US Patent Issued to Micro Focus on Dec. 30 for "Augmented question and answer (Q and A) with large language models" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,487, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Micro Focus LLC (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Augmented question and answer (Q and A) with large language models" was invented by Manish Marwah (Pleasanton, Calif.), Kristian Edward Ford (Littleton, Colo.) and Martin Fraser Arlitt (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Large language models (LLMs) are versatile in responding to user questions on a wide variety of topics. However, LLMs suffer from several drawbacks, such as hallucinations, incomplete information, and inability to cite original sources of information. Disclosed herein are systems and methods for using an LLM in a restricted ma...