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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2023
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Cheng Zhang, Cambridge, GB;
Wenbo Gong, Cambridge, GB;
Richard Eric Turner, Cambridge, GB;
Sebastian Tschiatschek, Cambridge, GB;
Josè Miguel Hernández Lobato, Cambridge, GB;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC., Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A model that includes a generative network mapping a latent vector to a feature vector, wherein weights in the generative network are modelled as probabilistic distributions, is trained on observed data points with incomplete observations of the feature vector to learn values of the weights. From a plurality of potential next features to observe, a target feature is selected that maximizes a measure of expected reduction in uncertainty in the distribution of the weights given the observed data points so far. A target data point comprising at least the target feature is then requested, and the generative network is further trained based on the target data point received in response to the request.