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US 12,216,988 · App. 18/313,544 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Editing parameters

Inventors: Liam Roshan Dunan Emmart (Washington, DC); Jonathan Herr (Washington, DC); Daniel P. Broderick (Ashburn, VA); Daniel Edward Simonson (Syracuse, NY)
Assignee: BLACKBOILER, INC.
G06F40/166G06F40/40
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Patent No.
US 12,216,988
App. No.
18/313,544
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In some embodiments, a method is provided for updating an editing parameter for a model for automatically suggesting revisions to text data. The method may include displaying, on a graphical user interface (GUI) of a user device, one or more interactive input elements, wherein each of the one or more input elements is associated with an editing parameter for a model for automatically suggesting revisions to text data. The method may include receiving, via the GUI, an input from a selected input element of the one or more input elements, wherein the input comprises an indication of a value for a selected editing parameter associated with the selected input element. The method may include updating the selected editing parameter for the model based on the value. The method may include using the model with the updated selected editing parameter to apply an edit operation to an obtained text-under-analysis.

Claims (34)

1. A method for updating an editing parameter for a model for automatically suggesting revisions to text data, the method comprising:

displaying, on a graphical user interface (GUI) of a user device, one or more interactive input elements, wherein each of the one or more input elements is associated with an editing parameter for a model for automatically suggesting revisions to text data;

receiving, via the GUI, an input from a selected input element of the one or more input elements,

transmitting the input towards an application server, wherein the input comprises an indication of a value for a selected editing parameter associated with the selected input element;

obtaining a text under-analysis;

transmitting the text-under-analysis towards the application server; and

obtaining, from the application server, an edit operation to the obtained text-under-analysis, wherein the edit operation is determined by the model based on the selected editing parameter.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected editing parameter is a bucket size and the value comprises a first numeric value.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the edit operation is a point edit operation comprising one of an accept, reject, or revise edit operation.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the input further comprises an indication of a second value for a second selected editing parameter associated with a second selected input element, wherein the second selected editing parameter comprises a second numeric value corresponding to a weight of the bucket size editing parameter.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected editing parameter comprises a similarity score and the value is a minimum threshold similarity score.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected editing parameter comprises a presence threshold and the value indicates a minimum threshold presence score.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected editing parameter comprises a context threshold and the value indicates a minimum context score.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the input further comprises an indication of a second value for a second selected editing parameter from a second selected input element and wherein the second selected editing parameter comprises a second numeric value corresponding to a context window editing parameter.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected editing parameter comprises an alignment method associated with an identified cluster, and the value indicates one of: a before context, an after context, a before and after context, or a tail alignment method.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected editing parameter comprises a tail alignment method associated with an identified cluster and the value indicates one or more of a list, paragraph, section, or document tail alignment method.

11. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to:

display, on a graphical user interface (GUI) of a user device, one or more interactive input elements, wherein each of the one or more input elements is associated with an editing parameter for a model for automatically suggesting revisions to text data;

receive, via the GUI, an input from a selected input element of the one or more input elements,

transmit the input towards an application server, wherein the input comprises an indication of a value for a selected editing parameter associated with the selected input element;

obtain a text under-analysis;

transmit the text-under-analysis towards the application server; and

obtain, from the application server, an edit operation to the obtained text-under-analysis, wherein the edit operation is determined by the model based on the selected editing parameter.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the selected editing parameter is a bucket size and the value comprises a first numeric value.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the edit operation is a point edit operation comprising one of an accept, reject, or revise edit operation.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the input further comprises an indication of a second value for a second selected editing parameter associated with a second selected input element, wherein the second selected editing parameter comprises a second numeric value corresponding to a weight of the bucket size editing parameter.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the selected editing parameter comprises a similarity score and the value is a minimum threshold similarity score.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the selected editing parameter comprises a presence threshold and the value indicates a minimum threshold presence score.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the selected editing parameter comprises a context threshold and the value indicates a minimum context score.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the input further comprises an indication of a second value for a second selected editing parameter from a second selected input element and wherein the second selected editing parameter comprises a second numeric value corresponding to a context window editing parameter.

19. The system of claim 11 , wherein the selected editing parameter comprises an alignment method associated with an identified cluster, and the value indicates one of: a before context, an after context, a before and after context, or a tail alignment method.

20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the selected editing parameter comprises a tail alignment method associated with an identified cluster and the value indicates one or more of a list, paragraph, section, or document tail alignment method.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 17562352 · Dec 27, 2021
Provisional Application 63133568 · Jan 4, 2021
Related Publication 20230359810A1 · Nov 9, 2023
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