ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,265,793, issued on April 1, was assigned to SonderMind Inc. (Denver).
"Modeling analysis of team behavior and communication" was invented by Glen A. Coppersmith (Plymouth, Mass.), Patrick N. Crutchley (Philadelphia), Ophir Frieder (Chevy Chase, Md.), Ryan Leary (Woodstock, Ga.), Anthony D. Wood (Waltham, Mass.) and Aleksander Yelskiy (Norwood, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer evaluates free-form text messages among members of a team, using natural language processing techniques to process the text messages and to assess psychological state of the team members as reflected it the text messages. The computer assembles the ps...