IP Library Granted Patent US 12,399,956
Granted Patent B2
US 12,399,956 · App. 18/527,598 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Apparatus and method for directed process generation

Inventors: Barbara Sue Smith (Toronto, CA); Daniel J. Sullivan (Toronto, CA)
Assignee: The Strategic Coach Inc.
G06F18/2415G06N20/00
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Patent No.
US 12,399,956
App. No.
18/527,598
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus and method. The apparatus including a least a processor configured to: receive a user profile from a profile database, identify a plurality of tasks using the user profile, determine at least an assignable task, receive internal personnel assignment data from a personnel database, determine internal personnel additional tasks, receive posting data, determine external personnel assignment data as a function of the posting data, generate a personnel list as a function of the internal personnel assignment data and the external personnel assignment data, generate at least one personnel assignment for the assignable task as a function of the personnel list; and transmit the at least a personnel assignment to a user device.

Claims (46)

1. An apparatus for directed process generation, wherein the apparatus comprises:

at least a processor; and

a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor, wherein the memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to:

communicate, utilizing a user interface, an inquiry to a user;

receive, using the user interface, a user profile from a user, wherein the user profile comprises information related to a vocational goal of the user;

generate a training data classifier as a function of unfiltered training data using a classification algorithm;

filter elements of the unfiltered training data using the training data classifier to generate a plurality of training data sets each containing a plurality of data entries correlating a plurality of user profile data and a plurality of user goal categories;

select at least one filtered training data set of the plurality of training data sets as a function of the vocational goal of the user using the training data classifier;

train a machine-learning model as a function of the at least one filtered training data set;

determine a plurality of user goals as a function of the user profile using the trained machine-learning model;

receive conditions data from a conditions database;

identify, for each of the plurality of user goals, at least an obstacle datum as a function of the plurality of user goals and conditions data;

rank the plurality of user goals as a function of a quantity of each at least an obstacle datum associated with each of the plurality of user goals;

generate a directed process as a function of each at least an obstacle datum and each associated user goal; and

display the directed process at a user device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the user interface includes a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface including a subsection for receiving user goal data.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the user interface further includes a chatbot, and the at least a processor is further configured to receive the user profile as a function of an interaction between the user and the chatbot.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least a processor is configured to receive the user profile using an optical character reader.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least a processor is configured to receive the use profile using automatic speech recognition.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the machine-learning model comprises a goal setting machine-learning model.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the at least a processor is further configured to generate a modified goal as a function of the goal setting machine-learning model.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the at least a processor is further configured to identify the at least an obstacle datum as a function of the modified goal.

9. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the goal setting machine-learning model is a neural network.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least a processor is further configured to generate the directed process as a function of the ranking.

11. A method for directed process generation, wherein the method comprises:

communicating, by at least a processor and utilizing a user interface, an inquiry to a user;

receiving, by the at least a processor and using the user interface, a user profile from a user, wherein the user profile comprises information related to a vocational goal of the user;

generating, by the at least a processor, a training data classifier as a function of unfiltered training data using a classification algorithm;

filtering, by the at least a processor, elements of the unfiltered training data using the training data classifier to generate a plurality of training data sets each containing a plurality of data entries correlating a plurality of user profile data and a plurality of user goal categories;

selecting, by the at least a processor, at least one filtered training data set of the plurality of training data sets as a function of the vocational goal of the user using the training data classifier;

training, by the at least a processor, a machine-learning model as a function of the at least one filtered training data set;

determining, by the at least a processor, a plurality of user goals as a function of the user profile using the trained machine-learning model;

receiving, by the at least a processor, conditions data from a conditions database;

identifying, by the at least a processor and for each of the plurality of user goals, at least an obstacle datum as a function of the plurality of user goals and conditions data;

ranking, by the at least a processor, the plurality of user goals as a function of a quantity of each obstacle datum associated with each of the plurality of user goals;

generating, by the at least a processor, a directed process as a function of each at least an obstacle datum and each associated user goal; and

displaying, by the at least a processor, the directed process at a user device.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the user interface includes a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface including a subsection for receiving user goal data.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the user interface further includes a chatbot, and the at least a processor is further configured to receive the user profile as a function of an interaction between the user and the chatbot.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least a processor is configured to receive the user profile using an optical character reader.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least a processor is configured to receive the use profile using automatic speech recognition.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the machine-learning model comprises a goal setting machine-learning model.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the at least a processor is further configured to generate a modified goal as a function of the goal setting machine-learning model.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the at least a processor is further configured to identify the at least an obstacle datum as a function of the modified goal.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein the goal setting machine-learning model is a neural network.

20. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least a processor is further configured to generate the directed process as a function of the ranking.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2024
From: SMITH, BARBARA SUE; SULLIVAN, DANIEL J.
To: THE STRATEGIC COACH INC.
Reel/Frame 067098/0831 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 18142656 · May 3, 2023
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