US Patent Issued to Genesee Valley Innovations on Feb. 17 for "System and method for coordinated agent learning and explanation using hierarchical factors" (California, Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,028, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Genesee Valley Innovations LLC (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"System and method for coordinated agent learning and explanation using hierarchical factors" was invented by Mark J. Stefik (Portola Valley, Calif.), Gregory Michael Youngblood (Minden, Nev.), Robert T. Krivacic (San Jose, Calif.), Jacob Le (Palo Alto, Calif.), Lester D. Nelson (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Robert R. Price (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for selection and explanation of solutions is provided. A hierarchy of aggregation factors is maintained for evaluating at least a partial solution. Compet...