Apparatus and methods for determining a hierarchical listing of information gaps

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12430305-B2
Application number	US-202418736976-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 7, 2024
Priority date	Dec 28, 2023
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

An apparatus for determining a hierarchical listing of information gaps for a user is provided. The apparatus includes a processor and a memory connected to the processor. The memory contains instructions configuring the processor to receive an instance of an identification datum from a user device, where the identification datum describes an output type from the user device at a time, receive a target status datum from a database connected to the processor, where the target status datum describes an optimal output type between a minimal output type and a maximum output type, and to classify the identification datum and the target status datum to categories representing identification data. The processor may identify an instance of a gap between identification data and display an input field to the user capable of displaying a hierarchical listing of information gaps based on a user-input datum.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for determining a hierarchical listing of information gaps, the apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory connected to the processor, the memory containing instructions configuring the processor to:
receive a first identification datum from a user device, wherein the first identification datum describes a first output type from a user;
receive a target status datum from a database connected to the processor, wherein the target status datum describes an optimal output type between a minimal output type and a maximum output type;
classify, using a machine learning model, the first identification datum to an outlier cluster;
identify a first gap datum between the target status datum and the first identification datum;
generate a hierarchical listing based at least on the first gap datum and the outlier cluster;
generate an interface data structure including an input field, wherein the interface data structure configures a remote display device to:
display an input field;
receive a user-input datum into the input field, wherein the user-input datum describes data for updating the first identification datum; and
display a user activity level summary based on the user-input datum.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first gap datum comprises a distance metric between the target status datum and the first identification datum.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first identification datum comprises information describing a pattern of activity between the user and another entity.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein generating the target status datum further comprises:
scoring, using the machine learning model, a hierarchical listing of information gaps by applying an algorithmic model built from a historical dataset, wherein:
the algorithmic model is applied to a new dataset and is configured to track trends associated with at least the first identification datum; and
the hierarchical listing is configured to be scored between a minimum value and a maximum value.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first gap datum comprises a maximum value of the hierarchical listing.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to classify a second identification datum to an outlier cluster, wherein the second identification datum comprises information relating to the first identification datum.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to generate a second identification datum based at least on the first identification datum.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first identification datum is received from one or more web trackers.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the interface data structure causes a display to change in response to updating the first identification datum.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising classifying the first identification datum to a category of a plurality of categories, wherein classifying the first identification datum to a category of the plurality of categories comprises:
organizing categories based on their respective proximity to the minimal output type and the maximum output type;
aggregating an instance of the first identification datum based on classification of the first identification datum; and
classifying aggregated user data to the category having a closest proximity to the maximum output type.

11. A method for determining a hierarchical listing of information gaps, the method comprising:
receiving, by a computing device, a first identification datum from a user device, wherein the first identification datum describes a first output type from the user device at a first time;
receiving, by the computing device, a target status datum from a database connected to the computing device, wherein the target status datum describes an optimal output type between a minimal output type and a maximum output type;
classifying, by a computing device using a machine learning model, the first identification datum to an outlier cluster;
identifying, by the computing device, a first gap datum between the target status datum and the first identification datum;
generating, by the computing device, a hierarchical listing based at least on the first gap datum and the outlier cluster;
generating, by the computing device, an interface data structure including an input field, wherein the interface data structure configures a remote display device to:
display an input field;
receive a user-input datum into the input field, wherein the user-input datum describes data for updating the first identification datum; and
display a user activity level summary based on the user-input datum.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first gap datum comprises a distance metric between the target status datum and the first identification datum.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first identification datum comprises information describing a pattern of activity between the user and another entity.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein generating the target status datum further comprises:
scoring, using the machine learning model, the hierarchical listing of information gaps by applying an algorithmic model built from a historical dataset, wherein:
the algorithmic model is applied to a new dataset and is configured to track trends associated with at least the first identification datum; and
the hierarchical listing is configured to be scored between a minimum value and a maximum value.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first gap datum comprises a maximum value of the hierarchical listing.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the computing device is further configured to classify a second identification datum to an outlier cluster, wherein the second identification datum comprises information relating to the first identification datum.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the computing device is further configured to generate a second identification datum based at least on the first identification datum.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first identification datum is received from one or more web trackers.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the interface data structure causes a display to change in response to updating the first identification datum.

20. The method of claim 11 , further comprising classifying the first identification datum to a category of a plurality of categories, wherein classifying the first identification datum to a category of the plurality of categories comprises:
organizing categories based on their respective proximity to the minimal output type and the maximum output type;
aggregating an instance of the first identification datum based on classification of the first identification datum; and
classifying aggregated user data to the category having a closest proximity to the maximum output type.

Assignees

• The Strategic Coach Inc

Inventors

• Smith Barbara Sue
• Sullivan Daniel J

Classifications

• G06F16/287 Primary

  Visualization; Browsing · CPC title

• G06N3/048

  Activation functions · CPC title

• G06N20/00

  Machine learning · CPC title

• G06F16/215 Primary

  Improving data quality; Data cleansing, e.g. de-duplication, removing invalid entries or correcting typographical errors · CPC title