Kirk J Ocke

US Patent:

7406357, Jul 29, 2008

Filed:

May 3, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/121629

Inventors:

Kirk John Ocke - Ontario NY, US
Michael D. Shephard - Ontario NY, US
Frank M. Goetz - Fairport NY, US

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation - Norwalk CT

International Classification:

G06F 19/00
H04K 1/00

US Classification:

700 97, 705 54, 700117

Abstract:

Product descriptions (e. g. , brochures) and processing instructions required to create a product (impose, print, fold, staple) can be abstracted into common vocabularies that link one to the other. A link from a product description to the processing instructions is made. A set of pre-defined templates containing specific processing instructions can be selected. Templates representing the processing instructions have a set of capabilities for the process network described. Templates representing the processing instructions can associate a set of well-defined queries regarding the product description, answers to which are used to complete process templates. A System of Classification when constructed can be used to classify a vocabulary to describe products and a separate vocabulary to describe required processing for the product(s). Once a System of Classification is established, templates for various product classes can be created. A heuristic engine can classify Product Descriptions into a product class in the System of Classification.

US Patent:

7454397, Nov 18, 2008

Filed:

Sep 21, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/231713

Inventors:

Kirk John Ocke - Ontario NY, US

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation - Norwalk CT

International Classification:

G06N 5/04
B41C 1/00

US Classification:

706 47, 700 95, 700104, 700117

Abstract:

A system and method for classifying a print product description in a print shop vocabulary. Initially, a system of classification having a set of classifications, such as product classes, in a print shop vocabulary is provided in an automated system with classification rules for classifying the product description under a classification. Once the product description is determined, a facts collector in the automated system collects facts concerning classifying the print product. A rules-engine applies the classification rules to the collected facts to classify the product description under at least one classification in accordance with classification rules. The classification(s) under which the product description has been classified is/are then determined. The product description can be classified according to the determined classification(s) as required. A computer program product, when executed by the automated system, causes the automated system to perform the method of classifying the product description in the print shop vocabulary.

US Patent:

7979376, Jul 12, 2011

Filed:

Nov 27, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/986904

Inventors:

Michael David Shepherd - Ontario NY, US
Dale Ellen Gaucas - Penfield NY, US
Kirk J. Ocke - Ontario NY, US

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation - Norwalk CT

International Classification:

G06F 17/00
G06N 5/02

US Classification:

706 47

Abstract:

A method and system for adding processes to print production workflows utilizing asset metadata and automated reasoning system is disclosed. The asset metadata can be extracted from the resources associated with a print product description such as PDF files and image and artwork files. The asset metadata can be processed through an automated reasoning system in order to infer additional metadata. The inferred metadata can be utilized to add and parameterize a process node in order to build a more effective and useful process network. The reasoning system can be a rule based reasoning system and/or ontology based reasoning system.

US Patent:

8051029, Nov 1, 2011

Filed:

Feb 21, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/034762

Inventors:

Michael D. Shepherd - Ontario NY, US
Kirk J. Ocke - Ontario NY, US
Dale E. Gaucas - Penfield NY, US

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation - Norwalk CT

International Classification:

G06N 5/02
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

706 50, 700 94, 360 75

Abstract:

A method provides a knowledgebase having a set of existing print product classes into which print product descriptions are classified. The method receives the new print product class from a user and maps the representation of new print product class conditions to be semantically consistent with the representation of existing class conditions. The method evaluates the new print product class to produce user feedback. The user feedback is output to the user. The new print product class is added to the knowledgebase only if the new print product class is valid and free of errors and semantically consistent with the definitions of already existing print product classes.

US Patent:

8095481, Jan 10, 2012

Filed:

Sep 19, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/901895

Inventors:

Kirk J. Ocke - Ontario NY, US
Michael David Shepherd - Ontario NY, US
Dale Ellen Gaucas - Penfield NY, US

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation - Norwalk CT

International Classification:

G06F 15/18
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

706 12, 706 47, 706 45

Abstract:

A method and system for automatically classifying a product description into a product type based on a classification system is disclosed. Real product descriptions representing a given product type can be compared with a pre-defined set of characteristics that are relevant to the classification system. The relevant information regarding the classification system is extracted from each of the real product descriptions. The extracted information can then be coalesced and transformed into a new set of classification rules for a new product type. The new classification rules can be used to automatically classify the product descriptions that represent the new product type. The classification system can be a rule based classification system and/or semantic web classification system.

US Patent:

8164782, Apr 24, 2012

Filed:

Nov 1, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/982046

Inventors:

Kirk J. Ocke - Ontario NY, US
Michael David Shepherd - Ontario NY, US
Dale Ellen Gaucas - Penfield NY, US
Philip C. Rose - Sodus NY, US

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation - Norwalk CT

International Classification:

G06K 15/00
G06F 3/12

US Classification:

358 118, 358 113, 358 115

Abstract:

A rule based system can produce a formal product description when only partially specified processing instructions and page description language (PDL) files are available. The PDL files contain product content data and can contain product description data. The partially specified processing instructions can be obtained from PDL file metadata or from other sources such as a Job Definition Format (JDF) Graybox. A knowledge based reasoning module can use the product description data and partially specified processing instructions to produce a formal product description from which a process network can be automatically produced.

US Patent:

8195458, Jun 5, 2012

Filed:

Aug 17, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/858168

Inventors:

Michael David Shepherd - Ontario NY, US
Kirk J. Ocke - Ontario NY, US
Barry Glynn Gombert - Rochester NY, US
Dale Ellen Gaucas - Penfield NY, US

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation - Norwalk CT

International Classification:

G10L 15/06

US Classification:

704240, 704 1, 704231, 707706, 707736, 707758, 715254

Abstract:

A method of semantically classifying a data set of open class nouns and a system for executing the method. The method includes loading, by a processing device, a data set comprising one or more open class nouns from a computer readable medium operably connected to the processing device; extracting, by the processing device, the one or more open class nouns from the data set; for each open class noun, querying, by the processing device, one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) to produce one or more results; deriving, by the processing device, a confidence score for the data set based upon the one or more results; and determining, by the processing device, a classification for the data set based upon the derived confidence score.

US Patent:

8249735, Aug 21, 2012

Filed:

Jul 22, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/507496

Inventors:

Kirk J. Ocke - Ontario NY, US
Michael David Shepherd - Ontario NY, US

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation - Norwalk CT

International Classification:

G06F 21/00
G06F 19/00
G06F 15/18
G06F 17/00
G06N 5/02

US Classification:

700117, 700 95, 700 97, 700104, 706 12, 706 47, 705 54

Abstract:

A method and system for automatically identifying an existing workflow to manufacture a given product type. A workflow description of a workflow can be transformed into a product type description utilizing particular facts associated with the workflow. An inferred product type description can then be at least one product type among a group of product type descriptions representing known product types. A mapping can then be derived of the workflow with respect to product types, in response to comparing the inferred product type description to the product type description(s) among product type descriptions representing known product types. The workflow description can be converted into the product type description utilizing a rule-based expert system. The particular facts can be one or more of the following: processing steps, sequences of processing steps, types of operations to be performed, and outputs produced.