States).

Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “Machine learning uses algorithms and statistical models to perform tasks based on patterns and inference. Machine learning models can be generated based on training data in order to make predictions or decisions for particular tasks. In supervised learning, mathematical models can be built based on training data containing both inputs and the desired outputs. In semi-supervised learning, mathematical models can be built from incomplete training data, such as when a portion of the input doesn’t have labels.”

In addition to obtaining background information on this patent, NewsRx editors also obtained the inventors’ summary information for this patent: “In light of the foregoing background, the following presents a simplified summary of the present disclosure in order to provide a basic understanding of some aspects of the invention. This summary is not an extensive overview of the invention. It is not intended to identify key or critical elements of the invention or to delineate the scope of the invention. The following summary merely presents some concepts of the invention in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description provided below.

“Aspects of the disclosure relate to systems, methods, and computing devices for managing the processing and execution of machine learning classifiers across a variety of platforms. Machine classifiers can be developed to process a variety of input datasets. In several embodiments, a variety of transformations can be performed on raw data to generate the input datasets. The raw data can be obtained from a disparate set of data sources each having its own data format. The generated input datasets can be formatted using a common data format and/or a data format specific for a particular machine learning classifier. A sequence of machine learning classifiers to be executed can be determined and the machine learning classifiers can be executed on one or more computing devices to process the input datasets. The execution of the machine learning classifiers can be monitored and notifications can be transmitted to various computing devices.

“The arrangements described can also include other additional elements, steps, computer-executable instructions, or computer-readable data structures. In this regard, other embodiments are disclosed and claimed herein as well. The details of these and other embodiments of the present invention are set forth in the accompanying drawings and the description below. Other features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the description, drawings, and claims.”

The claims supplied by the inventors are:

“1. An apparatus comprising: a processor; and memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to: obtain a raw dataset formatted using a first data format; generate a first input dataset by processing the raw dataset, wherein the first input dataset is formatted using a common data format, wherein the processing the raw dataset comprises determining a structure of the first input dataset indicating one or more features within the raw data, and wherein the processing comprises audio sampling to identify particular waveforms within audio data; determine a first machine learning classifier based on the first input dataset; trigger execution of the first machine learning classifier to process the first input dataset and determine labels and/or confidence metrics for the features; obtain a historical statistical distribution generated based on the first input dataset; calculate a statistical distribution based on a first output dataset; determine a change in the distribution of values between the historical statistical distribution and the statistical distribution; transmit a notification indicating a change in distribution of values based on the change exceeding a threshold value, wherein the change in distribution of values is between the historical statistical distribution based on the first input dataset and the statistical distribution based on the first output dataset; receive a first output dataset generated based on execution of the first machine learning classifier; automatically determine, based on the first output dataset, a second machine learning classifier; trigger execution of the second machine learning classifier, wherein the execution of the second machine learning classifier is based on the first output dataset; obtain a second output dataset generated based on the execution of the second machine learning classifier; and determining a third machine learning classifier based on the second output dataset.

“2. The apparatus of claim 1, the memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by processor, further cause the apparatus to: identify a location of the raw dataset; retrieve the raw dataset from the location; and transmit the first input dataset to a cloud processing system hosting the first machine learning classifier.

“3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to: trigger execution of the third machine learning classifier, wherein the execution of the third machine learning classifier is based on the second output dataset; and obtain a third output dataset generated based on the execution of the third machine learning classifier.

“4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first output dataset is formatted using the common data format.

“5. The apparatus of claim 1, the memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by processor, further cause the apparatus to: determine that a portion of the raw dataset is to be used as input by one or more additional machine learning classifiers; and based on the determination that the portion of the raw dataset is to be used as input by the one or more additional machine learning classifiers, generate at least a second input dataset associated with the one or more additional machine learning classifiers with the portion of the raw dataset.

“6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by processor, further cause the apparatus to generate an aggregate dataset based on the first output dataset and the second output dataset.

“7. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, a raw dataset formatted using a first data format; generating, by the computing device, a first input dataset by processing the raw dataset, wherein the first input dataset is formatted using a common data format, wherein the processing the raw dataset comprises determining a structure of the first input dataset indicating one or more features within the raw data, and wherein the processing comprises audio sampling to identify particular waveforms within audio data; determining, by the computing device, a first machine learning classifier based on the first input dataset; triggering, by the computing device, execution of the first machine learning classifier to process the first input dataset and determining labels and/or confidence metrics for the features; obtaining, by the computing device, a historical statistical distribution generated based on the first input dataset; calculating, by the computing device, a statistical distribution based on the first output dataset; and determining, by the computing device, a change in the distribution of values between the historical statistical distribution and the statistical distribution; transmitting, by the computing device, a notification indicating the change in distribution of values based on the change exceeding a threshold value, wherein the change in distribution of values is between the historical statistical distribution based on the first input dataset and the statistical distribution based on the first output dataset; receiving, by the computing device, a first output dataset generated based on execution of the first machine learning classifier; generating, by the computing device, a second input dataset based on the first output dataset, wherein the second input dataset is formatted using the common data format; automatically determining, by the computing device and based on the second input dataset, a second machine learning classifier; triggering, by the computing device, execution of the second machine learning classifier, wherein the execution of the second machine learning classifier is based on the second input dataset; obtaining, by the computing device, a second output dataset generated based on the execution of the second machine learning classifier; and storing, by the computing device, the second output dataset.

“8. The method of claim 7, further comprising: identifying, by the computing device, a location of the raw dataset; retrieving, by the computing device, the raw dataset from the location; and transmitting, by the computing device, the first input dataset to a cloud processing system hosting the first machine learning classifier.

“9. The method of claim 7, further comprising: automatically determining, by the computing device and based on the second output dataset, a third machine learning classifier for execution; triggering, by the computing device, execution of the third machine learning classifier, wherein the execution of the third machine learning classifier is based on the second output dataset; and obtaining, by the computing device, a third output dataset generated based on the execution of the third machine learning classifier.

“10. The method of claim 7, wherein the second output dataset is formatted using the common data format.

“11. The method of claim 7, further comprising: determining, by the computing device, that a portion of the raw dataset is to be used as input by one or more additional machine learning classifiers; and based on the determination that the portion of the raw dataset is to be used as input by the one or more additional machine learning classifiers, generating, by the computing device, at least a third input dataset associated with the one or more additional machine learning classifiers with the portion of the raw dataset.

“12. The method of claim 7, further comprising generating, by the computing device, an aggregate dataset based on the first output dataset and the second output dataset.”

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For more information, see this patent: Iynoolkhan, Younuskhan Mohamed. Multi-platform machine learning systems. U.S. Patent Number 11755949, filed May 19, 2020, and published online on September 12, 2023. Patent URL (for desktop use only): https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?q=(11755949)&db=USPAT&type=ids

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